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1700 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
SBF, as he’s known, has pleaded not-guilty to some seven charges of fraud and conspiracy. But, as we wait to hear both his version and the government’s version of what happened, there will be another tale recounting how things played ou... |
1701 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
But, as we wait to hear both his version and the government’s version of what happened, there will be another tale recounting how things played out: “Going Infinite,” a book by Michael Lewis chronicling the rise and fall of SBF, is set ... |
1702 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
The episode has fired up a lot of people, indignant at what they feel was too-easy treatment for someone who many believe brought down the whole crypto house.
60 Minutes got rightly community noted here. How is it that SBF is _still_ g... |
1703 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
60 Minutes got rightly community noted here. How is it that SBF is _still_ getting super positive media coverage when the media has nothing good to say about the founders that have actually created things and brought value into the worl... |
1704 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
In an interview broadcast yesterday on 60 Minutes, Lewis, the famed chronicler of financial adventure and misadventure — his books include “Liar’s Poker,” “Moneyball” and “The Big Short” — said that he didn’t set out to write a book abo... |
1705 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Rather, Lewis claims he was introduced to him in early 2021 by a friend who wanted to back FTX. Before any financial commitment, that friend asked Lewis to meet the young billionaire — both lived in Berkeley — to “evaluate his character... |
1706 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Rather, Lewis claims he was introduced to him in early 2021 by a friend who wanted to back FTX. Before any financial commitment, that friend asked Lewis to meet the young billionaire — both lived in Berkeley — to “evaluate his character... |
1707 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Before any financial commitment, that friend asked Lewis to meet the young billionaire — both lived in Berkeley — to “evaluate his character.”
No, we don’t find out who that friend is, nor do we find out if that particular investment w... |
1708 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
But we do find out that another investment, of sorts, was made on that day: Lewis himself was so taken with the idea of SBF and his apparent brilliance that he came away with the decision to write about him.
“Eighteen months earlier, h... |
1709 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
But we do find out that another investment, of sorts, was made on that day: Lewis himself was so taken with the idea of SBF and his apparent brilliance that he came away with the decision to write about him.
“Eighteen months earlier, h... |
1710 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“Eighteen months earlier, he had nothing. Now he had $22.5 billion. He was the richest person in the world under 30 [and] he was going to spend it to save humanity from extinction,” he said. “My jaw was on the floor.”
The two proceeded... |
1711 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“Eighteen months earlier, he had nothing. Now he had $22.5 billion. He was the richest person in the world under 30 [and] he was going to spend it to save humanity from extinction,” he said. “My jaw was on the floor.”
The two proceeded... |
1712 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
He was the richest person in the world under 30 [and] he was going to spend it to save humanity from extinction,” he said. “My jaw was on the floor.”
The two proceeded to meet more than 100 times over the next two years. As SBF’s fame ... |
1713 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“My jaw was on the floor.”
The two proceeded to meet more than 100 times over the next two years. As SBF’s fame and his company’s bank account grew, 60 Minutes itself even got involved. The program shot (and it shows here) one segment ... |
1714 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
As SBF’s fame and his company’s bank account grew, 60 Minutes itself even got involved. The program shot (and it shows here) one segment with SBF talking as he shuffles cards with his leg twitching nervously behind his desk (why? we don... |
1715 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“If you watch the clip, you’ll see his eyes going back and forth,” he said. “It’s because he’s trying to win his video game at the same time he’s on the air.”
“If you watch the clip, you’ll see his eyes going back and forth. It’s becau... |
1716 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“If you watch the clip, you’ll see his eyes going back and forth,” he said. “It’s because he’s trying to win his video game at the same time he’s on the air.”
“If you watch the clip, you’ll see his eyes going back and forth. It’s becau... |
1717 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“It’s because he’s trying to win his video game at the same time he’s on the air.”
“If you watch the clip, you’ll see his eyes going back and forth. It’s because he’s trying to win his video game at the same time he’s on the air.” Mich... |
1718 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
It’s because he’s trying to win his video game at the same time he’s on the air.” Michael Lewis
Friendships and lucrative marketing deals followed, with sports icons like Tom Brady (who was paid $55 million) and Steph Curry ($35 millio... |
1719 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Desperate times!
As trades on FTX climbed up to $15 billion/day, SBF, of course, also got tied up in the corridors of political power.
Lewis said that he met with the young crypto king ahead of him seeing Mitch McConnell to discuss ho... |
1720 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Desperate times!
As trades on FTX climbed up to $15 billion/day, SBF, of course, also got tied up in the corridors of political power.
Lewis said that he met with the young crypto king ahead of him seeing Mitch McConnell to discuss ho... |
1721 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Lewis said that he met with the young crypto king ahead of him seeing Mitch McConnell to discuss how he could fund political candidates who were looking to offset Trump’s influence in the Republican Party. We find out that the gravitati... |
1722 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Lewis said that he met with the young crypto king ahead of him seeing Mitch McConnell to discuss how he could fund political candidates who were looking to offset Trump’s influence in the Republican Party. We find out that the gravitati... |
1723 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
We find out that the gravitational pull of cargo shorts was a tough one to pull away from: The suit SBF brought to wear to the McConnell meeting was tightly balled up under his arm with his dress shoes falling out of the middle of the b... |
1724 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
We’ve all been there, Sam. (Well, perhaps not Anna.)
Lewis also claimed that SBF had concocted a plan to buy off Trump, to get him not to run again for president.
“Like how much would it take to get an answer?” Lewis recounted. “There... |
1725 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
We’ve all been there, Sam. (Well, perhaps not Anna.)
Lewis also claimed that SBF had concocted a plan to buy off Trump, to get him not to run again for president.
“Like how much would it take to get an answer?” Lewis recounted. “There... |
1726 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“Like how much would it take to get an answer?” Lewis recounted. “There was a number that was kicking around… this was $5 billion.” He said that Sam was never sure whether that figure came directly from Trump. And no, we don’t find out ... |
1727 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
And no, we don’t find out if he ever did wire anything to camp Trump. That would be a wonderful detail to get teased out in the trial, though.
And lest you think Biden and the Democrats have their hands clean of SBF… think again: He al... |
1728 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
That would be a wonderful detail to get teased out in the trial, though.
And lest you think Biden and the Democrats have their hands clean of SBF… think again: He also looked to back candidates on that side of the aisle. You never know... |
1729 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
And lest you think Biden and the Democrats have their hands clean of SBF… think again: He also looked to back candidates on that side of the aisle. You never know when you might need a friend!
The hard crash
All of that activity, of c... |
1730 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
You never know when you might need a friend!
The hard crash
All of that activity, of course, came to a crashing end: The value of cryptocurrencies on FTX was not banked to much more than speculation and the promise of higher value, an... |
1731 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
The hard crash
All of that activity, of course, came to a crashing end: The value of cryptocurrencies on FTX was not banked to much more than speculation and the promise of higher value, and so when those valuations fell, they fell ver... |
1732 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
What we already knew was that SBF has been denied bail; his name is mud (or much worse) among those who have lost money in Alameda or FTX; and those who might not have had positions in these still blame him for other crypto woes because... |
1733 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
What we already knew was that SBF has been denied bail; his name is mud (or much worse) among those who have lost money in Alameda or FTX; and those who might not have had positions in these still blame him for other crypto woes because... |
1734 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“He doesn’t come off good at all here. You can tell he had no experience in management or handling such big undertakings. I think he was in way over his head,” Ayelet Noff, the CEO and founder of public relations firm Sliced Brand, whic... |
1735 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
I think he was in way over his head,” Ayelet Noff, the CEO and founder of public relations firm Sliced Brand, which represents a number of cryptocurrency businesses, told TechCrunch. “I think he does a disservice to the whole community.... |
1736 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“I think he does a disservice to the whole community. He pushed back crypto adoption by at least a year or two. Each time one of these things happens it brings back the whole market. It’s two steps forward and one step back.”
The Micha... |
1737 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
He pushed back crypto adoption by at least a year or two. Each time one of these things happens it brings back the whole market. It’s two steps forward and one step back.”
The Michael Lewis interview is infuriating. SBF was a scumbag, ... |
1738 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
— Ryan Selkis 🪳 (@twobitidiot) October 2, 2023
Shameful that Michael Lewis is defending SBF. “They had a great real business. If no one had cast aspersions on the business, if there hadn’t been a run on customers deposits, they’d stil... |
1739 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
— Ryan Selkis 🪳 (@twobitidiot) October 2, 2023
Shameful that Michael Lewis is defending SBF. “They had a great real business. If no one had cast aspersions on the business, if there hadn’t been a run on customers deposits, they’d stil... |
1740 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
They are not a bank, they're… pic.twitter.com/vRKBbgzITe — Dan Held (@danheld) October 2, 2023
But even so, Noff is defensive: She also believes crypto is no worse than the stock market, which can also be manipulated and mishandled.
“... |
1741 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“Even when you identify corruption, I don’t think that means we don’t believe in the system in question,” she added.
Yet Lewis’s picture is a little less stark from the looks of the 60 Minutes episode. In fact, I’d say it’s not that cl... |
1742 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
“Even when you identify corruption, I don’t think that means we don’t believe in the system in question,” she added.
Yet Lewis’s picture is a little less stark from the looks of the 60 Minutes episode. In fact, I’d say it’s not that cl... |
1743 | SBF, riding high on FTX, reportedly offered $5B to Trump to cancel President re-run
Yet Lewis’s picture is a little less stark from the looks of the 60 Minutes episode. In fact, I’d say it’s not that clear at all if SBF is getting a kicking or a coat of polish in this interview when you consider Lewis’s celebration of ... |
1744 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of crypto exchange FTX? Is he a liar and a fraud? Or did he act in good faith, and like many a startup founder, fly too close to the sun?
That answer ultimate... |
1745 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of crypto exchange FTX? Is he a liar and a fraud? Or did he act in good faith, and like many a startup founder, fly too close to the sun?
That answer ultimate... |
1746 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
That answer ultimately lies with the jury, which was selected on Wednesday morning before lawyers for the government and then Bankman-Fried swapped two very different stories of the former crypto mogu... |
1747 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Here’s what happened on the second day of the trial, which featured pointed allegations, a friend from MIT, and an audience replete with big names, including Bankman-Fried’s professorial parents and D... |
1748 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Here’s what happened on the second day of the trial, which featured pointed allegations, a friend from MIT, and an audience replete with big names, including Bankman-Fried’s professorial parents and D... |
1749 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
attorney for the Southern District of New York.
A conscious criminal…
The prosecution’s account of the alleged crimes by Bankman-Fried, who spent most of his day in court staring into a laptop while... |
1750 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“One year ago, it looked like the defendant was on the top of the world,” began Thane Rehn, a prosecutor for the government, in his opening statement. The former CEO of FTX oversaw a supposedly thrivi... |
1751 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“One year ago, it looked like the defendant was on the top of the world,” began Thane Rehn, a prosecutor for the government, in his opening statement. The former CEO of FTX oversaw a supposedly thrivi... |
1752 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
The former CEO of FTX oversaw a supposedly thriving crypto exchange, jetted between international locales, and hobnobbed with celebrities like Tom Brady and Larry David. He repeatedly emphasized to cu... |
1753 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
He repeatedly emphasized to customers that their money was safe and secure.
But “all of that, all of it, was built on lies,” Rehn declared to the jury. “Behind the curtains, he was not what he appear... |
1754 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
But “all of that, all of it, was built on lies,” Rehn declared to the jury. “Behind the curtains, he was not what he appeared to be.” What followed was a roughly 30-minute story that repeatedly emphas... |
1755 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
But “all of that, all of it, was built on lies,” Rehn declared to the jury. “Behind the curtains, he was not what he appeared to be.” What followed was a roughly 30-minute story that repeatedly emphas... |
1756 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
The key to his alleged scheme? Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund he also owned, argued Rehn. Using Caroline Ellison, his on-again off-again girlfriend and the CEO of Alameda, as a front, Bankman-F... |
1757 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
The key to his alleged scheme? Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund he also owned, argued Rehn. Using Caroline Ellison, his on-again off-again girlfriend and the CEO of Alameda, as a front, Bankman-F... |
1758 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Using Caroline Ellison, his on-again off-again girlfriend and the CEO of Alameda, as a front, Bankman-Fried had “secret access” to customer money—both cash and crypto—the government claimed.
Moreover... |
1759 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Moreover, Bankman-Fried allegedly directed employees to conceal the flow of money into FTX’s coffers and forged financial documents distributed to lenders and investors. “The defendant lied to the wor... |
1760 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“The defendant lied to the world,” Rehn alleged.
And who was this defendant? Not a crypto “boy” genius, as so many in the media (Fortune included) have written, but a “man” who “stole billions of dol... |
1761 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“The defendant lied to the world,” Rehn alleged.
And who was this defendant? Not a crypto “boy” genius, as so many in the media (Fortune included) have written, but a “man” who “stole billions of dol... |
1762 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
And who was this defendant? Not a crypto “boy” genius, as so many in the media (Fortune included) have written, but a “man” who “stole billions of dollars from thousands of victims,” Rehn said. “You w... |
1763 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Not a crypto “boy” genius, as so many in the media (Fortune included) have written, but a “man” who “stole billions of dollars from thousands of victims,” Rehn said. “You will see the full picture.”
... |
1764 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
But Bankman-Fried, whose cheekbones were more prominent after spending about seven weeks in a Brooklyn prison, was no liar, according to Mark Cohen, one of his lawyers. “Sam didn’t defraud anyone,” he... |
1765 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“Sam didn’t defraud anyone,” he said early on in his opening statement.
What the jury will see is a nerdy startup founder who acted in “good faith,” not the prosecution’s “cartoon of a villain.” (Coh... |
1766 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Alameda was not subterranean or shady. It was a successful hedge fund, he said. FTX was no Ponzi scheme. It was a “very innovative, successful company.” And the business practices between the two were... |
1767 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Alameda was not subterranean or shady. It was a successful hedge fund, he said. FTX was no Ponzi scheme. It was a “very innovative, successful company.” And the business practices between the two were... |
1768 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
FTX was no Ponzi scheme. It was a “very innovative, successful company.” And the business practices between the two were reasonable, he argued, claiming that Alameda acted legally as an FTX customer, ... |
1769 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
In an analogy he employed throughout his opening statement, he said that “working at a startup is like building a plane as you’re flying it” and that businesses sometimes fail. In fact, he specificall... |
1770 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
In fact, he specifically pointed the finger at Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda, who, he said, did not adequately protect her hedge fund from the inherent risk of the crypto markets.
When the walls... |
1771 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
In fact, he specifically pointed the finger at Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda, who, he said, did not adequately protect her hedge fund from the inherent risk of the crypto markets.
When the walls... |
1772 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
Rather, he was willing to give up his personal wealth to make customers whole, Cohen argued.
“In the end, Sam started and built two billion-dollar businesses,” he concluded. “He didn’t steal any mone... |
1773 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“In the end, Sam started and built two billion-dollar businesses,” he concluded. “He didn’t steal any money.”
A Frenchman who lives in London testifies in New York
After lawyers from both sides depi... |
1774 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“In the end, Sam started and built two billion-dollar businesses,” he concluded. “He didn’t steal any money.”
A Frenchman who lives in London testifies in New York
After lawyers from both sides depi... |
1775 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“He didn’t steal any money.”
A Frenchman who lives in London testifies in New York
After lawyers from both sides depicted two very different Bankman-Frieds, the prosecution called its first two witn... |
1776 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“He didn’t steal any money.”
A Frenchman who lives in London testifies in New York
After lawyers from both sides depicted two very different Bankman-Frieds, the prosecution called its first two witn... |
1777 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
The first was a victim: Marc-Antoine Julliard, a Paris-born cocoa trader who lives in London. In 2021, Julliard, who had coiffed hair and spoke with a strong French accent, decided to invest in crypto... |
1778 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
The first was a victim: Marc-Antoine Julliard, a Paris-born cocoa trader who lives in London. In 2021, Julliard, who had coiffed hair and spoke with a strong French accent, decided to invest in crypto... |
1779 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
On Nov. 8, in the crypto exchange’s final few days, he tried to pull out his cash and crypto. How much? Almost $100,000, he said. And was he ever able to? “Never,” he told prosecutors.
Shortly afterw... |
1780 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
On Nov. 8, in the crypto exchange’s final few days, he tried to pull out his cash and crypto. How much? Almost $100,000, he said. And was he ever able to? “Never,” he told prosecutors.
Shortly afterw... |
1781 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
8, in the crypto exchange’s final few days, he tried to pull out his cash and crypto. How much? Almost $100,000, he said. And was he ever able to? “Never,” he told prosecutors.
Shortly afterward, as ... |
1782 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
How much? Almost $100,000, he said. And was he ever able to? “Never,” he told prosecutors.
Shortly afterward, as the trial neared late afternoon, the government called Adam Yedidia to the stand. A fa... |
1783 | Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
“Never,” he told prosecutors.
Shortly afterward, as the trial neared late afternoon, the government called Adam Yedidia to the stand. A fast-talking graduate of MIT, he and Bankman-Fried were close f... |
1784 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
The process of this test did remind me how much data Google collects — not just my searches but anything I say to a smart speaker, any search result or ad that I click — which will be a point in favour of DuckDuckGo for some, even if it didn’t perform as well and... |
1785 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
The process of this test did remind me how much data Google collects — not just my searches but anything I say to a smart speaker, any search result or ad that I click — which will be a point in favour of DuckDuckGo for some, even if it didn’t perform as well and... |
1786 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
The data collection does also mean that Google (not just search but also mobile widgets and other services) personalises to me more effectively. Loading Bing has overhauled its layout over the past year to be very graphic and augmented by generative AI explanatio... |
1787 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
Loading Bing has overhauled its layout over the past year to be very graphic and augmented by generative AI explanations from its chatbot. I like the idea of being able to ask follow-up questions in searches this way, but in practice it’s not really there yet. In... |
1788 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
I like the idea of being able to ask follow-up questions in searches this way, but in practice it’s not really there yet. In a search for “kids BMX bike green” (Google did pretty well and DuckDuckGo ignored the green part), Bing Chat offered a comparison of a few... |
1789 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
I asked, “any under $200?” and it replied with more options that were all over $300. Another observation from this test is that I tend to use the Google Search bar as much for returning to familiar sites as I do for searching for information, which means switchin... |
1790 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
I asked, “any under $200?” and it replied with more options that were all over $300. Another observation from this test is that I tend to use the Google Search bar as much for returning to familiar sites as I do for searching for information, which means switchin... |
1791 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
Is Google as the default unfair?
In a response to the trial on Google’s blog, president of global affairs Kent Walker said the company’s search product was the favourite of users, browsers and device makers simply because it was the best in the business. And bei... |
1792 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
Is Google as the default unfair?
In a response to the trial on Google’s blog, president of global affairs Kent Walker said the company’s search product was the favourite of users, browsers and device makers simply because it was the best in the business. And bei... |
1793 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
And being default was not determinative, he said; changing from Google Search to any other search provider was easy, and the company competes with many others on phones and PCs. “People don’t use Google because they have to, they use it because they want to,” he ... |
1794 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
“People don’t use Google because they have to, they use it because they want to,” he said. “This lawsuit simply ignores how intensely competitive and dynamic the technology industry is today.” Walker also points out that, when faced with a situation where Google ... |
1795 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
“This lawsuit simply ignores how intensely competitive and dynamic the technology industry is today.” Walker also points out that, when faced with a situation where Google is not the default, users tend to spend some effort putting Google back in charge. When Moz... |
1796 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
When Mozilla made Yahoo! the default on Firefox, most users changed it to Google. And when people set up a Windows device for the first time they frequently sidestep the Microsoft default — “Google” was the number one search query on Bing in 2021 — despite Micros... |
1797 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
This is a compelling point, and many of us will be well accustomed to dodging all of Microsoft’s pleading while trying to get Chrome and Google set as defaults whenever we set up a new PC. But all of these arguments do ignore the fact that Google and its competit... |
1798 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
This is a compelling point, and many of us will be well accustomed to dodging all of Microsoft’s pleading while trying to get Chrome and Google set as defaults whenever we set up a new PC. But all of these arguments do ignore the fact that Google and its competit... |
1799 | Is Google Search better than the rest? And is that fair?
But all of these arguments do ignore the fact that Google and its competitors are not on an even playing field. The question remains, why do users prefer Google? And if the answer, as Walker says, is that Google is simply better, the question becomes whether that... |
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