Possible Fake News Tesla Tweets
August 10, 2018 Economy, internet, Law, Media, S.E.C., stock market, Wall St.
Elon Musk tweeted that he wants to take Tesla private and has $70 billion in backing to do it. Tesla shares jumped 10% on the news. But now that the S.E.C. is on his case for possible fake news Tesla tweets the stock is back to ground zero.
Facebook Likes Your Bank Account
August 9, 2018 banking, Culture, Economy, internet, Media
Facebook says it would like to add your bank account to its data mining operations.
Are 3D Guns Free Speech?
August 1, 2018 crime, Donald Trump, internet, Law, Media, supreme court
Printers aren't just for fed funds anymore. Now you can print a gun from a 3D printer. Really. Needless to say this has the anti-gun lobby up in arms.
Of course you can't print anything until you download the software. Obviously this is Trump's fault. What's next? Russian hackers emailing weapons to enemies of Hillary?
Not if Federal Judge Robert Lasnik can help it. He issued a restraining order to stop the release of electronic gun making instructions by a group called Defense Distributed.
David French in National Review points out "The plaintiffs weren't distributing guns, they were distributing information…and blocking the flow of information is a prior restraint of free speech."
Facebook Face Plant
July 27, 2018 Economy, internet, Media, stock market, Wall St.
The stock market unfriended Facebook yesterday. Investors vaporized $119 billion of Facebook's value – 20% of the company's market cap. It was the biggest 24 hour stock sale in history.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg face planted too. He lost $15 billion in for the day.
Hope his student loan is paid off.
Peak Spock Speaks
June 5, 2018 2016 presidential campaign, 2016 presidential campaign, cable tv, democrats, internet, Media, Newpapers, Symbols
Aspiring novelist Ben Rhodes created narratives for the Obama administration. In a NYT story he once took credit for creating a media echo chamber to push the president's Iran nuclear deal.
But on election night 2016 Rhodes found himself at a loss for words.
Now he's written a book. It's titled "The World as It Is." Or "Peak Spock" as Maureen Dowd calls it.
In the book President Obama consoles despondent young Ben by telling him, "There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth."
Back on earth Obama says, "Sometimes I wonder whether I was 10 or 20 years too early."
To which Matthew Continetti asks, "What was he early for?," "Fundamentally transforming America?" "The moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow"?
Nope. According to Ms. Dowd, "We just weren't ready for his amazing awesomeness."
Ben Rhodes now works for MSNBC. His brother, David Rhodes, is president of CBS News.