Fri. 08/20 – OnlyFans Pulls A Tumblr

OnlyFans wants to get out of the porn business, which makes sense to nobody on the Internet. Elon Musk says Tesla is building a humanoid robot, and I love you Elon, but you’ve really opened the door to your critics with this one. Microsoft is raising prices, and of course, the weekend longread suggestions.
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OnlyFans has tons of users, but can't find investors (Axios)

OnlyFans to Bar Sexually Explicit Videos Starting in October (Bloomberg)

Microsoft will raise Office 365 business subscription prices in 2022 (CNBC)

Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots (The Verge)

Elon Musk Unveils His Funniest Vaporware Yet (Gizmodo)

The Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

The FBI’s warning to Silicon Valley: China and Russia are trying to turn your employees into spies (Protocol)

Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough? (Nature)

Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest (Bloomberg Businessweek)

These People Who Work From Home Have a Secret: They Have Two Jobs (WSJ)

Amazon Killed the Name Alexa (The Atlantic)

Afghanistan - Part 1 (The Rest Is History Podcast)

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