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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️

@sal19.bsky.social

Journalist spending the summer covering the 2026 World Cup. Follow my newsletter "The 2026 Dispatch." Previously with WSJ, CNBC, Reuters and others. DMs open Signal: 281-409-3516 📧: sal.rodriguez19@gmail.com https://the2026dispatch.substack.com/

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A special moment from my time in Mexico was getting to eat one of the best tacos of my life with my cousin Claudia, who despite currently fighting breast cancer took the time to watch the #WorldCup with me. Read about her journey & how you can help here: open.substack.com/pub/the2026d...

Travel Dispatch: The Zócalo, the best taco in Mexico and Claudia's personal tournament

Dodging pickpockets at Mexico's historic plaza, a New York steak taco and honoring my cousin Claudia as she braves her fight against breast cancer.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ahead of yesterday’s kickoff, FIFA dropped its final team rankings. These rankings haven’t mattered much at previous tournaments, but in 2026, they’ll be used as the final tiebreaker for the third-place team standings. Here’s my analysis of the impact open.substack.com/pub/the2026d...

The latest FIFA rankings are out. Here are the teams most affected

The new rankings could play a role in determining which of the eight third-place teams advance to the Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I had AI agents comb through more than 500 World Cup rosters and more than 10,000 individual player records to identify every athlete who has competed at the tournament past the age of 38. What the AI found shows that this is the oldest #WorldCup ever the2026dispatch.substack.com/p/world-cup-...

40 is the new 30: How sports science helped create the oldest World Cup ever

The 2026 World Cup will feature eight 40-something players. That's almost as many as the previous 22 tournaments combined.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Spain is one of the 2026 #WorldCup favorites. I got to chat with Spain Sporting Director Aitor Karanka about the team’s ambitions, an MLB he barely remembers and why the country chose Chattanooga, TN, for its base camp the2026dispatch.substack.com/p/spain-aito...

Exclusive: Spain's sporting director on Chattanooga base camp, 2026 World Cup goals

Aitor Karanka, Spain's sporting director, sat with The 2026 Dispatch to discuss why the World Cup contender picked Chattanooga, Tennessee, for its group-stage base camp.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Exactly 1 month ahead of the 2026 World Cup’s kickoff, I’m launching a Substack focused on the quadrennial tournament. I hope you consider subscribing ⚽️🙏🏽🎉 the2026dispatch.substack.com

The 2026 Dispatch | Salvador Rodriguez | Substack

The 2026 Dispatch is a newsletter focused on the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. It provides coverage and analysis of the quadrennial event written by journalist Salvador Rodriguez. Cli...

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 6mo ago

AI companies, like OpenAI & Anthropic, are now paying creators to promote their products to social media users. Some, like Google & Microsoft, are offering creators as much as $500k for these ads, but some creators refuse to promote AI www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g... By @zachvallese.bsky.social

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Two years ago Meta shuttered its Facebook Workplace enterprise communication app. Today, a phoenix rose from those ashes, as several former Meta execs, including Sheryl Sandberg, are backing a new communications tool that is powered by AI www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/s... By @lolavkm.bsky.social

Sandberg, other Meta vets invest in AI workplace communications startup

Slashwork is backed by former Meta executives Sheryl Sandberg, David Fischer, Carolyn Everson and Julien Codorniou, who led Facebook Workplace.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 6mo ago

After CNBC and @ttp-updates.bsky.social contacted Apple and Google about dozens of nudify apps on their respective app stores, the two companies removed dozens of these services from their platforms, but several remain www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/a... Check out this report by @lolavkm.bsky.social

Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds

A tech watchdog organization found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store.

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Sal Rodriguez 🕷️@sal19.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When President Trump introduced the Muslim travel ban 8 years ago, tech CEOs were some of the loudest critics against it. Now, as ICE agents kill protesters in Minnesota, the tech industry's silence is deafening www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/a... by Lola Murti and @jennelias.bsky.social

Tech's top CEOs mum after ICE killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out

While a few leaders have voiced outrage, the tech sector has stayed widely silent after the second fatal shooting by Federal agents in Minneapolis this month.

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