Tripp Mickle
@trippmickle
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@nytimes tech reporter. "After Steve" author (https://t.co/S0SuXg4AaA). Former @WSJ (tech, alcohol/tobacco), @SBJSBD. #GoDeacs. Email: tripp.mickle (at) https://t.co/PAVpQJ5Dtz.
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Joined April 2009
Coming May 3: . "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". Excited to join the amazing authors to chronicle Apple w/ the latest chapter: Tim Cook, Jony Ive & the team who stepped into the void after Steve Jobs. Preorder:
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Apple’s ad for the Vision Pro ran during the national championship, ahead of orders next Fri. It ships Feb 2.
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Corporate governance stories are incredibly hard. Ones about drugs are nearly impossible. Hats off to @EmilyGlazer & @KirstenGrind
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Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies.
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In 2019, the DOJ opened an investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook & Google. Amazon, Facebook & Google have been sued. DOJ is now closing in on Apple. The case could be big: Is the walled garden around the iPhone anticompetitive?. w/ @dmccabe.
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Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used its other products and services to defend against threats to its core business.
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It’s a new year. Let’s bring Evan home. Now. #freeevannow.
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Monday marks 250 days since our reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was arrested and wrongfully detained by Russia authorities while doing his job and falsely charged with espionage.
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.@Ourand_SBJ has broken so many media stories over the years that he became a sports must-read. But for @SBJ colleagues, myself included, he was a must-listen, brimming with reporting tips. He made chasing news a blast. @PuckNews is lucky to get him, @SBJ lucky to have had him.
After 17 years, John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) says goodbye to #SBJ 👋. The following was shared with our staff from Publisher & Executive Editor Abe Madkour earlier this morning ⬇️.
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A Silicon Valley CEO group chat with Mark Zuckerberg, Dropbox’s Drew Houston & others blew up when Sam Altman was fired. Everyone wanted to know: What did he do?. This OpenAI story w/ @CadeMetz @MikeIsaac @KYWeise provides some answers to that question.
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And @wsj's The Journal released a narrative history of OpenAI with @kate_linebaugh @dseetharaman @berber_jin1 interviewing the people behind the company that has been the catalyst of this year's A.I. scramble.
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In 2015, a group of Silicon Valley heavy-hitters met for a dinner that would change tech history. They believed that the time had come to build a super-intelligent AI, and they founded a non-profit...
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"Lawmakers and regulators in Brussels, in Washington and elsewhere are losing a battle to regulate A.I. and are racing to catch up, as concerns grow that the powerful technology will automate away jobs, turbocharge the spread of disinformation".
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Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies.
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"Why not plow ahead? That’s the question that loomed over A.I.’s adolescence — the year or so after the technology made the leap from lab to living room.".
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"At the heart of this competition is a brain-stretching paradox. The people who say they are most worried about A.I. are among the most determined to create it and enjoy its riches." .
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2023 has been the Year of A.I. If you've wondered how that happened and what it means, this week had you covered. @CadeMetz @KYWeise @nicoagrant @MikeIsaac @satariano @ceciliakang put together an incredible series explaining how we got here 1/5.
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RT @OpenAI: We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), L….
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And don't miss @eringriffith going full tech reviewer on her experience spraying "an aqua blue light" onto her palm. "Slowly, I circled my wrist to scroll, pressing an index finger and thumb together in a pinching motion to select an item.".
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A first impression of Humane’s new magnetic Ai Pin: equal parts magical and awkward.
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What comes after the iPhone?. Silicon Valley has been asking that for years. Humane thinks it has the answer: A new device that trades screens for AI and lasers. The journey starts with a Bhuddist monk named Brother Spirit. w/ @eringriffith .
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RT @eringriffith: 🌘 NEW: @trippmickle and I spent time inside Humane, the wildly ambitious A.I. hardware start-up that's trying to break ou….
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Happy pub day to @realrobcopeland . I’m about a third of the way through and agree with @nytimesbooks: The Fund is “a terrific dagger of a book… the perfect page-read”.
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The hottest merch in sports is pink. @kevinmdraper and @RorySmith on how Messi's and Miami took over playgrounds from Bangkok to Buenos Aires.
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In the span of three months, the soccer superstar has made Inter Miami’s eye-catching jersey the hottest piece of sports merchandise on the planet.
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Six months ago, Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully imprisoned for doing his job. It's past time for articles like this. Let's bring him home.
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Detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s former high school soccer team dedicates a contest to raising awareness—and bringing a beloved champion back home.
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Amazon's Andy Jassy has joined a long line of successor CEOs tasked with clean up in the antitrust aisle. Smart look from @KYWeise on the latest to exec to follow Ballmer at Microsoft and Pichai at Google.
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The F.T.C. accused the internet giant of protecting an online retail monopoly and forcing higher prices onto consumers.
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Apple's Eddy Cue testified for about four hours, of which more than half was closed to the public. w/ @ceciliakang .
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Eddy Cue, a longtime executive at the company, said Apple’s multibillion-dollar deals with Google were driven by quality, not money.
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