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Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:37:21 -0400

Marissa Mayer’s AI-designed Halloween costume is a Marie Antoinette-inspired acid nightmare Rightful Empress of Tech Marissa Mayer asked her Dazzle AI what to wear for Halloween. It suggested she go as the dessert course at a redneck […]

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:03:37 -0400

More details emerge from the Matt Mullenweg coup/counter-coup The gossip around Matt Mullenweg’s 33-hour ouster is getting better. Fortune’s Eva Roytburg has found an unnamed person familiar with BlackRock’s Autom […]

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:47:35 -0400

Foursquare’s founder writes the eulogy—and shares the blame Foursquare’s 17-year story ended with a sale to Infillion and, according to founder Dennis Crowley, nothing for common or preferred shareholders. The c […]

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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:38:56 -0400

Rave Restaurant Group's CEO accused his board of harassment. He’s still running the place.Rave Restaurant Group’s September earnings release pitches a pizza promotion with Dr Pepper, then gets to the awkward bit: the CEO says his board is h […]

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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 15, 2026KFC is finally breaking a 40-year habit: its U.S. restaurants will swap Pepsi for Coke by the end of March 2027, ditching the drinks supplier that once […]

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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 14, 2026AI is creating jobs at Bank of America: Brian Moynihan says the bank hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by models including […]

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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:19:30 -0400

Authormattic Hey did you know that Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg officiated sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s wedding?! Well he slips that humblefact into a post on his […]

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 13, 2026Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 and may shut down without a buyer—a reminder that keeping people chatting also keeps the AI bill running. [Ivan M […]

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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 12, 2026A supermarket hack goes straight for the frozen food A cyberattack hit refrigeration systems at at least 300 Intermarché and Netto shops and more than […]

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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:41:44 -0400

More turmoil at Matt Mullenweg’s Automattic: Interim CFO out! Company posts bizarre farewell on X Another abrupt departure since Matt Mullenweg’s return to Automattic after last month’s thrilling boardroom coup drama: interim CFO Jeremy Kla […]

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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Morning links — October 12, 2026The restaurant-brand buyer may start selling After building a portfolio of more than 80 restaurant brands, MTY Group has ruled out selling itself but […]

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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:29:36 -0400

Matt Mullenweg wants his vanity top-level domain nameNot content with his eponymous blog URL (ma.tt) or company (Automattic), Matt Mullenweg & co have now applied for ownership of the top-level domain […]

Liz wrote a new post

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Morning links — October 9, 2026An Asos breach included shoppers’ search histories Asos says an intruder who impersonated a trusted contact reached a service provider’s data, exp […]

Liz wrote a new post

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 8, 2026Subway’s purchasing co-op faces a $200 million reckoning The co-op’s former chief is accused of routing about $80 million in kickbacks through bro […]

Liz wrote a new post

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 7, 2026McDonald’s pricing tool lands in an antitrust lawsuit A customer alleges the chain’s pricing tool coordinates supposedly independent franchisees; McD […]

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:22:37 -0400

SRX moves forward with ETFs built around Eric Jackson’s AI model There’s a new development in the Eric Jackson/SRX mystery we’ve been following. This morning, SRX announced its long-anticipated plan for Jackson: a […]

Liz wrote a new post

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Morning links — October 7, 2026A restaurant bankruptcy reveals the cost of emergency cash About a quarter of True Food Kitchen’s $42 million-plus debt came from alternative a […]

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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 6, 2026A Lego claim exposes a bigger insurance-fraud bill A fake theft claim for collectible Lego helped expose one fraudster; insurers say they detected […]

Liz wrote a new post

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Morning links — October 6, 2026Lindt’s $94,000 ticket to a chocolate suitcase A voting share costs about 78,000 Swiss francs; shareholders who vote at Lindt’s annual meeting get a b […]

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Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0400

Evening links — October 5, 2026Crumbl’s cookie empire starts to crack Restaurant Business reports at least 57 store closures this year and August sales 70% below two years earlier, e […]

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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:53:46 -0400

Evening links — October 2, 2026Rick Santelli says goodbye after nearly 30 years at CNBC Bon voyage, Rick Santelli. CNBC will be much less […]

Lew wrote a new post

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:25:42 -0400

The Rightful Empress of Tech has returned Just as we were mourning the departure of CNBC’s Rick Santelli, the God of our personal amusement has brought back The Rightful Empress of Tech, […]

Liz wrote a new post

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Morning links — October 2, 2026California says Lyft will pay $272.5M to resolve driver-pay claims The state calls it its largest wage-and-hour settlement; 87% is slated to go […]

Cran wrote a new post

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:42:06 -0400

Mullenweg’s “full nuclear” messageAccording to court documents publicly refiled September 30, Matt Mullenweg was talking about going “full nuclear with WPE,” with “pa […]

Lew wrote a new post

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:28:03 -0400

New SRX investment raises more questions on EJA curious development in the Eric Jackson–SRX mystery is yesterday’s announcement that SRX has invested in a company called Onconetix, betting on it […]

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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:27:16 -0400

Court revives antitrust claims against Automattic, citing internal ‘carrot and stick’ message “If they don’t take the carrot we’ll give them the stick.” That’s internal correspondence quoted by WP Engine and reproduced in a September […]

Lew wrote a new post

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:33:42 -0400

What's going on with Eric Jackson and SRX Global? I haven’t kept up with Eric Jackson closely, but he seems to be up to some…interesting things. I first remember him from his absolutely devastating p […]

Cran wrote a new post

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:18:03 -0400

Rick’s Cabaret owner RCI’s excuse for late financial reports: Our other reports were late.We haven’t checked in on our favorite strip club stock lately so I thought I’d just see what they […]

Lew wrote a new post

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:41:16 -0400

SMCI seems to be holding its post-earnings gains It’s down a few percentages today, but oft-featured Super Micro, seems to be holding most of the 30% it has gained this month. This, despite the […]

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Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:28:02 -0500

Intuit's Sasan Goodarzi Doesn't Read Books, But He's Got One to RecommendSasan Goodarzi, the CEO of Intuit, wants you to know he doesn’t read books. Thinks they’re a waste of time. But if you put a gun to his head and made […]

Lew wrote a new post

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:32:07 -0500

Mobileye axes 200 in its latest lane departureMobileye, the crown jewel of Intel’s garage sale, is trimming another 200 employees from the payroll. Despite actually beating revenue expectations r […]

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Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:38:31 -0500

RCI’s leadership lap dance: CEO and CFO step off the main stage with a three day goodbye RCI Hospitality Holdings, the publicly traded strip club empire and owner of Rick’s Cabaret and Bombshells has announced the abrupt departure of CEO […]

Lew wrote a new post

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:15:22 -0500

Thanksgiving week massacre at HP: 4,000+ sacrificed to the Mechanical GodHP ($HPQ) will be cutting between 4,000-6,000 jobs in its big Thanksgiving week push (10% of staff) in order to “streamline operations” for its “AI […]

Lew wrote a new post

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:09:21 -0500

Thanksgiving week layoffs at McKinseyMcKinsey has announced 200 job cuts of tech workers due to AI “enabling unprecedented levels of opportunity and impact for us and our c […]

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Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:23:16 -0500

Struggling Six Flags looking to sell underperforming parks; announces new CEO Amusement park company Six Flags stock is up 7% today on news that the company will be looking to shed its underperforming parks — likely at the […]

Lew wrote a new post

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:50:24 -0500

Former Campbells Soup employee releases wild tape of company vice president A former employee is suing Campbell’s (of soup) for wrongful termination after he was allegedly fired for reporting his boss’s wild rant in which he […]

Lew wrote a new post

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:41:00 -0500

Intuit's Sasan Goodarzi makes the post-earnings rounds dressed like Rocky Balboa Intuit quarterly results are in and they’re good enough where CEO Sasan Goodarzi fels confident enough to wear the most insane outfit we’ve seen in a […]

Lew wrote a new post

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:00:58 -0500

More layoffs at Barbie HQBarbie’s house just shrank. Toymaker Mattel is chopping 89 marketing and design jobs at its El Segundo headquarters, starting January 12, 2026, as it c […]

Lew wrote a new post

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:10:53 -0500

Hats off at Fanatics Tampa distribution centerSports apparel giant Fanatics is announcing it will shutter its Oak Creek distribution center next year and shift the work to a newer, “more a […]

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Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:56:24 -0500

Laying (off) PipeOnce valued at 2 billion, fintech company Pipe is laying off around 50% of its staff. The alternate title was: half-Pipe.

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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:46:42 -0400

Days after laying off 10%, Vimeo acquired for $1.38 billion Just one week after CEO Philip Moyer took to Linkedin to spin the company’s decision to axe 10% of its workforce, Vimeo is being sold off. The s […]

Lew wrote a new post

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:01:42 -0400

Scope3 snipes an undisclosed numberThis company has been in our sights for awhile… Carbon emissions auditor digital advertising middleman Scope3 is laying off an unknown number of […]

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Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:35:41 -0400

Rivian sheds 200 in run-up to new car's launch next yearWith a $7,500 tax credit set to expire this month and before the launch of its newer, cheaper SUV (the R2), Rivian is axing 200 employees (~1.5% of its […]

Lew wrote a new post

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:13:24 -0400

Kyte shuts down after sinking $550+ millionRental car company sputters? Kyte falls out of the sky? What kind of metaphor should I have used to describe the spectacular bust of a company once […]

Lew wrote a new post

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:01:11 -0400

Super Micro threatened with Nasdaq de-listingKnives falls fast. Last night Super Micro was notified that it faces Nasdaq de-listing if it does not submit a “compliance plan.” That should be easy, […]

Lew wrote a new post

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:01:40 -0400

Miro slashes workforce by 275Online whiteboarding tool Mira is dry-erasing 275 people from its workforce (18% of total) according to The Information. The company’s last valuation […]

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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:51:33 -0400

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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:28:30 -0400

Super Micro blasted by their auditors on the way outWow. In the strongest statement I’ve seen in a long time by an auditor, Ernst and Young has resigned as Super Micro Computer’s auditing firm saying […]

Lew wrote a new post

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:08:41 -0400

MetaMask owner Consensys axes 20%Blaming the regulatory environment and congress, Consensys’ CEO announced a 20% layoff across their entire business — including the popular MetaMask […]

Lew wrote a new post

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:44:23 -0400

Janus International Group's stock is in freefall after bad quarter & bad guidance Q3 earnings are out and storage building company Janus International saw its sales fall 18% from last year. Its EPS was half of what analysts were […]