nilay patel
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nilay patel
@reckless
Editor-in-chief of The Verge. CNBC contributor. Host of Decoder, co-host of The Vergecast, everywhere good podcasts are served. I am in love with spectacle.














This has to be a bug with Instagram, it shows the verge running ads for other companies I can’t imagine they’d do that, so that’s a pretty gnarly Instagram bug



This is exactly why people are abandoning mainstream media: cheap insults instead of actual reporting You don’t have to agree with @DavidSacks on everything, but pretending he “sucks” while ignoring his actual track record is unserious. A few reminders: -Co-founded PayPal, one of the most consequential fintech platforms in history. -Built Yammer, sold to Microsoft for $1.2B -Backed Airbnb, SpaceX, Facebook, Uber, OpenAI, and Palantir in their early days -Hosts All-In, one of the most influential political podcasts -Major philanthropist and consistent supporter of free speech and open debate If the media wants to rebuild trust, maybe start by covering people honestly instead of writing headlines like YouTubers chasing clicks











How AI can make us better decision-makers, with Cassie Kozyrkov theverge.com/decoder-podcas…










