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Hi Twitter! After years of hard work, my book on the tech giants is out.

Book stores closed, but kindle, audiobooks, and delivery are options. If you love books, I hope you’ll consider picking up mine and others.

Amazon: amazon.com/gp/product/059…

Indies: bookshop.org/books/always-d…
I wrote the book because I wanted to reveal what goes on inside the tech giants. Their culture, leadership practices, technology, and process are just… different. It’s helped them lap the economy. Better for everyone if this is not a mystery.

Business Insider says it delivers:
The book is filled with fun, weird stories. Here’s an excerpt in @FastCompany about Facebook’s propensity to copy:

"How Facebook became 'the most Chinese company In Silicon Valley'"

fastcompany.com/90486877/how-f…
.@BuzzFeedNews has an excerpt on an Apple division where chaos reigns and contractors are at war with each other. Someone told me it was a “Game Of Thrones Nightmare.” (And then there are the Quora reviews) buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…
I spoke with Yahoo Finance about the state of the tech giants today, and how they’re handling the current crisis.
I wish the circumstances were different. Maybe it can be a good distraction. Now that Tiger King is over, we might as well read? Idk. Hope you're all hanging in there

Much love,
Alex
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Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.

It is a crazy story. With many twists and turns, including a fake invoice, an escape from SF, and more. buzzfeednews.com/article/alexka…
We hear a lot about tech companies’ outside threats — Russian bots! — but those I spoke with said insiders working for foreign governments are far more dangerous.

All it takes is one well-placed employee to become a mole, and a country can get identifying data on dissidents
The key for the Saudis, according to the FBI, was enlisting Ali Alzabarah, a site reliability engineer who had vast access to Twitter’s infrastructure.

Alzabarah fled to Saudi Arabia and is now a high ranking official in Mohammed Bin Salman’s Misk Foundation.
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Zuckerberg, Trump, Melania, and Thiel had a secret dinner at the White House last month.

Facebook has been preaching political transparency. Yet it didn't disclose this. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
What, did they really think it was going to stay a secret?
It's normal for CEOs and heads of state to meet, yes. But given Facebook's political power, this one should've been easy: Just disclose it.
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Facebook does track browsing activity. It does so through the like button on outside websites and the Facebook Pixel. Zuckerberg appears unwilling to say this.
Okay, I'll answer some of the questions, using Facebook's website!
Does Facebook track you off Facebook? Yes, via the Facebook Pixel: "A piece of code for your website that lets you measure, optimize and build audiences for your ad campaigns." facebook.com/business/help/…
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