đź”® Sneak Peak Saturday for 2024-09-21
This week, I explore the frenzy of Friday news and highlight some overlooked stories and memes.
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By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.
Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀
Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.
In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.
Insert Let's See Who This Really Is Meme
Techmeme: Filing: the US SEC says it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk for failing to appear for scheduled testimony for a probe into his $44B Twitter takeover (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert Ceiling Cat Meme
Techmeme: Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
By Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This Meme
Techmeme: Singapore-based crypto exchange BingX suffered a security hack on its hot wallet, resulting in a “minor” loss; PeckShield: the loss was $43M in cryptocurrencies (Vishal Chawla/The Block)
By Vishal Chawla / The Block. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert That Wasn't Me, That Was Patricia Meme
Techmeme: The judge overseeing the Google ad trial calls Google's testimony that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of Microsoft and Meta “highly questionable” (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
By Leah Nylen / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
Insert Anthony Adams Rubbing Hands Meme
Techmeme: Sources: Thrive Capital has already provided $1B+ to OpenAI as part of the $6.5B round; OpenAI's existing backers a16z and Sequoia Capital are not participating (George Hammond/Financial Times)
By George Hammond / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.
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