As I may have mentioned, in Republican politics these days, cannibalism is on the menu. Now, it seems, not only is it on the menu, it’s the damn Early Bird Grand Slam Special. From Politico: A top McCarthy ally, Brian O. Walsh, is overseeing an attempt to recruit primary challengers to take on members of … Read more
Kevin McCarthy is not done trying to exact revenge on the fellow Republicans who ended his Hill career. After a devastating ejection from the speakership that he spent 16 years pursuing, the California Republican and his allies are mobilizing to oust the eight GOP lawmakers who joined Democrats to depose him. A top McCarthy ally, … Read more
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the past week in happenings around the tech sphere. Winter’s finally arrived, judging by the NYC weather outside my window — and a winter of a sort might be descending on the tech industry, too, as it unfortunately turns out. This edition of … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For my column this week, I told the story of how an ex-colleague was impersonated by an AI-powered spambot and almost tricked me. It a nutshell: AI is often used for good, but it is increasingly used for nefarious purposes … Read more