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If you're not listening to the new podcast highlighted by @NewYorker that just dropped on the plot to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...then what ARE you doing?
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NEW: Gina Hinojosa paid $150K to a clipping firm to promote her campaign for governor. Yet despite rules in TX requiring disclaimers on paid political content, none of the hundreds of posts had disclosures of any kind.
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NEW: After weeks of slow drip gadget announcements, spanning Kindles, tablets, Alexa speakers & AI wearables, Amazon is casting off some 250 souls
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eBay will by default keep sellers' $$ inside eBay, rather than send to sellers' bank accounts. Bending over backwards to spin it as a plus:
"Earnings will be available in your eBay balance, giving you the flexibility to shop, cover selling costs, or withdraw them when you want."
Waymo on my block confronts an obstacle, no clue what to do. Stuck like this for several minutes before
π¨New Alexa leadership at Amazon
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Curious decision from Amazon to issue pink slips to the team that helped them get ready for Prime Big Deal Days DURING Prime Big Deal Days
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When I watch videos on YouTube, I watch them in English and pretty much only US-centric creators -- so why does the algorithm show me ads almost exclusively in Mandarin?
Lookee what @Reuters superstar @DEER_ECHO_ got her hands on: the Anthropic S-1. Interested? You know you are. Read here:
reuters.com/business/financeβ¦
The Mariners are 10 games under .500, with just four games left, and yet are still not mathematically eliminated from the postseason -- that says a lot about how truly godawful the AL West is.
The Blue Jays, just a few outs from a World Series title last year wonβt even make the postseason after falling to the Orioles today. The Mariners, just a few outs from making their first WS ever last year, will likely be eliminated today. AL is a wreck.
Amazon weighs in on the AI safety debate, at last
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back to a crazy AI news cycle
New w/@MilanaVinn: Nvidia is in talks to anchor Anthropic's IPO, considering up to $10bln investment.
me: will anyone read this on Friday evening
editor: three stories don't wait--
Anthropic IPO, rogue AI, end of humanity
tinyurl.com/yc3c9rub
Amazon has begun informing sellers to get ready for Prime Big Deal Days on October 6-7.
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