Next week, executives from some of the biggest social media firms will be called before the US Congress to answer questions about their “failure to protect” children who use their platforms. ‘Fundamen
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. 1 Similarly, I’ve started to think about the idea of the t
Today's links The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs : "Self-regulation is to regulation as self-importance is to importance." Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2004, 2
Image: Mozilla Apple’s new rules in the European Union mean browsers like Firefox can finally use their own engines on iOS. Although this may seem like a welcome change, Mozilla spokesperson Damiano D
Semafor Business’ signature interview series, On The Record , brings you conversations with the people running, shaping, and changing our economy. Read Liz Hoffman’s earlier conversations with Mattel
A new open source AI code generation tool, AlphaCodium , was inspired by Google DeepMind’s AlphaCode (and AlphaCode 2 , which launched last month powered by Gemini) but has now surpassed it, setting X
Content Summary OpenAI is currently testing a new beta feature for ChatGPT: multi-GPT conversations. Users will be able to talk to multiple GPTs in the same chat window. This simple feature is an impo
The third edition of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" is almost out! You can preorder it on the No Starch Press website (use code PREORDER for 25% off), where buying the print book will get you
The wait is over: we finally have data to back up the benefits of developer experience (DevEx). We’ve always known that providing a good DevEx is a smart business move, as it enables developers to sol
Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times For a relatively green, relatively unheralded (but very ambitious) member of Congress, Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, has managed to posi
T he death of a public figure of Albert Einstein’s stature is the sort of event that, literally and figuratively, stops the presses. No scientist has been more famous, no antiwar activist ever argued
Somewhere between a 48-hour Las Vegas bender and a nine-month world cruise lies an optimal number of vacation days. In a 2012 study making the rounds again , researchers concluded that a traveler’s he
This paper is from Pat Helland, the apostate philosopher of database systems, overall a superb person, and a good friend of mine. The paper appeared this week at CIDR'24. (Check out the program for ot
Disclaimer: this post is solely based on my lived experience ofworking at Google for 18 years. I don't actually know the reasoningof the company's highest leaders, so all I can do is share my personal
Context: I sent this email to my wife and friends as I was wrappingup my first week of "noogler" orientation at Google's headquartersin 2005. It's a bit of a glimpse into Silicon Valley at the start o
Today's links Sympathy for the spammer : The desperate and credulous are superspreaders in the botshit pandemic. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
I’m fascinated by artists and entrepreneurs whose visions of what can be had a significant impact on our culture. One of these interesting individuals is Steve Jobs. While I don’t agree with some of t
I wrote most of this post sometime in 2022 but I think it holds up alrightin 2024 so I decided to publish it for posterity.I don’t really like doing posts like this—I’d much rather share someinnocuous
Passkeys are a replacement for passwords , and they are now supported on most platforms and operating systems . They’re also a feature of Okta Customer Identity Cloud powered by Auth0, which means you
4 min read · Jun 25, 2023 -- Introduction In the era before the internet altered our lives, the globe was a very different place. As a child growing up during those times, I have clear memories of wha
It's the last week of the legislative session, and state Rep. Carlos Lacasa's elation is all that keeps his fatigue at bay. He leans back in his plush leather office chair and pops a chocolate into hi
Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would undo Florida’s restrictive abortion laws have surpassed the required number of petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot, according to dat
(Rafael Henrique / Getty Images) Most days, this column looks at controversies unfolding on other tech platforms. Today, let’s take a look at the one that hosts this publication: Substack. On Tuesday,
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