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@stark.soy

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💌 newsletter y weekend editor at @techmeme.com + chocale.mx based in la Ciudad de México. ¡se habla español! jose and/or tips at techmeme.com

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[email protected] pide que paguemos USD$1 por leer "periodismo de calidad". el "periodismo de calidad":

Captura de pantalla de la columna de Cristián Valenzuela, ideólogo del Partido Republicano chileno, que clama que la izquierda intentará robarse las elecciones presidenciales. La Tercera aprobó la publicación de este contenido bajo sus estándares editoriales.

September 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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santa maría 5542 en su prime

July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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The ideas seemed important and useful. They were optimistic and hopeful. They were inspiring. They made everyone smile. They reminded us of a time when we celebrated human achievement, grateful for new tools that helped us learn, explore and create.

It became clear that our ambitions to develop, engineer and manufacture a new family of products demanded an entirely new company. And so, one year ago, Jony founded io with Scott Cannon, Evans Hankey and Tang Tan.

We gathered together the best hardware and software engineers, the best technologists, physicists, scientists, researchers and experts in product development and manufacturing. Many of us have worked closely for decades.

The io team, focused on developing products that inspire, empower and enable, will now merge with OpenAI to work more intimately with the research, engineering and product teams in San Francisco.
As io merges with OpenAI, Jony and LoveFrom will assume deep design and creative responsibilities across OpenAI and io.

We could not possibly be more excited.

—Sam & Jony

May 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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this used to be a failwhale

A CloudFlare DNS error screen while trying to access x.com. (03/10/2025, 11:45 EST)

March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM

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Back in my day (2019!!!) there was only one cryptocurrency called Libra, and it was created by Meta:

Logos of Calibra and Libra (later Diem and then Novi), Meta/Facebook's own scraped cryptocurrency project.

February 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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I was really hoping to see this icon as the cover image for this post

February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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I was really hoping to see this icon as the cover image for this post

February 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM

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Movistar has partnered with Perplexity, and its fiber and mobile Spanish clients can now access a year of Perplexity Pro for up to five accounts.

January 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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he says you’re welcome

January 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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antonio says he’s tired from reading.

January 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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the mailman is here with all the Galaxy Unpacked news (and more) that’s fit to send in @techmeme.com's newsletter. don’t miss out! get it here: techmeme.com/newsletter 💌

January 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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me*, working out today's @techmeme.com newsletter (please subscribe @ techmeme.com/newsletter) :

* i'm the Captain

January 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM

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asumo que a Galperin le gusta Lynch.

January 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM

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meet Antonio, my cat. i’m sure you’re aware of @techmeme.com’s newsletter, which i edit, but somehow he noticed *you* haven’t subscribed yet. he says you can sign up for it right here: techmeme.com/newsletter

January 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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Mark Zuckeberg went to @karissabe.bsky.social's profile on Threads to deny yesterday's NYT piece. later, on the same post, Sheryl Sandberg also praised Zuck.

Karissa Bell's post: "I guess this from *checks notes* February didn't age well… [link to a Business Insider piece: «Mark Zuckerberg jokes that Sheryl Sandberg raised him 'like a parent'»
Mark Zuckerberg, replying under Karissa's post on Threads: "Sheryl did amazing work at Meta and will forever be a legend in the industry. She built one of the greatest businesses of all time and taught me much of what I know."

Sheryl Sandberg on Threads, replying to Mark Zuckerberg's reply to Karissa Bell: "Thank you, @zuck. I will always be grateful for the many years we spent building a great business together - and for your friendship that got me through some of the hardest times of my life and continues to this day."

January 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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Starbucks US has stumbled upon a delightful discovery - how we have our coffee in South America! it’s like a little taste of Buenos Aires right here, so if you’re a fellow coffee lover who can’t make it to a cafecito in Baires as often as I'd like, please do me a favor and go for it.

January 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM

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Carrot’s snarky mode is killing it today.

December 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM

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so, this happened in Threads, and of course the 🌟 truly magical 🌟 discourse hasn’t vanished from those who come romanticizing Mexico City and ignoring the true nature (and situationship) of la CDMX.