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about
I build things for fun and sometimes I post on the social platforms

Web: https://donohoe.dev

Bluesky: @donohoe.dev

I build, or rebuild, big parts of media companies. Previously at Hearst, The New Yorker, Quartz, and NYT

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Tues Aug 12, 2025 7:24pm PST
A.I. Startup Perplexity Offers to Buy Google's Chrome Browser for $34.5B
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Tues Aug 12, 2025 6:54pm PST
China's AI-powered self-driving car market is ahead of the U.S.
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Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:17pm PST
Revel Pulls Plug on Electric Vehicle Ride-Share Business in New York
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Fri Aug 8, 2025 4:25pm PST
UAE offers free open-source AI as alternative to US and China
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Thurs Aug 7, 2025 7:09pm PST
Google and Perplexity give free AI search to win India users
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Thurs Aug 7, 2025 7:21am PST
Israel is reportedly storing Palestinian phone calls on Microsoft servers
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Tues Aug 5, 2025 1:01pm PST
Taiwan Investigates TSMC Employees over Possible Trade Secret Theft
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Fri Aug 1, 2025 3:27pm PST
China launches probe into Nvidia over H20 'risks' Asia
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Wed Jul 30, 2025 8:35pm PST
Microsoft Backs Up A.I. Spending with $27.2B Quarterly Profit
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Tues Jul 29, 2025 9:32am PST
Saudi Aramco bets on Google spinoff AI to profit from carbon emissions
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Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:46pm PST
Kenneth Colley, 87, 'Star Wars' Actor with a Commanding Presence, Dies
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Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:34am PST
Some States Are Pushing Back on Library E-Book Licensing Fees
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Tues Jul 15, 2025 7:50pm PST
Federal Prosecutors Close Inquiry into Polymarket Betting Website
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Tues Jul 15, 2025 11:48am PST
Latin America is building LatamGPT to rival ChatGPT
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Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:31pm PST
Meta's New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Developing a Closed Model
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Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:45pm PST
Netherlands rations electricity to ease power grid stresses
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Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:56am PST
The French Game Show Contestant Who Won 646 Times in a Row (and 23 Cars)
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Thurs Jul 10, 2025 9:15pm PST
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
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Thurs Jul 10, 2025 6:14pm PST
Video Game Actors End Contract Dispute over A.I
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Thurs Jul 10, 2025 1:22pm PST
Andreessen Horowitz Calls for a Delaware Exodus
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Wed Jul 9, 2025 2:52pm PST
Linda Yaccarino is leaving X
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Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:52pm PST
What Happened to Tesla's Annual Shareholders Meeting?
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Tues Jul 8, 2025 3:22pm PST
A Prominent Investor Is Criticized over Mamdani Comments
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Tues Jul 8, 2025 1:39am PST
TSA to Let Travelers Keep Their Shoes On, Ending Hated Rule
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Mon Jul 7, 2025 10:54am PST
Why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
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Wed Jul 2, 2025 5:09pm PST
G/O Media Winds Down, Selling Off One of Its Last Sites
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Wed Jul 2, 2025 12:19pm PST
The crawl before the fall of referrals: AI's impact on content providers
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Wed Jul 2, 2025 11:34am PST
Microsoft Bing Places Copilot Search as First Tab
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Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:59am PST
GOP Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
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Thurs Jun 26, 2025 8:12pm PST
Uber in Talks with Its Founder, Travis Kalanick, to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal
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Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:49am PST
Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You're a Moron?
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Tues Jun 24, 2025 11:01am PST
I've Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?
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Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:30am PST
Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope's First Images
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Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:35pm PST
Studio Ghibli's Majestic Sensibility Is Drawing Imitators
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Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:40am PST
Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram
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Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:21am PST
Novo Nordisk's patent on Ozempic expired in Canada over unpaid $450 late fee
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Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:47pm PST
The Ad Industry's A.I. Reckoning
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Tues Jun 10, 2025 12:35pm PST
Ireland's data centres now consume more than a fifth of national electricity
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Tues Jun 10, 2025 11:32am PST
Transsion brings EVs to Africa after dominating smartphone market
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Tues Jun 10, 2025 11:29am PST
"Localhost tracking" explained. It could cost Meta €32B
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Tues Jun 10, 2025 11:05am PST
BBC insiders fear Russia will fill void after World Service cuts
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Sun Jun 8, 2025 2:45am PST
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74
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Sat Jun 7, 2025 11:08am PST
Out of Stock
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Thurs Jun 5, 2025 11:02am PST
Euthanasia Advocate Who Assisted in Woman's Suicide Dies in Germany
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Tues Jun 3, 2025 10:19pm PST
Capital One to Curb Lounge Access for Some Cardholders
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Tues Jun 3, 2025 8:16pm PST
The Washington Post is developing an A.I.-powered story editor called "Ember"
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Mon Jun 2, 2025 10:49am PST
A.I. Is Coming for the Coders Who Made It
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Fri May 30, 2025 11:33am PST
Brazil's dWallet program will let citizens cash in on their data
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Thurs May 29, 2025 6:42pm PST
New Likely Dwarf Planet Discovered in Remote Region of Solar System
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Wed May 28, 2025 10:12pm PST
Bruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in 'Star Wars,' Dies at 78
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Wed May 28, 2025 11:15am PST
Texas Requires Apple and Google to Verify Ages for App Downloads
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Wed May 28, 2025 4:08am PST
Fake discounts on Shein 'breach law', EU says
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Tues May 27, 2025 10:50am PST
EU investigates 4 porn sites on failure to prevent children's access
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Mon May 26, 2025 2:09pm PST
The cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
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Mon May 26, 2025 12:33pm PST
Community Notes contributor is an antivirus startup?
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Fri May 23, 2025 11:30am PST
A Man Who 'AGI-Pilled' Google
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Fri May 23, 2025 11:18am PST
Developer Spotlight: Rogier de Boevé
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Thurs May 22, 2025 2:51am PST
Microsoft blocks emails that contain 'Palestine' after employee protests
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Tues May 20, 2025 11:36pm PST
Fortnite's Darth Vader Is A.I.-Powered. Voice Actors Are Rebelling
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Tues May 20, 2025 5:58pm PST
EV battery maker pulled off 2025's biggest IPO
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Fri May 16, 2025 10:17pm PST
Peter Lax, Pre-Eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 98
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Tues May 13, 2025 9:58pm PST
OpenAI Is in Talks to Acquire Programming Tool Windsurf for $3B
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