albert b chu 🐶
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early adopter, angel investor • CEO SOMPO Digital Lab and co-CDO SOMPO Holdings • Managing Partner, Poppyseed • dog-obsessed • Posts on X are my own opinion.
Silicon Valley
Joined July 2008
It's your road and yours alone. Others can walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. —Rumi
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Is Venmo down for you? 🚨 Users are reporting problems with Venmo #venmodown. Repost if you are having issues. Check https://t.co/vTWFBoHUmw for updates.
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NEWS: Elon Musk’s The Boring Company will open its first tunnel to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in Q1 2026, transporting up to 20,000 people per hour for 50-80% lower cost than an Uber. Cost for passengers: • Downtown to Airport: $12 (8 min ride) • Airport to
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Chowa Hall Tokyo – Our first project in Japan https://t.co/HBjgR4IH5f via @into_inc
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AOL says it will discontinue dial-up internet on September 30 May this sound echo in eternity: https://t.co/I0zKIPERbX
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SF's summer chill is breaking decades-old records https://t.co/9GN4w5fdkz
#axiossanfrancisco
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As the rest of the country heats up, San Francisco is stuck in the 50s under thick, chilly fog.
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Microsoft reveals a list of jobs about to be destroyed by AI | Windows Central
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A Microsoft Research paper has listed out 40 professions it believes are most at risk from the rise of AI, as well as 40 professions that should be safe (at least for now...)
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Over 80% of scam emails globally targeted Japan in May: security firm
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Over 80 percent of email scams with identifiable senders targeted Japanese recipients in May, as advances in generative artificial intelligence allow the use of more natural language, a U.S. cybers...
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The Genius act has passed. 306-122 with 4 NV remaining on the R side. 102 Democrats in favor after also bringing in massive support from the Democratic side in the Senate. This is the most important piece of bipartisan financial legislation since Dodd-Frank. A new era begins.
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RIP SEO. a16z just declared the death of traditional search and the birth of something new: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Here’s how the game has changed (and how to win in the AI era):
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Decided to grab a quick shot of the Full "Worm" Moon rising between cloud layers. Unfortunately it looks like those clouds will continue to increase and likely obscure the lunar eclipse later tonight over the SF Bay Area. 🙁
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Ezra Klein is right, decades of Democratic (well intentioned) sins in local and state governance are coming to roost and it is hurting our party, our political project and Americans. Thankfully, we have the power to remake our party and course correct
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And here you thought I only talk about crypto and banks in the United States. The future is coming fast. Everywhere. @gftnforum_jp
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@CaitlinLong_ @gladstein @thetrocro @Support Hey @support another 200k+ account CEO also knows this is Lawrence's account. It's a funny big social chain now, which matters these days. There's a big legit swarm that says Lawrence really is Lawrence. And we're willing to help verify, or annoy until he's back here.
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I will say @vronirwin's article here is great and @laurashin building a platform to report on these things is especially critical with the decline of some other crypto journalistic outlets. Give it a read if you want to know why the FDIC is mad with me about "disinformation"
@FDIC_Exposed @FDICgov @iampaulgrewal @CampbellJAustin @nic__carter @CaitlinLong_ @vronirwin If you're interested in the article that Veronica wrote about how the Fed and FDIC's unwritten policies around Operation Chokepoint 2.0 may have been illegal, here's what she found:
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Japan study shows simple questions can help detect Alzheimer's
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A method developed by a Japanese team using three questions allows easy screening of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment, it said Thursday, with a rising number of patients calling for...
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