Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators  —  Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, two outspoken Silicon Valley leaders, are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to elect moderate state lawmakers this year.

Fabiola Arámburo / Reuters:
Report: Jensen Huang has privately criticized what he has described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI's business approach  —  Nvidia's (NVDA.O) plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI to help it train and run its latest artificial-intelligence models has stalled after some inside …

Komal Salecha / Reuters:
Indian e-commerce platform Meesho reports Q3 net loss of Rs. 4.91B, or $53.4M, up from Rs. 374.3M a year ago, in its first earnings report since its IPO  —  Indian e-commerce firm Meesho's (MEES.NS) quarterly loss widened sharply in its first earnings report since its blockbuster market debut in December last year, as costs rose.

Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein's emails shows that in December 2013, he was "permanently suspended due to harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players." But it appears the real reason may be simpler: A second email […]

After a viral, nonviolent protest, federal authorities weaponized two civil rights laws to target prominent Black activists.

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