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The Congressmen excoriated Salomon, postured as saviors of investors, and demanded a total break with the past. Nonetheless, they appeared slightly awed by Buffett. When he spoke, “The Red Sea parted, and the Oracle appeared,” says Maughan.19 Salomon, Buffett said, was going to have different priorities from now on. “Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.”
The Snowball
Alice Schroeder
Between the dreaded echo that occurs when two employees on their respective devices are at proximity on a video conference to trouble hearing and seeing people who join a meeting from a conference room, many hybrid workplaces are discovering that video calls can be frustrating, complex and sometimes downright inequitable.
Video Calls Can Be a Pain for Hybrid Offices. Tech Companies Say Relief Is Coming.
washingtonpost.com
Google has released many other products this year that have seen relatively muted traction - Portraits, Doppl, Whisk, Gems, among many others. But, in contrast to OpenAI’s approach of “shoving” everything into ChatGPT, these launches are not cluttering the core Gemini experience. They can sink or swim (as NotebookLM has!) on their own. The most significant area for improvement here is actually access - it’s confusing to figure out where to access new products, and what kind of account you need to do so.
State of Consumer AI 2025
a16z.news
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