Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
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Welcome to the Age of the Broligarchs | Vince Bzdek
One of the most remarkable things about the inauguration Monday was the prominence of place given to tech titans during the ceremonies. Magnates worth more than $1 trillion were seated right behind the president and a row ahead of Donald Trump’s Cabinet as Trump was sworn in. Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO…
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Americans are good at democratizing things. Space is next. | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sixty years and two months after Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and their guests became the first private passengers to reach space aboard private rocket ships, and Bezos’s rocket just happened to be dubbed the New Shepard.…
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Mark Zuckerberg mocked for video of him surfing while waving US flag
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is surfin’ USA. Zuckerberg, 37, posted a video to Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, showing him surfing on calm waters as he holds a large U.S. flag. Zuckerberg, donning a wetsuit, rides the waves…
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A Big Tech reckoning is coming, and Coloradans may lead the way
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, had dinner about a year ago with the man who probably has more power over our public debate than any other person right now, Mark Zuckerberg. The CEO of…
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A Big Tech reckoning is coming, and Coloradans may lead the way | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, had dinner about a year ago with the man who probably has more power over our public debate than any other person right now, Mark Zuckerberg. The CEO of Facebook now owns four of the biggest social media…
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Social media is killing public life (Exhibit A: last week’s debate) | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Question of the week: Who’s to blame for that barroom brawl we saw last week that was supposed to be a presidential debate? Boulder filmmaker Jeff Orlowski has a pretty succinct answer: social media. He’s…