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Look at the resumes of the top tech executives at the nation's largest companies and you're likely to find at least one theme: a stint at General Electric. That's not a coincidence. From Protocol | Enterprise: https://t.co/LCL5O41nju

"This is not baby shit. You do not fuck around with these people in public." https://t.co/Kyupd0FNjX

"I think of [trust] really as an opportunity to innovate and to try to create more positive experiences, rather than to think of it as a defensive posture." https://t.co/0slJx6nhoJ

Google has policies forbidding publishers who post election misinformation from hosting Google ads on their websites. But 1,600+ brands have ads running on sites that push pro-Trump conspiracy theories, the majority of which are served by Google. https://t.co/PwTQVHRAcs

Big weekend for conservative politicians (including Trump admin officials), huh!? https://t.co/zif8DWPuep

Join Protocol on January 27 at 11 AM ET for our second annual Tech in 2021 event to discuss trends for a tech industry — and a world — in the middle of huge change. Opening remarks from @Nasdaq's Brad Peterson and @protocol's @tmwincup. RSVP here: https://t.co/fZwwHvpFlv https://t.co/GygsqQEd3D

With Drip Capital, sellers can get a loan of between $50,000 and $2 million, but Drip doesn't require collateral. Instead, it developed an ✨algorithm✨ to calculate risk. https://t.co/xXgtYJ5Vlx

Intel's got a new CEO, in the shape of former CTO and decades-long Intel employee Gelsinger. Its recent turmoil is well known, but what's going on at VMware? Here's what happens without Gelsinger, and how the company is learning to work with Dell. https://t.co/sVNrJrTe04

Last August Anne Toth took on a new job as the director of Alexa Trust, leading a big team tackling a big question: How do you make customers feel good using a product like Alexa, which is built to be deeply ingrained in their lives? https://t.co/0slJx6nhoJ

There's either way too much money pouring into startups, or this is the most exciting time ever. Or both, maybe? https://t.co/kBnmPBiBXW

Back in 2015, Pushkar Mukewar and Neil Kothari thought they'd hit on a startup killer idea. It turns out, five years later, that they may have — only, at the time, they'd taken it to the wrong market. https://t.co/xXgtYJ5Vlx

A lot of folks spent the week tensely waiting to see how President Trump would react to his deplatforming in the wake of the riots at the Capitol. Well, he didn't do much. Mostly because there's not much he could do. https://t.co/wEQBS6mIw5

The decentralized internet is real. Not next week, probably not next year, but it's increasingly likely that we're about to undergo a huge shift in the way the internet works at its lowest levels. https://t.co/AyGP1HfN1P

Much is wrong with the internet we have now. But what does better look like? Dominic Williams, the founder and chief scientist at @dfinity thinks he's got an answer. https://t.co/qYCWzSEzbw

Beat the Sunday scaries with some productivity tips from Google. https://t.co/7HNi3yRxCX

"You're going to read 600 pages in seven minutes? How the hell is that possible?" https://t.co/Wm8hTEBy4s

Wednesday is Inauguration Day. How will the transition of power impact the world of tech? On Tuesday at 12 pm ET, join @tmwincup and @USChamber president @SuzanneUSCC as @protocol leads us through this moment and beyond. RSVP: https://t.co/ClPXiQ8j7L https://t.co/cp9XvBu1BQ

The exodus of WhatsApp users is showing us something: privacy matters. Not in a nice-to-have way, but in a "people will stop using your app for privacy reasons, even if your app is hugely popular and crucially important to billions of people" way. https://t.co/mIdJkWLYr8