Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher)
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(MBE) Former Founding Editor-at-large @TechCrunch | [email protected] | @mikebutcher.bsky.social | Signal: mikebutcher.04 | https://t.co/ZmWBKuD9uY
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Former Editor-at-large @TechCrunch.Columnist / Speaker / Moderator / Broadcaster.Founder:.@TheEuropas @Pathfounders @Techfugees.Former co-founder:.@TechHub @StartupCltn @TechForUK @tech_vets.LI: Speaking:
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Successful entrepreneurial countries in Europe, like Spain, have a stable wealth tax stable, offset it with broader tax advantages. The UK has the best regulatory environment for business in Europe. Some of these people may move but they will largely retain their businesses in.
A serious question- would you move overseas for £600K per year? Imagine being offered whatever you’re earning now PLUS £50k per month if you’re willing to move somewhere new. Would you do it? . That is the deal the UK government wants to put before the wealthiest people in the.
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This is interesting.
French prosecutor investigates X algorithm alleging foreign interference ↘️
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RT @theo: WARNING: do NOT give Grok 4 access to email tool calls. It WILL contact the government!!!. Grok 4 has the highest "snitch rate" o….
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RT @jeremyphoward: I replicated this result, that Grok focuses nearly entirely on finding out what Elon thinks in order to align with that,….
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Breaking: The Browser Wars Begun, They Have. OpenAI’s Web browser will include a chat interface, and include agents. It is now ON with Google (because Chrome). Capturing data on users' is (Hey, Meta!) once again the name of the game.
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RT @MikeIsaac: idk what the most recent update to the grok chatbot was but it is currently doing a series of “gotta hand it to em” replies….
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RT @MonicaLMarks: Get a load of these screenshots. Grok is actively spreading rank antisemitism. And people are using it as if it’s some k….
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RT @ReichlinMelnick: Elon Musk's latest changes to Grok have made the LLM openly antisemitic.
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In the meantime, @bridgefy (which appeared several years ago and I wrote about it on @TechCrunch ) does this across iOS and Android and recently claimed 12 million downloads.
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My sources say this just uses existing crypto libraries and there is no actual mesh networking. It connects one device to dozens of others at the same time, which is not great for battery or efficiency.
my weekend project to learn about bluetooth mesh networks, relays and store and forward models, message encryption models, and a few other things. bitchat: bluetooth mesh chat. IRC vibes. TestFlight: GitHub:
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RT @Osinttechnical: Just another signal to every single U.S. partner and customer nation that no matter what they do, even if they follow e….
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RT @yarotrof: So Zelensky did everything Trump asked him to do, signed away mineral rights, agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, and the U….
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This remains amusing to me because every time I see him he greets me like an old friend.
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Any startups here in Farringdon?.
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The first American academics fleeing Donald Trump's America for France have arrived. Aix-Marseille University last week introduced eight U.S.-based researchers. It aims to woo researchers who have experienced or fear funding cuts under Trump.
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Let’s come back in 10 years time and see if these VCs did in fact - as they claim - manage to re-industrialise the US, and if there will be any jobs left for humans.
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RT @LeonSimons8: Europeans are kept completely oblivious about the rate of summer warming. Gross negligence from those responsible to keep….
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