Fri. 03/05 – Eyes Emoji On Tim Wu Joining The Biden Administration

Tim Wu joined the Biden administration and that sound you hear is a big collective gulp from Silicon Valley. A tweet undo button has been unearthed. Turntable.fm has resurfaced. New data suggests the death of silicon valley has been exaggerated. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House (NYTimes)
• Here’s what Twitter’s rumored ‘undo send’ feature could look like (The Verge)
• Turntable.fm is back from the dead — and now there are two (The Verge)
• Survey finds that the reported exodus of tech companies from San Francisco's Bay Area is 'greatly exaggerated' (Insider)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The problem for Paramount+ (and every other streamer)? Everyone already has Netflix. (Recode)
• Who Really Writes Twitter’s ‘Trending’ Summaries (OneZero)
• Blockchain, QR codes and your phone: the race to build vaccine passports (Protocol)
• How a tiny startup is reinventing the DVR for the cord-cutter era (Fast Company)
• China’s Tencent Becomes an Investment Powerhouse, Using Deals to Expand Its Empire (WSJ)
• I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it (Input)