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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Sep 1

Magic Leap tells customers the Magic Leap 1 AR headset, which launched in August 2018, and its apps will "cease to function" from December 31, 2024 (David Heaney/UploadVR)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Sep 1

London-based telehealth startup Babylon Health, once valued at ~$2B after being backed by DeepMind and others, is being sold for parts after going bankrupt (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Eric @robopeppers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Feels like this is the core issue of society today.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hey everyone, I could really use 1 day / week of tech contracting to fund my aid work right now. We're kinda at a pivotal moment, but donations are still catching up.

I'm good at:

- web dev
- domain modeling
- project management
- IRL ops
- networking
- startups

Techies plz share <3

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · Aug 3

Wow.

Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues venture capital fund.

Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues venture capital fund

A group founded by the conservative activist instrumental in the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision rejecting affirmative action in collegiate admissions on Wednesday sued an Atlanta-based venture cap...

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · Jun 26

Is there a place/agency/person to report accelerators or startup competitions that have ties to #China or other adversarial nations of special concern?

#natsec #trustedcapital

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · Jun 27

Cyber security against nation-state threats and criminal enterprises should be a public benefit. This for-profit security model isn't working. There. I said it.

For profit-security for national-scale problems always a bad idea (i.e. fire depts in the 1800s).
#natsec

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Jun 17

doesn't understand the product he's in charge of but that's the least of his problems

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · Jun 16

i thought Reddit CEO Steve Huffman came off bad in his interview with The Verge

this new one with NBC News is disqualifying

Reddit's unpopular changes were inspired by Elon Musk's layoffs & cost-cutting (like not paying bills) at Twitter.

insane.

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · Jun 17

A professor has tracked the colleges of Fortune 500 CEOs for 20 years. He was stunned to learn Ivy Leagues don’t matter that much. https://fortune.com/2023/06/14/fortune-500-ceo-colleges-ivy-league/

A professor has tracked the colleges of Fortune 500 CEOs for 20 years. He was stunned to learn Ivy L...

“Like everyone else,” David Kang assumed the Ivy Leagues would dominate, “but the largest place they had gone was to no college at all.”

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · Jun 16

US chipping away at semiconductor supply chains https://asiatimes.com/2023/06/us-chipping-away-at-semiconductor-supply-chains/

US chipping away at semiconductor supply chains

On October 7, 2022, the US Bureau of Industry and Security issued new regulations on exports of semiconductors and certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The rules attempt to block Chinese …

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · Jun 13

Empirical evidence for our investment thesis @refashiond increases daily.

Join us. It’s Day 0.

#IndustrialTransformation #SupplyChain #Innovation #Technology #Startups #VentureCapital

The US Is Preparing Evacuation Plans for American Citizens in Taiwan (Exclusive)

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · Jun 2

Run. Don't walk.

The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation's chapter in Toronto is growing.

#TWSCF | The world is a supply chain.™

Check out "Toronto Summer 2023 Supply Chain Networking Mixer" https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-summer-2023-supply-chain-networking-mixer-tickets-613381730267?

Toronto Summer 2023 Supply Chain Networking Mixer

Join us for Toronto's largest supply chain networking event, where you can connect with industry professionals

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 28

My December 30, 2019 column

Commentary: What’s ahead for climate change and industrial supply chains at FreightWaves

Commentary: What's ahead for climate change and industrial supply chains

Brian Aoaeh writes about the convergence of climate change activitism and the need to modify supply chains going forward.

www.freightwaves.com

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 28

May 23, 2023

More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court

More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court

Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.

theconversation.com

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 28

We are living in a world that embodies our investment thesis at REFASHIOND Ventures: Escalating Geopolitical Tensions; Global Warming & Severe Weather; Consumer Behavior & Demographics.

Join us.

#SupplyChain #Innovation #Technology #Startups

Every major agriculture region around the world is facing a future of more 'flash droughts,' study says

A flash drought in the Dakotas and Montana in 2017 caused $2.6 billion in agricultural damage in the U.S. alone.

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 27

I agree with him. This should lead to a more resilient semiconductor chip supply chain.

Semiconductor: Chip nationalism is a 'blessing,' SEMI CEO says

Multiple hubs worldwide would encourage the growth of the semiconductor industry, which is expected to reach US$1 trillion by 2030.

techwireasia.com

Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 27

When I make this argument, most people look at me as if I am a Gorgon.

Why resilient and supply chain objectives can be achieved through the same means.

Why resilient and supply chain objectives can be achieved through the same means.

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 27

This is a must read. Humans have been vastly underestimated, and we continue to do so at our own peril.

Technology Was Supposed to Transform Insurance Pricing. It Hasn’t. - WSJ

Technology Was Supposed to Transform Insurance Pricing. It Hasn’t.

Insurtech startups made lofty promises on disrupting incumbents. But they couldn’t leverage data as freely as they’d hoped—and struggled against ‘900-pound gorillas’ in the industry

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 25

Incredible.

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges

Climate change policy is accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by deniers.

www.aljazeera.com

Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 24

Economic data expert Gaya Herrington says overconsumption has brought the world to a dangerous tipping point, but there’s still time to act.

The Planet Can’t Sustain Rapid Growth Much Longer

Economic data expert Gaya Herrington says overconsumption has brought the world to a dangerous tipping point, but there’s still time to act.

www.wired.com

Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 23

“Venture capitalists have supercharged surveillance, immiseration, and dispossession. Why should we trust them with so much power over the economy?”

Abolish Venture Capitalism

Venture capitalists have supercharged surveillance, immiseration, and dispossession. Why should we trust them with so much power over the economy?

www.thenation.com

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Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA @brianlaungaoaeh.bsky.social · May 23

Times are changing.

Companies Unveil Details About Supply-Chain Financing Under New Rule

FASB disclosure rule reveals how and to what extent companies are using the finance tool. Critics say the reports, while compliant, don’t go far enough.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · May 22

Chipmaking machine giant Applied Materials plans to invest up to $4B in a Sunnyvale, California, research facility over seven years to improve collaboration (Don Clark/New York Times)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · May 22

Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp users can now edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending them; messages get an "edited" tag and time stamp for the change (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · May 22

Meta unveils open-source AI models it says can identify 4,000+ spoken languages and produce speech for 1,000+ languages, an increase of 40x and 10x respectively (Rhiannon Williams/MIT Technology Review)

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