Fintech was already too much. We really don’t need femtech, suptech, martech, or littech, thanks.
Craig-toshi reckons he’s going to give the poor $8bn and he doesn’t care if you believe him or not.
Giving up your kids for money; waltzing the dragon; we are all Susanna Reid; Ronald Reagan’s racism; and more.
How much is that uni in the window? With start-ups delaying conventional M&A exits in favour of continuous fundraising, no one can be sure.
The Harvard professor and the paternity trap; Messenger Kids’ “technical error; Disney’s secret weapon; yield-curve weirdness; and more.
A sudden bout of the kidney stones attacks young Justin Sun.
The sock puppets are in town.
D’oh.
And this time, it’s our old friend Wirecard’s fault, apparently.
“(Dollars) aren’t moved digitally. They are moved electronically.”
ESG investing; Assange’s embassy command post; innovative cocaine smuggling; Jason Miller; and more.
“I disagree with your view on bitcoin on 10 very intelligent levels.”
Beware the widow-maker; Jeffrey Epstein’s comeback; the future of work in America; Sriracha vs the pepper farmer; and more.
The man who would be Satoshi Nakamoto.
Anyone for a pint of “Intergalactic liquid currency”?
Jeffrey Epstein and Deutsche Bank; 1MDB and Deutsche Bank; Salvini's secret Russian oil deal; stalkerware; and more.
An Alphaville interpretation of Jeff Bezos's deep thoughts.
The Canada model; digital jail; the Trump tariff twist; simplicity; and more.
(And against Alphaville specifically, it would seem.)
Shitcoins. Literally.
The 8chan story; reCAPTCHA's dark side; Fannie and Freddie; Slack chats and much more...
Clues are everywhere (even in the title).
A somewhat personal journey through the online culture wars.
Cain and Abel and oil; heartbeat recognition; the bright side of unionisation; how to remember everything; and more.
Zuckerbucks, suckerbucks.
Clegg has a “very substantive” role at Facebook, apparently.
The perception gap; the clinic of last resort; restaurants; red flags; and more.
A new paper reveals the heavy environmental and financial costs involved in training deep learning models.
Y NO BLOCKCHAIN? (But also: Y BLOCKCHAIN?)
The bitcoin scam; Calpers' dilemma; what really happened to the missing Malaysian plane; too much of a big thing; and more.
