Brian Boyle

brian@thedailyupside.com

Brian Boyle (he/him) is a senior reporter at The Daily Upside. His previous media lives include stints at SFGATE and Techmeme, and he’s been published in outlets such as Vice, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times, where he was a contributing writer for the opinion section. He currently lives in Los Angeles and can frequently be found hiking, eating, and hanging around repertory movie theaters.

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Whistleblowers File SEC Complaint over NDAs

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OpenAI allegedly issued overly-restrictive non-disclosure agreements that could penalize anyone who blows the whistle to government agencies.

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Media & Entertainment

NFL Moves Toward Allowing Private Equity into Ownership Groups

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Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is en route to allowing PE groups to take ownership stakes in franchises

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Media & Entertainment

CNN Announces Layoffs, New Digital Subscription Business

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CNN announced layoffs of 100 employees, a reorganization of its newsrooms, and its “first direct-to-consumer subscription product.”

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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

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Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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Regulation

Boeing Pleads Guilty to Felony Fraud Charges

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Boeing has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government after two 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.

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Markets

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Repayments Shakes the Bitcoin Market

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Mt. Gox is finally paying off its roughly $9 billion debt to former customers, highlighting how much the bitcoin market evolved.

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Real Estate

New York’s Real Estate Market May Be Starting to Turn

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Manhattan is now home to over 8,000 for-sale apartments, or around 1,000 more than the 10-year average. That’s a 9.8-month supply.

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Finance

Keith Gill Briefly Faces Legal Heat Over His GameStop Shares

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Keith Gill — a.k.a. Roaring Kitty — got slapped with a lawsuit alleging a pump-and-dump scheme involving his GameStop shares.

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