@JohnPaczkowski

Executive Editor, Tech & Innovation, @forbes. Previously: BuzzFeed News, Recode, AllThingsD (He/him) @jawnpaczkowski on threads

 San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2008
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"apply the same logic to a Texas driveway. You have the mineral rights beneath an oil stain there appraised as a potential oilfield, donate the drilling rights to an anti-drilling environmental charity and claim an $8 million deduction." forbes.com/sites/danalexande…

Trump’s Golf Empire Is A Billion-Dollar Tax Shelter

For decades, the president has claimed charitable deductions on golf courses he never gave away. Now he’s pushing the scheme further—and apparently using the presidency to get away with it.

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Spent a long time on this @pmarca profile for @BW, especially where he grew up in Wisconsin. Marc Andreessen has a complicated relationship with his hometown, but I discovered another (touching) side of his childhood that has never been told: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Cursor staff returned from the holiday weekend to an all-hands meeting with a slide deck titled “War Time." The fastest growing AI coding company had been confronted with a new reality: developers may no longer need a code editor at all via @annatonger forbes.com/sites/annatong/20…

Cursor Goes To War For AI Coding Dominance

After becoming the hottest, fastest growing AI coding company, Cursor is confronting a new reality: developers may no longer need a code editor at all.

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The Oracle cofounder’s official residence is now in Manalapan, Florida, not the Hawaii island that he famously bought in 2012, according to previously unreported county records. More details in my latest for @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2…
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Rashi Shrivastava@RashiShrivast18Feb 11
Influencer marketing has helped AI video company Higgsfield hit $300 million in annual revenue run rate in just eleven months. But misleading marketing tactics, payment problems and a social media strategy based on shock has led to backlash among creators. forbes.com/sites/rashishriva…

Racist Videos And Payment Problems: The Dark Side Of This AI Startup’s Super-Fast Growth

Influencer marketing helped AI video company Higgsfield hit $300 million in annual revenue run rate in just 11 months. But misleading marketing tactics and a shock-based social media strategy has led...

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Anna Tong
@annatongerFeb 5
Crazy pay packages are not just for AI researchers. It's come to data labeling. This week @Mercor offered sales and project leads at @micro1_ai signing bonuses of $500k - $2m in CASH. These are early 20-somethings that already make $1m+ a year! forbes.com/sites/annatong/20…
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Thiel, the king of contrarian investors told Epstein to pass on Spotify, and also advised against investing in Palantir, the defense-tech firm he co-founded, saying the price was "below market."
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Epstein had access to tech billionaires like Thiel and Musk. But he walked away from several deals with major startups—including Spotify and SpaceX—that could have netted him hundreds of millions in total. Ffrom @_IainMartin and me for @Forbes: forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/…

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments

Thanks to his relationships to tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Epstein had access to a number of lucrative tech investments. But he walked away from several deals with major...

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Lizzie Johnson@lizziejohnsonnnFeb 4
I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Lizzie Johnson@lizziejohnsonnnJan 25
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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Josh Eidelson@josheidelsonFeb 4
Reporters terminated today by the Washington Post include @ceodonovan, whose beat had been "tech companies and corporate accountability, with a focus on Amazon" bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @hgmiller29

Washington Post Starts Wave of Layoffs Amid Cost Cuts

The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, cut about one-third of its staff in an effort to pare losses and restore the struggling newspaper to profitability.

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Ben Mullin@BenMullinFeb 4
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Brianna Sacks@bri_sacksFeb 5
🚨send me journalism jobs🚨 We’re compiling job/freelance opportunities for our hundreds of #washingtonpost colleagues who were fired today. If you’ve got something please reply, DM, or email me [email protected] Also I’m not above asking for a retweet. Thanks and ✊🏻
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Iain Martin@_IainMartinFeb 5
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/… More from me @_pheebini Did Epstein’s relationship with Peter Thiel mean that he missed out on a $500m+ windfall from Spotify’s massive IPO?

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments

Thanks to his relationships to tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Epstein had access to a number of lucrative tech investments. But he walked away from several deals with major...

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Caroline O'Donovan@ceodonovanFeb 4
Nearly every story I published at The Post included the disclaimer "Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post." That statement seems especially stark today.
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Caroline O'Donovan@ceodonovanFeb 4
Today I was laid off from my job covering Amazon for Jeff Bezos's Washington Post.
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Anna Tong
@annatongerFeb 4
In Sam Altman's two wide-ranging interviews with @richardjnieva and me for @Forbes, we discussed everything from his daily routine to how his vision is moving beyond ChatGPT. forbes.com/sites/richardniev…

Sam Altman On Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Robotics, Fatherhood And More

Across two wide-ranging interviews with Forbes, Altman covered more ground than could fit in our profile. Here are his remarks on everything from vaccine research to critics who argue he backs...

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Michael Scherer
@michaelschererFeb 4
The nut graf.
Ben Mullin@BenMullinFeb 4
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Richard Nieva@richardjnievaFeb 3
NEW: We profiled Sam Altman for the cover of Forbes Magazine. For the story, we talked to Bob Iger, Masa Son, Satya Nadella, Brian Chesky, Paul Graham and more. Graham’s take was resonant: “He’s good at getting people to do what he wants.” w/ @annatonger forbes.com/sites/richardniev…
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"Sam Altman says the stick of uranium in his office is nothing to worry about. Sitting vertically on his desk like a squat ebony Slim Jim, it is perhaps the most eyebrow-raising among the impressive array of historic innovations he has collected over the years."
Richard Nieva@richardjnievaFeb 3
NEW: We profiled Sam Altman for the cover of Forbes Magazine. For the story, we talked to Bob Iger, Masa Son, Satya Nadella, Brian Chesky, Paul Graham and more. Graham’s take was resonant: “He’s good at getting people to do what he wants.” w/ @annatonger forbes.com/sites/richardniev…
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Ryan Mac 🙃
@RMac18Feb 2
"I knew another tech billionaire went to Epstein Island because Epstein told me while I was emailing back and forth with him to find a time to hang out" is a bold thing to put out into the world.
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Anna Tong
@annatongerJan 28
New: OpenAI is developing a "real-humans-only" social network to take on the bot problem, sources say. The play? OpenAI considered gating access with biometric verification like World’s eyeball scanning "Orb", or Apple's Face ID. forbes.com/sites/annatong/20… #OpenAI #TechNews #Forbes

OpenAI Wants To Create A Biometric Social Network To Kill X’s Bot Problem

OpenAI is quietly building a social network and considering using biometric verification like World’s eyeball scanning orb or Apple’s Face ID to ensure its users are people, not bots.

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