Andrew Carrier 🍸
@andrewcarrier.com
Marketing and comms guy with a passion for financial services, technology and the media.
Writes #InMarketing This Week (or #IMTW).
Let’s do our best work, together > https://andrewcarrier.com
Writes #InMarketing This Week (or #IMTW).
Let’s do our best work, together > https://andrewcarrier.com
📰 What’s new
@skynewsrss.bsky.social has just published some excellent investigative journalism on X’s algorithm and how it feeds users extremist right wing material.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social has just published some excellent investigative journalism on X’s algorithm and how it feeds users extremist right wing material.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📰 What’s new
@skynewsrss.bsky.social has just published some excellent investigative journalism on X’s algorithm and how it feeds users extremist right wing material.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social has just published some excellent investigative journalism on X’s algorithm and how it feeds users extremist right wing material.
Worth every cent.
Apple Will Reportedly Rent Siri a New Brain from Google for $1 Billion Per Year
Google reportedly won Apple's confidence after many AI suitors were entertained. Google gets $1 billion per year for a temporary fix.
gizmodo.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Worth every cent.
Tonight’s movie…
Vice - Apple TV
Spanning a half-century, Cheney's (Christian Bale) complex journey from rural Wyoming electrical worker to de facto President of the United States is …
tv.apple.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Tonight’s movie…
The boy and I made steaks last night and, gotta say, I’m still thinking about them…
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The boy and I made steaks last night and, gotta say, I’m still thinking about them…
Is Porsche porked?
Porsche’s warning lights are flashing
The carmaker’s new CEO will confront three big challenges
economist.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Is Porsche porked?
“The firm plans to tokenize its own equity.”
Of course it does.
Of course it does.
Tokenization giant Securitize to go public via $1.25 billion SPAC deal
The combined firm, to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SECZ, also plans to tokenize its own equity.
www.theblock.co
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“The firm plans to tokenize its own equity.”
Of course it does.
Of course it does.
📰 What’s new
Payments giant PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to bring its wallet to ChatGPT.
🔗 www.finextra.com/newsarticle/...
Payments giant PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to bring its wallet to ChatGPT.
🔗 www.finextra.com/newsarticle/...
PayPal wallet comes to ChatGPT
Shares in PayPal soared more than 10% on news that the payments firm has struck a deal with OpenAI to embed its wallet into ChatGPT.
www.finextra.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
📰 What’s new
Payments giant PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to bring its wallet to ChatGPT.
🔗 www.finextra.com/newsarticle/...
Payments giant PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to bring its wallet to ChatGPT.
🔗 www.finextra.com/newsarticle/...
Why does it seem to be accepted as a given that Musk is the only person who can run Tesla? The world is not short of talented CEOs.
Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal on.ft.com/3WLG8Ul
Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal
Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Why does it seem to be accepted as a given that Musk is the only person who can run Tesla? The world is not short of talented CEOs.
Happy Monday, folks.
The Green has been taken over. 🎃
The Green has been taken over. 🎃
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy Monday, folks.
The Green has been taken over. 🎃
The Green has been taken over. 🎃
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm enthusiastically prepared to accept that outcome.
'I'm prepared to go to prison' to stop UK CBDC, Reform leader Nigel Farage says
Reform has one of the most positive stances toward crypto in the UK, though the next general election is not due until 2029.
www.theblock.co
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm enthusiastically prepared to accept that outcome.
Reposted by Andrew Carrier 🍸
I know people who still convince themselves that they have to be there and it boggles my mind. It’s not a website with Nazis on it - it’s not even a website that tolerated Nazis - it is an actively *nazi website*.
If you wouldn’t be on gab or stormfront, don’t be on twitter.
If you wouldn’t be on gab or stormfront, don’t be on twitter.
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I know people who still convince themselves that they have to be there and it boggles my mind. It’s not a website with Nazis on it - it’s not even a website that tolerated Nazis - it is an actively *nazi website*.
If you wouldn’t be on gab or stormfront, don’t be on twitter.
If you wouldn’t be on gab or stormfront, don’t be on twitter.
Imagine what a French judge would do with Trump.
France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars
The first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain
economist.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Imagine what a French judge would do with Trump.
Wait. What? Hinge is down!?
Zoom, Slack, Coinbase all down: Here's every service affected by Amazon outage
A swathe of apps and online services have gone down on Monday morning, including Zoom, Slack and Coinbase.
www.cityam.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Wait. What? Hinge is down!?
Fairly obvious what happened at the Louvre.
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fairly obvious what happened at the Louvre.
Telling that neither the AI that generated it nor the - presumably - human editor who went ahead and used it noticed that the picture illustrates the very opposite of what the article says: both paths lead to the same place.
Maybe we’d screwed either way.
Maybe we’d screwed either way.
Britain has 18 months to pick a lane, or lose the lead in AI
US–UK momentum and fresh American capital give Britain a another shot at establishing AI leadership. The job now is execution: choose a stack lane, make services AI-first, attract global talent, and m...
www.cityam.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Telling that neither the AI that generated it nor the - presumably - human editor who went ahead and used it noticed that the picture illustrates the very opposite of what the article says: both paths lead to the same place.
Maybe we’d screwed either way.
Maybe we’d screwed either way.
Buyers of hybrids don’t care. They’re just after cheaper fuel costs.
Plug-in hybrids emit almost as much pollution as gas cars, report finds
The difference in emissions between plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and gas cars is merely 19 percent.
www.engadget.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Buyers of hybrids don’t care. They’re just after cheaper fuel costs.
Not me, that’s for sure.
Why anyone would choose to strap a screen (no matter how good that screen is) to their face is beyond me.
Bring on Apple Glasses.
Why anyone would choose to strap a screen (no matter how good that screen is) to their face is beyond me.
Bring on Apple Glasses.
Who Is The New Apple Vision Pro With M5 Chip Really For? - BGR
The M5-powered Apple Vision Pro is definitely a powerful spatial computer. That said, it doesn't solve the issues persisting from the older generation model.
www.bgr.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Not me, that’s for sure.
Why anyone would choose to strap a screen (no matter how good that screen is) to their face is beyond me.
Bring on Apple Glasses.
Why anyone would choose to strap a screen (no matter how good that screen is) to their face is beyond me.
Bring on Apple Glasses.