Last week, TikTok announced it’s launching an Instagram rival, "Notes," in Australia and Canada, which comes with a "for you" feed reminiscent of the Pinterest grid. Meanwhile, Twitch recently announced the rollout of a TikTok-style feed, Uber Eats announced the addition of short-form video, and Elon just asked if X should bring back Vine. Clearly, tech companies are looking to capture more user minutes, and cloning each other has become the consensus path to victory. But can everything be everything? TikTok's 2023 lifestyle app Lemon8 was a flop, Twitter's 2020 foray into disappearing “stories” was short-lived, and Meta’s Threads is on life support. Why is the American “super-app” so elusive? Hard to tell, but also hard to care. Do you really need a bunch of twerking influencers on your Bank of America app? You don’t.

The New York Stock Exchange is asking investors what they think about running the exchange 24 hours a day, seven days a week, instead of the standard 6.5 hours of the day it’s currently open. The proposal is gaining steam, spurred by the always-open nature of crypto markets, and increasing retail interest (Robinhood last year launched 24-hour off-exchange trading). Personally, I look forward to this change. My commitment to creating shareholder value doesn’t stop at 4 PM, so why should my shareholders? And even if this initiative goes nowhere today, it’s inevitable. The arc of history is long, and it bends towards capitalism.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Sheetz, alleging that the company discriminates against people of color by requiring applicants to pass a criminal background check. The EEOC doesn’t claim that the chain is willfully refusing to hire minorities, merely that the criminal background check has a “disparate impact” on blacks, native americans, and multiracial people compared to white applicants. This is incredibly patronizing to minorities who aren’t criminals, and more than that, the PR is just terrible. The EEOC has effectively created a new racist talking point: racial equality requires hiring criminals and thugs. 4chan couldn't have done it better.

a san francisco anti-math zealot's recent attempt to cancel software tutor startup mentava backfired spectacularly — ceo niels hoven is here to tell the complete story

npr’s ceo has has a near perfect record of ideological opposition to silicon valley, even arguing at oxford in 2018 that the rise of tech ‘empires’ are a net negative for society

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