Dave Lee
@davelee.me
US technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Based in New York. Previously FT and BBC. Watching Cambridge United from afar. dlee1285@bloomberg.net / Signal: davelee.01 / www.davelee.me
Or we could put all that tax money into one huge account and pay for everyone's healthcare using that....
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Or we could put all that tax money into one huge account and pay for everyone's healthcare using that....
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Even a lot of the disinfo is badly photoshopped to look like it is from the BBC!
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Even a lot of the disinfo is badly photoshopped to look like it is from the BBC!
Even though it makes no sense I am starting to prefer it. Should probably burn my passport or something
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Even though it makes no sense I am starting to prefer it. Should probably burn my passport or something
Still no TikTok deal btw www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
iHeartMedia, TikTok Strike Partnership For Creator Podcasts
The companies will create a podcast network and radio channel featuring TikTok creators.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Still no TikTok deal btw www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
30 yrs ago you could never think about abolishing the BBC, even though many fumed over bias then. Its quality stood tall. Since then, deep and severe cuts. Resources reduced, experience walked out the door. Mistakes get made. Weakening the BBC was a vital step in trying to get rid of it.
Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
30 yrs ago you could never think about abolishing the BBC, even though many fumed over bias then. Its quality stood tall. Since then, deep and severe cuts. Resources reduced, experience walked out the door. Mistakes get made. Weakening the BBC was a vital step in trying to get rid of it.
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Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
Perplexity is up for a fight ... not that it has much choice. My @opinion.bloomberg.com column today on bad practices, secretive AI browsers and the "open web"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Perplexity Is AI’s New Pit Bull
The way Perplexity AI Inc. frames it, the company is something of a freedom fighter for the open web. Its “answer engine” — don’t call it a chatbot — is democratizing access to information just as Goo...
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Perplexity is up for a fight ... not that it has much choice. My @opinion.bloomberg.com column today on bad practices, secretive AI browsers and the "open web"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill
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Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Putting it out there that this is the worst swag ever made
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Putting it out there that this is the worst swag ever made
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Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
The Men Who Shaped the Internet Won’t Be Able to Fix It
Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
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I simply do not believe they would have resigned if it was a misleading claim about someone on the left.
How is this different to the HIGNFY claims about digital ID a few weeks ago? The BBC literally laughed it off.
How is this different to the HIGNFY claims about digital ID a few weeks ago? The BBC literally laughed it off.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I simply do not believe they would have resigned if it was a misleading claim about someone on the left.
How is this different to the HIGNFY claims about digital ID a few weeks ago? The BBC literally laughed it off.
How is this different to the HIGNFY claims about digital ID a few weeks ago? The BBC literally laughed it off.
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Huge news tonight at the BBC as Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resign over accusations of biased coverage on several issues, including Trump
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Huge news tonight at the BBC as Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resign over accusations of biased coverage on several issues, including Trump
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
The Premier League is unmatched. What sporting competition in the world, with several months of it still to play, can match that kind of drama? The UK’s greatest export
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Premier League is unmatched. What sporting competition in the world, with several months of it still to play, can match that kind of drama? The UK’s greatest export
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
Always loved this chill acoustic Prince performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1uf...
12th February 2004 - The Tavis Smiley Show - Reflection (HD 1080i)
YouTube video by The Prince Encyclopedia
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Always loved this chill acoustic Prince performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1uf...
It's amazing what local publications can afford when they are free from legacy costs
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
Copy Editor
Baltimore, MD
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's amazing what local publications can afford when they are free from legacy costs
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The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
Copy Editor
Baltimore, MD
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
If you thought the Chinese tat on Amazon was bad...
Despite Trump's tariffs and never-ending political drama, TikTok's e-commerce business is exploding, @zeyiyang.bsky.social reports in this week's Made in China www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay
TikTok’s ecommerce arm has kept growing steadily, despite tariffs and never-ending debates over whether the platform should be banned.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you thought the Chinese tat on Amazon was bad...
Still think about how my "vibe coded" news site not only stopped working, but was irreparably broken by the same AI that built it, just because I'd hit my monthly usage fee. Like a furious builder who smashes his work to bits because he thinks he's been stiffed on the money
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Still think about how my "vibe coded" news site not only stopped working, but was irreparably broken by the same AI that built it, just because I'd hit my monthly usage fee. Like a furious builder who smashes his work to bits because he thinks he's been stiffed on the money
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“I really don’t care. Do u?”
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“I really don’t care. Do u?”
aw, this is real!
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
aw, this is real!
While also saying that maybe SpaceX should go public
Musk is still talking at the Tesla shareholder meeting and he just criticized "the parasitic load of being a public company" which has "grown over time."
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
While also saying that maybe SpaceX should go public
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Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
"Just trying to think of other sandwich puns to do..."
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Just trying to think of other sandwich puns to do..."