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David Ingram
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Tech reporter at NBC News. Based in San Francisco. Read my latest work here: https://www.nbcnews.com/author/david-ingram-ncpn890161

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"truly it was out of curiosity"
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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micromobility is one of the most potentially transformative and exciting sectors in mobility tech, but it also faces some of the toughest paths to economic viability
NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.

The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.

Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social

techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.

The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.

Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social

techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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one time I pointed out that elon musk followed no women on twitter and he immediately followed caity weaver
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can't wait to see him try to post about sports
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
👀
🔥 NEW: A spokesperson from Coca-Cola Consolidated emailed this statement to me today in response to a viral claim circulating on X (Twitter) about the company's employment process, accusing Coke of favoring job candidates according to their names.

Coke says the claims are false.

$COKE
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We must honor our heritage (old tweets)
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.

via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Ben Shapiro tells Megyn Kelly that to avoid vile extremists like Nick Fuentes “the first thing people need to do is turn off X, which is poisoning brains and making people think not true things.” Yet, Shapiro continues to post there, often multiple times a day. youtu.be/tprng5mObQg?...
Ben Shapiro Responds to Tucker Carlson, Plus Sydney Sweeney and Newsom, with Knowles and Klavan
YouTube video by Megyn Kelly
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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NEW: 'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immigrants.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Buckinghamshire just trolling BART now ...
It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon and retrofitting them as detention facilities for immigrants"
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: 'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immigrants.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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OpenAI's Sora 2 is flooding social media with videos of women being strangled. Yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content.

www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
👀 well then
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This goes so far beyond creepy.

“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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BREAKING: Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk
The money will be awarded in a series of payments over 10 years if Tesla meets a series of performance benchmarks.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I was one of the four people who got canned.

In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.

I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case..."
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Yet the notion that everything will be just fine with the [AI] industry policing itself is unlikely to wash with the public over the long run." www.newcomer.co/p/openais-ch...

Smart from @jsweber.bsky.social
OpenAI's Challenge: Pursuing a Trillion-Dollar IPO While Building Public Trust
Plus, Navan shares sink post-IPO while Google & Amazon soar
www.newcomer.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Introducing Ozzy! This prehensile-tailed porcupine, Zoo Boise's newest resident, is already becoming a star. 🌠

Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy.

📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
His food pics are going to make me very hungry
A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.

But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So, looking at this rendering, will the “Arc de Trump” involve banning cars?
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM