Latest posts
-
A Conservative Case for Liberal Immigration
That is the title of my latest Free Press piece, here is one excerpt: Or look at the AI revolution, another area where America is leading the world and also using its AI models to exert soft power. Dario Amodei of Anthropic has an Italian father, neural-network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton is originally from the U.K.,…
-
That was then, this is now
I very much like the new Michael Khodarkovsky book The Steppe and its Empires: The Russian Empire & its Eurasian Counterparts. Excerpt: Russia presented the most remarkable contrast to both Eurasian and Western empires. The oower of Moscovite tsars and Russian emperors seemed to be completely unconstrained by moral or ethical boundaries. Whereas religious authorities…
-
China poised to lift travel ban on Manus founders
Chief executive Xiao Hong plans to return to Singapore as AI company nears resolution of Meta separation
-
OpenAI upheaval mounts as Sam Altman readies IPO push
Executive exits and safety team changes unsettle staff as the ChatGPT maker prepares for a blockbuster listing
-
Mastercard Offers Brazilian Acquirers 50% Payout and Services in Will Bank Dispute
Mastercard is proposing to pay half the amount demanded by Brazilian merchant acquirers that were impacted by the collapse of Will Financeira, also known as Will Bank, a FinTech tied to the failed Banco Master, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 14), citing unnamed sources. In addition, Mastercard is proposing to provide the firms with services such…
-
Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up
PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm’s new CEO attempts to turn the company around.
-
Ugh…
I did not have COVID on my August bingo card, but — goddamn — there it is. Coming back from Maine, I felt a little run down — 5 days of fishing, drinking, and cigars will have that effect. I missed an MiB recording, an evening seeing J.B. Smooth, and then had to……
-
SEC Charges Boiler Room Operator and Three Entities with Defrauding Retail Investors in $74 Million Pre-IPO Investment Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York resident Andrew Spaventa and three entities he owned and controlled with fraud and other violations in connection with unregistered securities offerings of private funds that purportedly…
-
Gogo: 334 Antennas Waiting On Paperwork
-
SentinelOne: Too Early To Cash Out