Cleaning office I found installation discs for
@Microsoft
Office 5.2 for Mac—all 29 of them! Yep you had to load these one by one to install the program.
1/ The first glimpse of Facebook: The Inside Story is now on
@WIRED
. The excerpt centers on Mark Zuckerberg and his lost notebook. It provides a revealing window into his thinking....
@BillGates
So sorry for your loss, Bill. I was fortunate to have visited with your dad, who gave me a wonderful interview about ... you. He was so proud, particularly of you as a father. Condolences to all your family.
The one person I want to speak to when a pandemic hits, is epidemiologist
@larrybrilliant
. Here's the edited version of our conversation--a mix of terror and reassurance.
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Co-Founder, Archewell, is joining
#REWIRED2021
for an exclusive panel on misinformation, alongside
@stanfordio
’s Renée DiResta,
@AspenDigital
’s Rashad Robinson, and WIRED’s
@StevenLevy
, on November 9 at 4 pm ET. Sign up:
I've followed
@openai
from first announcement to its current state as the flagship AI producer. In this
@WIRED
deep-dive I decode its ambitions, its strategy and its attempts to retain a lab culture as it grows as a business.
FB will ask former GOP Sen to examine News Feed for "liberal bias." Also consult w Heritage foundation. I think zero chance they would ever say that FB isn't biased, no matter what evidence. Because they are, uh, biased.
100 days after our previous interview--viewed by millions--I spoke with
@larrybrilliant
again, whose view of the pandemic is unparalleled. His words are informative, inspiring and, sadly, very disturbing.
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant helped end smallpox, and helped the Dems avoid super spreading in their convention. Here's what he thinks is happening next.
@liron
@goldman
@pmarca
@tylercowen
Amazing that a guy who blocks anyone who criticizes him—and all journalists—boasts that he loves uncontrolled and anarchic discourse.
These tech layoffs--Twitter being largest--are wild when you consider the Navy-Seal-level hurdles someone has to leap over to get hired at one of these companies. Sometimes months of interviews and vetting. And then--an email saying get the hell out.
@mikiebarb
That’s the
@nytimes
excuse for missing the story when it mattered? Blaming us for not subscribing to Newsday? I pay for NYT and expect better.
My interview w
@ylecun
, on open source, AGI, OpenAI, & more. "Whenever technology progresses, you can't stop the bad guys from having access to it. Then it’s my good AI against your bad AI. The way to stay ahead is to progress faster."
Not saying it's good or bad, or that AGI is within sight--but AI companies are still improving their models, and the results are not tricks. They are something powerful that can't be shrugged off.
@paulg
Some of that is happening. But journalists are the ones whose job it is to actually do interviews, go through documents, etc., to dig for the truth. It would be tragic if their hard-won facts are dragged down to the level of people talking out of their ass.
I've been talking to current and former
@apple
employees for over a year to compile an oral history of the campus they are leaving behind, The Infinite Loop. Check out their amazing stories.
Towards the end of this great interview with WIRED's
@LaurenGoode
,
@nvidia
CEO Jensen Huang turned to his PR person and said "She's done her homework." Damn right.
Palmer Luckey has quietly pulled off the rare feat of founding two innovative multi-billion dollar companies. I interviewed him about being a defense contractor who still loves games.
As I wrote in Facebook: the Inside Story, Zuckerberg specifically threatened Snap with building its own version unless they sold. When Snap turned it down, Zuck not only released the clone, but sent Snap an email telling them to enjoy it.
In this
@wired
Big Interview, Microsoft CEO
@satyanadella
and I go deep on AI, his role in making Google dance, and why he's not worried about the singularity.
What more do you need? He just said “I love you” to terrorists who disrupted the transfer of power and trashed the Capitol. He should not be the president when the sun rises tomorrow.
27 years ago I got an assignment from a new mag called
@wired
. Hey, that worked out! Today I stand with my colleagues in forming a
@wiredunion
, to help preserve what is great about this publication we all love.
Since its founding 27 years ago, WIRED has prepared readers and viewers for the promises and upheavals of the future. Now it’s time to secure our own place in that future. We are proud to announce the
@wired
editorial staff has formed a union with
@nyguild
. 1/
@BillClinton
For all the rubber necking and sniping about the Clinton marriage they have been married for 45 years and I bet they still have great conversations.
So
@amazon
is selling a pirated edition of Hackers—just the first two chapters—as it’s official Kindle edition. Some hijacked the official version, and readers can only buy this counterfeit. How can this happen? Help!
Thanks to listeners of the Steve Jobs stories on
@joinClubhouse
. For those who missed it,
@chrisfralic
has the recording and we're figuring out the best way to share it, so hang on.
Good time to remember that among 1000s helped by Hebrew Immigration Aid Society was family of Sergey Brin. The 6-yr-old immigrant went on to co-found
@Google
.
OK, it's pub day. I won't do this all the time, but just saying that today Facebook: The Inside Story is now on sale. 3 years in the making. SF Chron called it "even-handed and devastating." Here are the links to buy it.
.
@mariaressa
is one tough woman. Let's hope they don't jail her. And
@facebook
it wouldn't kill you to highlight her plight, even though she points to you as part of her problems.
Furor about
@elonmusk
taking public toke shows our cognitive dissonance about weed. It's legal where he inhaled, less toxic than booze, yet even people who know better say WTF. Whereas if he were sipping a whiskey, no prob.
I am astonished that a reputable news pub is attacking
@VP
for avoiding Bluetooth and using wired earbuds. Excuse me, but security protocols are not phobias! Is it so hard to presume that intruders might want to surveil our second-highest official?
As
@waltmossberg
reminds us, today is 36th anniversary of the original Mac. Here's my
@RollingStone
story on how it happened. (hear Steve Jobs tell me his goal is making
@apple
a $10 billion company!)
The WSJ profile of
@tim_cook
was solid and low-drama, like its subject. . Made me think of Tim's story to me about how he still visits Steve's old office.
@mouvement33
A source's story of USC payoffs to OJ victims--clearly what you saw-- was included in a 1994 Esquire cover story written by my wife. USC's response was "to our knowledge" that didn't happen. After the story appeared USC vociferously denied it--maybe because of that visit?
Thanks. The value of taking months to write a long-form piece is that you have a shot at seeing the underlying story that you may not get from a quick dip.
From all what I've read about what happened at
@OpenAI
recently, the
@WIRED
cover story that was written by
@StevenLevy
explained it in the best way. However, it was written BEFORE that crazy weekend. 😱
I spent months reporting on the
@OversightBoard
Meta set up to second-guess it. The board actually wants to fundamentally change not just Meta but the boundaries of social media discourse overall. Anyway, read it here.
@tasneemraja
@nytimes
In contrast,
@washingtonpost
story on the same terrorist. While NYT let him spin his own story, Washpo tells us he is proud white nationalist. Ready to die for Trump and take people down with him. It turns out he isn't such a likeable guy!
@mikiebarb
You would think that The New York Times might have taken a look at this guy running for Congress in its local coverage area. Thanks a lot for discovering this AFTER the election.
Is it ethical to have a human-sounding robot interact with someone without informing the other party that he or she is in conversation with an it? Real question.
I've been fascinated with
@ycombinator
for nearly all of its 17 years. (It's also super fun to cover!) Here's an assessment of some of its impact, aside from the giant companies it helped nurture.
"It isn’t just Trump's repurposed tweets that make Facebook employees ashamed. The company’s workers are responding to Facebook’s larger role in aggravating the nation’s troubled discord."
NYT opinion writers have reasons to stay there. Brooks, Friedman, Dowd, etc. ride the Times exposure for huge speaking fees and big book advances. Everyone takes their calls. Salary is the least of it. Going to Substack would be much smaller audiences and less clout.
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg came to
@karaswisher
's podcast with a talking point about how his tolerance for Holocaust denial showed
@Facebook
's commitment to free expression. It seemed obviously wrong. Today, FB finally changed policy.