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The Briefing

OpenAI Lands Its British Politician

By Martin Peers · Dec 16, 2025 5:00pm PST
What is it about former British government ministers that makes them so appealing to U.S. tech firms? Former U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is joining OpenAI to be head of OpenAI for Countries, based in London. The title is a little vague, but according to OpenAI’s chief global affairs executive, Chris Lehane, Osborne will be... What is it about former British government ministers that makes them so appealing to U.S. tech...
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Creator Economy

How Snap Can Turn on the Creator Spigot

By Kaya Yurieff · Aug 26, 2025 1:12pm PDT
Where does Snap go from here? The nearly fourteen-year-old company is struggling to grow its ad business, particularly compared to larger Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube. At the same time, CEO Evan Spiegel remains laser focused on his long-time, big bet: the company’s augmented reality glasses, Spectacles. To keep funding the AR project,... Where does Snap go from here? The nearly fourteen-year-old company is struggling to grow its ad...
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The Briefing

Airbnb’s Paradox: Profits v. Growth

By Cory Weinberg · Aug 8, 2024 5:00pm PDT · 2 comments
One of the internet’s corporate success stories of the past decade, Airbnb, is suddenly in need of an overhaul. Its stock plunged 11% this week—dragging it down 15% for the year—after executives acknowledged a slowdown among U.S. consumers had hurt its growth. The slowdown crystallizes a paradox about Airbnb’s performance. Its 11% expected... One of the internet’s corporate success stories of the past decade, Airbnb, is suddenly in need...
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The Big Read

An Asbestos Lawyer’s New Crusade: Suing Social Media Companies

By Paris Martineau · Jul 26, 2024 9:01am PDT · 2 comments
In January, after members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had spent hours grilling tech CEOs about their platforms’ effects on children, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley pounced on Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Hawley, a Republican firebrand and a vocal tech critic, accused Zuckerberg of ignoring internal company data that suggested... In January, after members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had spent hours grilling tech CEOs...
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Exclusive

TikTok Pushes Social Features as Growth Cools

By Kaya Yurieff and Sylvia Varnham O'Regan · Dec 7, 2022 6:00am PST
For the past year or so, Meta Platforms has been fiddling with its Instagram app to make it look more like TikTok, the short-video juggernaut that has been siphoning away its audience. Lately, though, TikTok has started borrowing a few social media tricks from the likes of Meta’s Instagram and upstart photo-sharing app BeReal. One of the... For the past year or so, Meta Platforms has been fiddling with its Instagram app to make it look...