“Everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy,” Elon Musk wrote in an X post this morning. Does the Italian government know this? Does Mark Zuckerberg? I know where I’m putting my money.
Meanwhile, Musk also mentioned needing shoulder surgery, which would certainly delay a fight. “Recovery will only take a few months,” Musk wrote.
Wait, sorry, my mistake: 900 is a “Scrabble-record audience,” according to Slate.
I love Scrabble, but there’s a dude asleep in bed right now who has over 1,000 concurrents.
-Yaccarino said she has “autonomy” under Elon. “[He] focuses on new technology ... and I’m responsible for the rest.”
-She demurred on the Musk v Zuckerberg fight. “We’ll see if that cage match really does happen.”
-But she said Elon really is training for it. “I’ve had a front row seat of witnessing that.”
-As for Threads, she thinks Meta’s rival is skating to where the puck already is. “They may be building to what Twitter was ... and we’re focused on what X will be.”
An analyst asked on yesterday’s earnings call, and Iger swore, “It’s just, it’s not something that we obsess about.”
And yet, he did have one hesitation worth sharing:
Obviously, anyone who wanted to speculate about these things would have to immediately consider the global regulatory environment.
“I’ll say no more than that,” Iger added.
Nothing, except for all the work they’ve been doing for years. At least, that seems to be the takeaway from what Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC today.
“We view AI and ML as fundamental core technologies. And they are virtually embedded in every product that we build,” Cook said.
“On a research basis, we’ve been doing research for on AI and machine learning, including generative AI, for years,” he added.
The US government unveiled four charges against the former president today, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. The New York Times has the text of the indictment.
[The New York Times]
Tinder is going to roll out new Gen Z-friendly features, which should sound pretty familiar to anyone who used dating services in the pre-Tinder world.
The company also noted Tinder would roll out an “important” product refresh in the second half of the year with a focus on better catering to its core Gen Z audience. This refresh will include features like prompts, quizzes, and conversation starters, as well as leverage AI to surface the right content to the right people.
If that doesn’t sound appealing enough, there’s also a $500 (or so) subscription in the works. Wish your single friends (and their wallets) good luck.
