@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-18 05:10:54
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, following a request by FSB's Chair (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7d309f94-3618-4511-9778-d1447799c5e4
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-19 04:45:42
How social media influencers have become a magnet for political campaigns and groups in the US that want to push their priorities without disclosures (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…
@lpryszcz@genomic.social2026-06-17 19:51:15
Transient multidomain functional improvement in advanced Alzheimer’s disease following high-dose #psilocybin-containing mushroom administration: a #case #report
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-07-17 22:12:05
So, https://mastodon.social/@JenniferSmith345 is an odd bot. I don’t think it’s even a LLM behind it, the replies are just too weird.
Profile looks like it was taken from someone real…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-18 04:50:59
Sources: JPMorgan Chase has stopped its staff in Hong Kong from accessing Anthropic's AI models, following a similar move by rival Goldman Sachs (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/de83d303-6a03-456b-bfb9-7b11dd502ab3
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2026-05-16 05:57:44
The incredible analytical work of John Burn Murdoch @… along with some other colleagues is one of the main reasons I subscribe to the FT. It's rather expensive but absolutely worth it.
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116582689708855765
Ruth_Mottram - This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing basically everywhere and while there are certain many factors, the smoking gun is actually a smartphone.
So what to do about it? I think I agree with the conclusions, housing and financial support is one element, equality between sexes in household tasks certainly another, but finally, perhaps our job as parents is to inculcate the habit of socialising with others into our kids, especially when they get to the teenage years.
Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited 🎁 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/8bf630d4-6e20-42c7-bb33-e98dd6a01571
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-05 17:19:44
Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request by the BBC to hand over financial information as part of his $10bn defamation case against the broadcaster.
The US president’s lawyers accused the BBC of a “fishing expedition”, according to court filings, after the broadcaster’s representatives asked for details to get evidence on Trump’s claims he suffered reputational and financial damage because of a Panorama documentary centred on the US Capitol riots.
Trump’s lawyers have pre…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-16 08:51:15
Filings: the US government says it is considering joining Donald Trump's lawsuit against the BBC; the BBC says the "conflict of interest is clear and stark" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/614297a1-57ed-4439-b37a-fc9cfe52ccbc
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 11:15:38
Alpaca, which offers brokerage and financial infrastructure, raised $135M in equity and $300M in debt, following a $150M Series D in January (Bernard Goyder/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/broker-a…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-15 12:35:51
Ofcom says X has committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hate content within 24 hours, following a probe (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ef82f383-81c0-4dbd-8a1c-81f9020b6761