Author: Tech Support

The NYT overstated the influence of both Slate Star Codex and the Rationalist community on Silicon Valley, and falsely portrayed the tech industry as right-wing (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)

Noah Smith / Noahpinion: The NYT overstated the influence of both Slate Star Codex and the Rationalist community on Silicon Valley, and falsely portrayed the tech industry as right-wing  —  Stereotyping the tech industry as a bunch of secretive right-wingers isn’t correct, and it isn’t helpful.  —  11 hr ago The NYT overstated the influence

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Inside "PGM" Facebook groups, the largest of which has 160,000+ members, where Brazilians collect, share, and memorialize the accounts of the recently deceased (Rest of World)

Rest of World: Inside “PGM” Facebook groups, the largest of which has 160,000+ members, where Brazilians collect, share, and memorialize the accounts of the recently deceased  —  Long before the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazilian Facebook users were gathering to memorialize total strangers. Inside "PGM" Facebook groups, the largest of which has 160,000+ members, where Brazilians collect,

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In letter to employees, Bezos says his transition is not a retirement and he'll use his time to focus on the Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, and WaPo (aboutamazon.com)

aboutamazon.com: In letter to employees, Bezos says his transition is not a retirement and he’ll use his time to focus on the Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, and WaPo  —  Fellow Amazonians:  —  I’m excited to announce that this Q3 I’ll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy Jassy

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A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea  —  When former White House adviser-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray, the tech platforms reacted. A

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Pivotal Commware, which develops mmWave 5G infrastructure products that make use of metamaterials tech, raises $50M Series C led by Tracker Capital Management (Alan Boyle/GeekWire)

Alan Boyle / GeekWire: Pivotal Commware, which develops mmWave 5G infrastructure products that make use of metamaterials tech, raises $50M Series C led by Tracker Capital Management  —  Kirkland, Wash.-based Pivotal Commware says it has closed on a $50 million funding round that will help it expand research … Pivotal Commware, which develops mmWave 5G

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