Detained in Paradise: The SBF Saga

Darrell talked with Tim De Chant about his coverage of fusion energy and what feels like a rare hopeful story in renewable energy tech. And Jacquelyn Melinek walks us through Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged crimes and confirmed arrest.  Plus he goes over the top stories in tech from the week.  And as always, Darrell breaks down the biggest stories in tech.

Articles from the episode:

• World-record fusion experiment produced even more energy than expected
• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas
• US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse

Other news from the week:

• Instagram adds text updates with new Notes feature
• OpenAI’s attempts to watermark AI text hit limits
• Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s flights, was permanently suspended

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