Y Combinator President Garry Tan publishes a menacing tweet before deleting it, apologizing: “Die slow motherf*ckers”

Garry Tan, whose success in Silicon Valley has likely inspired many of the founders he mentors, is once again attracting attention for his posts on the social platform X. On Friday night, the Y Combinator president, investor, and former entrepreneur, published a post that might have prompted some to wonder if his X account was … Read more

Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial

Carbon removal techniques come in two main flavors—the technological and the natural—but also increasingly a melding of the two. The dominant technology at the moment is direct air capture, or DAC. This involves giant machines sucking in air and filtering out the CO2. Like an air purifier filters dust out of your indoor air, DAC … Read more

The best services for deleting yourself from the internet in 2023

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Permanently Deleting X Takes 5 Steps: Elon Musk Promoting Antisemitic Tweet Leads to Growing Boycott

Following a post on X this week by owner Elon Musk where he expressed support for an antisemitic conspiracy theory, IBM, Apple and other companies said they’re pulling their ads from the site formerly known as Twitter. The White House on Friday also rebuked the post. “We condemn this abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate in the … Read more

Google to start deleting inactive Gmail accounts December 1

Google plans on deleting inactive Gmail accounts and photos starting December 1, our friends at PCMag and others reported. Google announced the news of deleting abandoned Gmails earlier this year, as well as the December start, but now that deadline is weeks away. SEE ALSO: Here’s how to get alerts when your personal info shows … Read more

Selena Gomez Deleting Instagram After Being Blasted Over Israel-Palestine Post

Selena Gomez says she needs a break from Instagram and is going to delete her account … after being blasted for her comments about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Selena posted and then deleted an IG story Thursday where she revealed her plans to get off IG, explaining … “I’m done. I do not … Read more

Log in or lose it: Google will begin deleting your unused private accounts

Picture by Fabian Sommer/image alliance by way of Getty Pictures These of you with a stray Google account that you have not utilized in a very long time may even see it given the heave-ho later this 12 months.  In a information merchandise printed as we speak, Google introduced an replace to its inactivity coverage … Read more