mat honan ☀️

Editor in chief @techreview. Formerly BuzzFeed News, formerly WIRED. Pro-California. Hella Frisco. Not super active on this site. Signal me: @mat.911

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

Taking a Twitter break

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

Well I’m sure this will be the last one and there won’t be any further salacious revelations to follow

https://t.co/PfJ7Yy381d

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

I used to be against whining about receiving pitches. But I don’t think PR people have grasped how much AI has clogged up many journalists’ inboxes with annoying, frivolous pitches. I get so much junk now I’ve basically given up trying to maintain my inbox.

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

All podcasts are now exclusively about Jensen Huang until further notice.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

If they dared, biohacking bros who seek to defy aging could try a simple, time-tested method: castration.

Removing the testicles extends male life span across many mammalian species, including humans. But a research team exploring this effect has now found the surgical procedure doesn’t have to be performed early in life to boost longevity, as scientists had assumed.

In a new preprint, the group reports that neutering older male mice lengthens their lives by more than 30%, upending prevailing ideas of how the testes influence aging.

Learn more: https://t.co/WCL7IcEYaw

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

This is so sad. I’m 54 years old and started reading Salon when I was in college. It was early proof that you could do great journalism on the web and (along with https://t.co/zls0ojEjsE) made me think maybe I could make a living writing on the internet

https://t.co/Q0p88AUhN8

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

All my ex's live in Texas

(My ex's are all hyperscalers. And they are looking to relocate?)

https://t.co/aEMM1tRumO

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

@sidhubaba I am feeling pretty good about this one today!
https://t.co/NQkew69b5d

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.

[Kevin Roose @kevinroose]

reporting live from the data center election night party at the Abilene Holiday Inn. several H100s are openly weeping. a gas turbine is drunkenly singing katy perry’s roar.

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

havent seen any big tech statements so far since last night and im v curious who speaks up first but this does not bode well for many of their well-laid plans

the closest we have to a statement is...this

[Ashley Mayer @ashleymayer]

I published this in March and think it’s even more true today: the most visible leaders in tech are poorly positioned to reset tech’s reputation beyond our industry. This is a *huge* opportunity for emerging talent without all that baggage. I can’t wait to see who rises to the occasion (and would love to help).

[Rob Flaherty @Rob_Flaherty]

We go live to Silicon Valley

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

The country debates democracy and AI and Elon Musk spends 9 figures and this ad & @sarahkliff's Kansas medical billing story probably the highest impact pieces of media of the cycle

[Daniel Burke @danielcburke]

Everyone who survives nuclear war is going to get $5000

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

@cwarzel Wait, so, should I cancel my Ameri-Kart delivery?

[Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos]

I'm fascinated by a weird ad for Muse @milkkarten spotted on Instgram, claiming it could help you see who unfollowed you. Which, it can, but that's a feature Instagram has repeatedly said it doesn't want users to have. (Meta has taken down the ad).
A curious tension here: AI agents and social media aren't necessarily playing nice. There's things Muse can do for users that is at the detriment to the health of the social platforms. So what balance does Meta strike to make sure the new shiny thing isn't cannibalizing the old profitable thing?
https://t.co/mkBM9g5PEd

[Ben Smith @semaforben]

Even the All-In guys seem to have given up on "super intelligence"

@jdcapelouto

[mat honan ☀️ @mat]

Apparently a lot of other people were busy so I got to go on @KQEDForum today and talk about AI, which was fun

https://t.co/OD5O8xkzei

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

The company has been masterful at storytelling for years. Will the IPO reveal the company behind the mask or lean deeper into the myth-making? https://t.co/cBi29ZL98C

[Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado]

My new listicle is mental 🤖

"Six Wild Ideas for Perpetuating Your Mind" 🧠

Head Transplant w/Sergio Canavero
Mindclones w/@skybiome
Brain-in-Jar w/Bexorg
Brain Upload w/@NectomeResearch
Gradual Replacement w/@Replacing_Aging
Synthetic Neortex w/@danburonline

👇for link