Max Chafkin
@chafkin.bsky.social
Reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek and co-host of the new podcast "Everybody's Business." Also co-host of "Elon Inc." and author of “The Contarian: Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs.” Msg me on signal: @chafkin.83
When you hear people warn about the dangers of digitial authoriarianism, this is what they’re talking about www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
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for @bloomberg.com wrote about the fracturing of trump's coalition, among other things (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Wall Street Troll Reinvented Himself as the Groypers’ Pick for Governor. The GOP Can’t Get Rid of Him
James Fishback isn’t likely to be running Florida next year, but the self-styled right-of-MAGA candidate is polling well enough to leave Republicans worried about their party’s future.
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NHTSA will start developing new requirements to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles, a significant move to address issues exposed by deadly incidents in which people have become trapped inside cars. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US to Begin Work on New Car Door Safety Rules After Deaths in Teslas
US auto safety regulators will start developing new requirements to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles, a significant move to address issues exposed by sometimes deadly incid...
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i'm not sure people appreciate how intertwined Tesla and SpaceX are at this point, merger no merger. Without SpaceX, Teslas finances would look way worse, to say nothing of Cybertruck sales www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
i wonder if the cybertruck would have been received differently if its ceo wasn't simultaneously embracing white nationalism, though this story makes clear that car buyers just really really don't want a weird looking car www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Tesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons
Both automakers expected consumers to buy hundreds of thousands of their futuristic models per year. Tesla’s pickup is missing the mark by a wider margin.
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On the high cost of fun, and the high cost of electricity. New episode! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Great American Fun Shortage of 2026
This week on Everybody’s Business, Bloomberg reporter Ben Steverman joins to explore the reasons why happiness in the US has been on the decline for years.
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new episode -- with guest host @bradstone.bsky.social. We go deep on Lilly and the business of weight loss and then talk to @bethkowitt.bsky.social about why nobody likes ceos anymore, not even ceos www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Cult of the C-Suite Is Officially Over
On this episode of Everybody’s Business, we explain why chief executives are feeling especially unloved these days.
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So strange to have this thoughts and then conclude that the solution is a screen flush against your face
the spacex ipo makes no sense (gift link here) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We’re All on Starship Elon Now
SpaceX is coming to a mutual fund or 401(k) near you.
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come join us if youre a bloomberg subscriber and mark will answer all your apple questions
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2mo agoIt's a pivotal year for Apple. From AI to its new CEO to a foldable iPhone, @markgurman.bsky.social answers your questions in a Live Q&A conversation with @chafkin.bsky.social starting at 1 p.m. EDT. Join the livestream: bloom.bg/43WXeSt
new episode! @svaneksmith.bsky.social and i talk to @javierblas.bsky.social about Hormuz, oil and NACHO and @lucasshaw.bsky.social on the great box office comeback and the question of scrolling in the theater. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Where’s the Global Economic Meltdown?
The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for almost 100 days, and things were meant to be dire by now. Also on Everybody’s Business, the summer movie industry.
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really enjoyed this one. me and @svaneksmith.bsky.social talking to the people who run an honest-to-god state backed grocery store (Atlanta's Azalea Fresh Market, which is a sort of model for what Mamdani is trying to do in nyc). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This enhanced games debacle reminds me of the last time a bunch of Thiel acolytes attempted (very clumsily) to star a sports company. From my book
this week on everybody's business! bonds, basics, basketball and the redditors who are trying to help World Cup fans best FIFA. like/subscribe/etc podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Is That T-Shirt Worth $100 Million?
Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · May 22 · 39m
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wrote about dem presidential hopeful and Epstein files advocate Ro Khanna, who is adapting as a large number of voters have turned against AI and tech wealth. Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Even Silicon Valley’s Congressman Wants to Rein in AI
Ro Khanna spent years cheering on the tech industry and building ties with wealthy donors. Now he’s pitching himself as a presidential contender with a wealth tax and tough talk about the “Epstein cla...
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i reviewed "AI For Good" in the NYT today. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...
Will A.I. Help Humanity? A Journalist Looks for Answers.
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a trial over "moral high ground" among counterparties who've both lost it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Messy, Humiliating Courtroom Drama Between Elon Musk and OpenAI
Artificial intelligence companies were already unpopular before the billionaires started fighting in court.
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new ep! MAHA vs. Trump, with noted alien enthusiast @deenashanker.bsky.social and what might an OpenAIPhone look like with @markgurman.bsky.social. Like/subscribe etc etc. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ready or Not, the AI Phones Are Coming
OpenAI is mulling a possible battle with Apple, Samsung, Huawei and other device-makers to create its own smartphone.
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we talked the attack on Altman and the AI backlash with @sarahfrier.bsky.social. Plus why's it so damn hard to get hired straight out of college right now and Allbirds but AI. LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE/ETC www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why the AI Backlash Is Only Going to Get Worse
More Americans are experiencing firsthand the negative effects of the technology on the labor market, the environment and their wallets.
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you'll never guess who the biggest fan of Elon Musk's much maligned pickup truck is www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Cybertruck Sales Were Inflated by a SpaceX Buying Spree
Almost one in five pickups registered during the fourth quarter went to another company in the billionaire’s business empire.
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Did anybody else think that the bread in the Atlantic story sounded basically identical to the Kirkland Signature Cranberry Walnut loaf (good loaf fwiw)
new everybody's business. taxes, Iran, and the $7 bag of Doritos, with @svaneksmith.bsky.social and Ben Steverman. subscribe! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It’s not news that there’s a reality distortion field around Musk, but I don’t think people quite realize how big the gap between reality and expectations has gotten (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
