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A collection of interesting links that made me go, WTF?
Dec
28

Link: A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

1 min read
Dec
27

Link: A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

1 min read
Dec
27

Link: Memecoin MIRA, created to fund research into a brain tumor affecting tech CEO Siqi Chen's daughter, hit an $80M market cap before falling as Chen began selling (Zack Abrams/The Block)

1 min read
Dec
27

Link: Video game executives say making cinematic games is getting so expensive and time-consuming that investing in graphics is providing diminished financial returns (Zachary Small/New York Times)

1 min read
Dec
26

Link: How Britannica survived the Wikipedia era by changing itself into a maker of education software and AI agents, as it reportedly weighs an IPO at a $1B valuation (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)

1 min read