Darrell Etherington
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Network at @OMERSVentures , ex-Managing Editor at TechCrunch. Writer of @theangle , host of @originalcontentpodcast
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Musk: "this is obviously sounding increasingly like a black mirror episode, but well, I guess they're pretty good at predicting," and then says Neuralink could allow you to download your memories into a robot body.
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LA hotel was a 25 minute walk from LAX so I walked. Reception person looked at me like no one has ever done this before in the history of LA
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Laid off from
@TechCrunch
, the website I built over the past decade with the help of many wonderful humans including
@jordanrcrook
,
@panzer
,
@alexia
, and
@mjburnsy
to name just a few. Open to work if you're hiring, and also snap up
@morgan_sung
and
@Harriblogs
both also impacted
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Excited to share that I’ve joined OMERS Ventures! Building on my decade at TechCrunch, I’ll be taking on a new role at the firm designed to help grow our network, as well as maximize its reach and impact.
It’s a thrilling new challenge, and one that will mean I spend a lot of…
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One week post-TechCrunch, I'm starting my own newsletter! It's called
@TheAngle
(yes I've been sitting on this domain for 6 years) and you can sign up at
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1/ hey so I'm back at TechCrunch (again) and I'll be especially interested in anything related to space, science (very broad but let's leave it broad for now) and health, would love to hear from anyone on these subjects as I dive back in. I'm very, very excited to get back to it
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One day I would like to be baller enough to pay $28 million to be the first on a spacecraft then turn it down bc something more important came up.
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So first day at Shopify as Product Communications Lead in the books! So far, so 🏆. Note: there is no Medium post for this personal news but feel free to imagine one
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a girl has no login
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hey zuck says he'll turn it back on if the NYT just admits it wasn't an electric surfboard
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Wow, the $28 million bidder who won Blue Origin's auction isn't going on the first flight due to "scheduling conflicts" and instead an 18-year old amateur pilot gets the seat.
Blue Origin's final passenger for its first human spaceflight will be 18-year-old Oliver Daemen by
@etherington
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Congrats on the Shop app launch to
@Shopify
! The ‘Find shops near you’ feature is exactly what i was looking for to support local during COVID
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Here's the entire Blue Origin first human spaceflight launch in gif format (sped up 8x):
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Hey! Big news – I'm launching a new space tech newsletter called 'Max Q' that will publish weekly and focus mostly on startups and commercial space. You can sign up now, and it'll be live in your inboxes starting December 15!
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I guess you could say investors are bullish on Pokémon Go
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12-year old me could not possibly comprehend this bounty
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I was surprised by how very little I missed what Apple left out of the new MacBook. My review:
http://t.co/bw1ZRmurqH
http://t.co/lkRZw2SSuE
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@elonmusk
yeah you’re great at predicting things that are definitely gonna happen as a result of actions you take
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Musk's Neuralink livestream is now live, about an hour late (so on time in the 'Elon chronostream')
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Apple’s new role for Jony Ive should actually give him more direct influence over design
http://t.co/qiylVbRwBe
http://t.co/Iwr8ipdGKe
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@AirCanada
Just because the existing approach isn’t friendly to your bottom line doesn’t mean it isn’t science-based
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listen we agree to embargoes but if another major pub has their story online before the technical embargo time, the 👏 embargo 👏 is 👏 lifted 👏 and 👏 that's 👏 your 👏 problem 👏 not 👏 mine 👏
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Looks like SpaceX actually got close to a successful reusable rocket landing. That’s huge:
http://t.co/uuRITvGEUo
http://t.co/lgWAj3d5xr
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Listen the eclipse was caused by a giant cookie person that became the mascot for a mobile OS update. The ELITES won’t tell you this.
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The one thing I like about Clubhouse is the “leave quietly” button and I would like one for literally every thing else in life
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scrolling through clubhouse upcoming events now reminds me of how Google+ eventually revealed itself to be strictly a house of cards made up of marketers marketing to other marketers
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over a decade of doing this has made me pretty jaded at times. this broke through big time
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Loved our conversation with
@jasminericegirl
for this one! Definitely give it a listen – key insights into how to build a sustainable creator economy
Avoiding the pitfalls of OnlyFans with Rosie Nguyen from Fanhouse by
@rebecca_szkutak
and
@etherington
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Btw that
@mjburnsy
I mentioned? He's also up for grabs! What a bounty TC has delivered for you, deep-pocketed employers, today.
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quite the timing for this internal email, verizon media
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Hey everyone: if you're walking 2 across on a sidewalk and you encounter 1 person coming towards, just move single file. What's hard?
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Had a great conversation, thank you Bill! Lots to dig into for startups and engineers looking to make a real difference:
Yesterday, I had a chance to spend the day focusing on climate – and the innovations that can prevent the very worst effects of climate change.
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SpaceX successfully caught at least one fairing half with their 'Ms. Tree' ship. That's great news! Still waiting on word from 'Ms. Chief' on the other half
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IOC’s doing a great job of making sure there’s virtually nothing about Winter Olympics in my TL, except discussions of its absence.
Twitter took down my video of the unified Korean team entering the stadium, on the IOC’s orders.
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no longer accepting 'expert source' pitches but I will accept 'rank amateur' or 'incompetent' source offers
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I did a session with
@uclaanderson
's Venture Accelerator yesterday on Media + PR for startups! It was fun, I might do more of this now that I'm not on the journo side. Here's the deck I used, very top-line but potentially useful for founders:
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I started working at TC when I was 14 years old
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first actual photo of hell MT
@VZWnews
: Fire up
#BBQ
season w/ grilling tips from celeb chef
@GuyFieri
#grillmaster
http://t.co/v3f9DCSzY0
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The Apple TV is the new epicenter of the smart home and entertainment. Is my guess.
http://t.co/9qMmaWCeg4
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It’s impossible to overstate how important this is. And how lovely and liberating it should be, too!
The best counter to this wave of AI generated content is to write with even more opinion, even more personality and humor. If you sound boring, people will assume a bot wrote it. Now is the time to inject humanity into the Writing process, even if it’s a B2B channel.
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I got this Roadster gif, too, when it slid in to a stop behind Elon
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3/ my biggest lesson from the career swaps is that there is nothing better in the world than writing about things you care about for an audience, at least for me – and that's especially true when you're learning along with the audience, which is why I'm eager to explore new areas
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Short addendum to this: Over my career at TechCrunch, I published 8,532 articles, which works out to 3.41% of all published posts on the site. Numbers only tell a tiny part of any story but I'm proud I was able to do so much for the part of TC people interface with most.
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I now get why people based in San Francisco think AirPods are super popular
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Good morning! I'll be at the
#AppleEvent
later this morning, live blogging from Apple Park with
@bheater
and
@panzer
so hang out with us here:
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this is absolutely wild
Beginning next year, Apple will send you parts and tools to fix your iPhone and Mac at home by
@bheater
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I was there when he did this and it was amazing. Meanwhile, I was busy sweating profusely.
Timelapse of the
@MHI_Group
#HIIB
rolling out to LP-2 this afternoon before the
#HTV8
resupply mission to the
@Space_Station
. The 2nd go/no-go poll is a GO! Fueling operations are next and should begin 60 minutes from now.
my full
#HTV8
photo gallery:
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Tim Cook says he “can’t live without” his own Apple Watch, but you have to survive without one until April
http://t.co/XnBcUhyAym
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The ingredients are finally all actually in place for Apple’s streaming service to make logical sense:
http://t.co/vazpZTydfJ
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Pink skies over Toronto for a surprisingly brief time this morning – took photos to make this pano stitch then switched to a wide lens and it was totally gone:
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The first issue of my newsletter
@thangle
is out now to subscribers! Go sign up and get all future editions in your inbox:
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All companies have now definitely coalesced on the idea that Tuesday is the best day to release news. Good time to think about other days.
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Been using AirPods Pro for a few days now and the depth of the product design continues to surprise and impress. Plus they really do sound fantastic.
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SpaceX launch livestream is now streaming. Chances are looking high that weather scrubs this launch but it's really coming down to the wire:
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just think fb being down this long means at least 24,000 people or something avoided seeing a misinfo post about how vaccines are a deep state brainwash operation and also no one has missed literally anything of value
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For those asking it’s business as usual. And I’ll be delighted to help you resolve any issues you’re having with your Verizon service.
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Hey, we're actively hiring a full-time climate reporter for TechCrunch and I'd love to hear from folks who are interested. Looking for someone who can anchor our coverage there, as it now touches all our areas but we haven't yet had someone dedicated to it.
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Are any startups or tech companies working to address the shortage of basic medical supplies like surgical masks for front-line healthcare workers? Get in touch: darrell [at] techcrunch [dot] com
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Very excited about this! Our first ever TechCrunch Space event, happening this June in LA. Plenty more details coming soon.
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I’m launching a Vero-powered cryptocurrency exchange with a notch and a pop-up camera
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When you achieve a certain wealth threshold, does someone automatically hand you a light down jacket and a blazer and say “wear this under this”
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Our HoloLens post now features Microsoft’s impressive official video of the tech in action:
http://t.co/c111MQw6W6
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Border guard: "Purpose of trip?"
Me: "Uh, going to a Hyperloop Pod competition at SpaceX."
Guard: "..."
Guard: "Should be fun!"
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SpaceX launch now targeting 8:07 PM EDT (5:07 PM PDT) for liftoff:
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If I had a startup this would be my first stop. And Alexia would decline to participate because she’s extremely good at this and my ideas are bad.
Former journo Alexia Bonatsos takes the wraps off her new venture fund, Dream Machine by
@cookie
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luv 2 rely on a community-run discord for vaccine availability updates like I'm trying to cop a fucking ps5 ffs
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Instagram’s new Hyperlapse app for iPhone is now out, for free, so go get it –
http://t.co/QF9xiqXqMY
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Dana is a wonderful and amazing editor who managed to keep the core of Engadget and its brand intact across multiple iterations of management and ownership changes, a superhuman effort. She deserves to do anything she could possibly want to next and is a tremendous asset.
Some personal news: tomorrow is my last day at Engadget, and the last day for nine of my colleagues. My teammates have been the reason I've stayed with Engadget for 13 years. They are my friends, my family, and I will miss them dearly. It has been a marvelous run.
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This is Swiss! He’s a big softie. Chelsea’s in the background getting used to the two dog situation.
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4/ so, basically I just wanted to say my emails and DMs are open, and I'm happy to hear about anything anyone's doing in so-called frontier tech, or in Canada (and Toronto as the key hub) in general, where the tech scene really is thriving well beyond hype this time around
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