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After speaking with around 40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and…” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on its vibrations, like a hive mind (Steve Yegge)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Software In Shambles, OpenAI vs. Anthropic Super Brawl, Amazon’s Struggles The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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a largely in-person culture, few scheduled meetings, aggressive recruiting, intensive internal product testing, more (Brie Wolfson/Colossus)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 8, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI bailout?, Elon’s $1 trillion payment deal, Amazon continues perplexity The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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How culture and regulations shape AI support platforms around the world, with U.S. platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms primarily targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 12, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Inside Google’s AI Turnaround: The Rise of AI Mode, the Strategy Behind AI Previews, and Their…

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Big Tech’s inverted acquihors for AI talents are evidently the startups and erode the culture that has made Silicon Valley an unprecedented source of innovation (ASA Fitch / Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 17, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Can the web survive a generative AI? – With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast…

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According to sources, the chaotic culture of Meta and the lack of vision led to the flight of the brains of the AI; Meta strongly denies that he had talented and retention problems (Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 16, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Can the web survive a generative AI? – With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast…

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The AI action plan suggests that Trump wants to instill a “Try-Prime” culture through regulatory sand bins for AI, which have already appeared in certain American states (Aaron Mak / Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 26, 2025

Featured podcasts The talk show with John Gruber: ‘The shift-2 crowd’, with Jason Snell The director of the director’s comments…

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A former OPENAI engineer details his work experience in the company, in particular his culture, his engineering practices, his rapid growth and the launch of Codex (Calvin French-Owen)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 15, 2025

Calvin French-Owen:: A former OpenAi engineer details his work experience in the company, including his culture, engineering practices, rapid growth…

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An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies on everything" (Kate Clark / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 8, 2025

Kate Clark / Bloomberg:: An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire…

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A French court has three former Ubisoft leaders, including the Director of Creation, guilty of having allowed a culture of sexual and psychological harassment (Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 2, 2025

Angelique Chrisafis / The guardian:: A French court judges three ex-Subisoft framework, including the Director of Creation, guilty of having…

Pop culture in East Asia at a time of protest – the diplomat

By Frank M. EverettApril 1, 2025

If we follow the most recent political demonstrations in the world through social media, we are likely to meet Pikachu…

PNG Prime Minister Marape strengthens economic partnerships with China – Radio Free Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi transferred to house arrest – Radio Free Asia

Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA board of directors – Radio Free Asia

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

Spirit Airlines is about to close its doors. What travelers need to know

Trump says he will raise EU auto tariffs to 25% without specifying how

Trump says government has presented ‘final’ bailout proposal for Spirit Airlines as liquidation nears

Why prediction platforms are missing

Smoothie King eyes expansion as wellness trends drive sales

Trump brags about being tested for dementia, says his supporters couldn’t pass the test

Trump’s Iran War Is Officially a Disaster for the Republican Party

Trump flatly threatens Disney in his efforts for 86 Jimmy Kimmel

Trump walks around the White House sticking coins on the doors

Democrats have a way to eliminate the Supreme Court’s damage to voting rights

British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network; Samsung faces similar lawsuits from ZTE in China, Germany and Brazil (Sam Tobin/Reuters)

xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, while exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit are rolling out agent-friendly interfaces (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Coatue formed Next Frontier in 2025 to purchase land for data centers; Next Frontier has a JV with Neocloud Fluidstack that raised $5.7 billion via junk bonds (Wall Street Journal)

Tim Cook says the Mac Studio and Mac mini, which many are buying for AI and agent tools, “could take several months to reach balance between supply and demand” (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Browsing: culture

After speaking with around 40 people at Anthropic, a look at its “Yes, and…” culture where every idea is welcomed and judged based on its vibrations, like a hive mind (Steve Yegge)

a largely in-person culture, few scheduled meetings, aggressive recruiting, intensive internal product testing, more (Brie Wolfson/Colossus)

How culture and regulations shape AI support platforms around the world, with U.S. platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms primarily targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)

Big Tech’s inverted acquihors for AI talents are evidently the startups and erode the culture that has made Silicon Valley an unprecedented source of innovation (ASA Fitch / Wall Street Journal)

According to sources, the chaotic culture of Meta and the lack of vision led to the flight of the brains of the AI; Meta strongly denies that he had talented and retention problems (Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes)

The AI action plan suggests that Trump wants to instill a “Try-Prime” culture through regulatory sand bins for AI, which have already appeared in certain American states (Aaron Mak / Politico)

A former OPENAI engineer details his work experience in the company, in particular his culture, his engineering practices, his rapid growth and the launch of Codex (Calvin French-Owen)

An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies on everything" (Kate Clark / Bloomberg)

A French court has three former Ubisoft leaders, including the Director of Creation, guilty of having allowed a culture of sexual and psychological harassment (Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian)

Pop culture in East Asia at a time of protest – the diplomat