Yahoo acquires Upcoming.org
I'd like to congratulate our advisory board member Leonard Lin and the rest of the gang at Upcoming.org for their acquisition by Yahoo. Nice one!
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AI companies are at risk of making Silicon Valley's harmful mistakes all over again
Years ago, Facebook's lack of care for global communities made them complicit in a genocide. AI companies risk making the same mistakes.
Notable links: August 14, 2026
Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most excited about in news technology.
Chicago's social network is a huge bet for news. I think it's the future.
Chicago Public Media is building a social network for America's third largest city. Forget AI - this is the thing I'm most excited about in news technology.
My next experiment
I'm spending a year at Stanford to explore community platforms in news.