Elon Musk's Expanding Empire: Starlink Breaks Even and XAI Prepares for Launch

Sam Bankman Fried has been found guilty. The FTC alleges Jeff Bezos ordered Amazon to boost junk ads. Elon Musk says Starlink is almost profitable. He also says he’s about to release his own AI model. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, is Elon about to give Joe Rogan a new lily pad to take his podcast to?

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Links:

• Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (The Verge)
• Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child (NYTimes)
• Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk (Reuters)
• Musk's xAI set to launch first AI model to select group (Reuters)
• Amazon Boosted Junk Ads, Deleted Messages to Thwart Antitrust Probe, FTC Says (Bloomberg)
• Google AdSense moving to per-impression payments in 2024 (9to5Google)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The EV transition trips over its own cord (The Verge)
• Joe Rogan’s big decision (The Verge)

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