Sarah Frier
In charge of big tech coverage at Bloomberg
Author of NO FILTER: The Inside Story of Instagram
Email me at sfrier1 at Bloomberg dot net
- NEW: I met the robots creating human embryos. And after two years following the company, wrote a different kind of robots versus humans story than I expected: tinyurl.com/ynt5chy7
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
- people have been sending me the cover of this former Meta exec’s upcoming book…
- Reposted by Sarah Frier"several people are typing" this has been the last 4 days in a nutshell
- Reposted by Sarah Friernew podcast in which @sarahfrier.bsky.social and i puzzle through Trump's pulling Elon's pick for NASA, the, uh, ketamine question, and the black eye enjoy www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: Megan Twohey and I went deep on Elon Musk’s intense drug use as he rose to political power alongside Trump last year. He was using so much ketamine that he told people it was affecting his bladder. At SpaceX, he is getting warnings ahead of drug tests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierWhite House responds to our story: “The drugs that we’re concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border.” No comment on whether Musk’s been drug tested or if Trump was aware
- NEW: Megan Twohey and I went deep on Elon Musk’s intense drug use as he rose to political power alongside Trump last year. He was using so much ketamine that he told people it was affecting his bladder. At SpaceX, he is getting warnings ahead of drug tests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierMark Zuckerberg has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it. Read The Big Take
- Reposted by Sarah FrierPresident Biden called Mark Zuckerberg "Little Twerp" and "Fuckerberg” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social @kurtwagner.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sarah Frier🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨 What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump? I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierA 50% tariff on Europe?! 🧀🍝🍷 How Trump uses pro-wrestling theatrics to run the economy. The latest ep of #EverybodysBusiness is out! @chafkin.bsky.social and I talk kayfabe w/ @kyla.bsky.social Then @sarahfrier.bsky.social joins to talk AI & jobs 🤖 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew episode of everybody’s business! Featuring @kyla.bsky.social on WWEconomics and @sarahfrier.bsky.social on AI! Give us a shot and subscribe!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: Why Apple Hasn’t Cracked AI — The inside story of Apple’s generative AI and Siri failures, setbacks that threaten everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for future products. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Reposted by Sarah Frierhey hey, me and @svaneksmith.bsky.social made a new podcast for @bloomberg.com. it's about business. its smart. its fun. we'll tell you stuff you don't know but should. it comes out each week and we NEED you to subscribe and tell your friends. link.podtrac.com/rzj316uq
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew podcast alert 🚨 I’m very excited to be hosting a new podcast with the great @chafkin.bsky.social for @businessweek.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Please give a listen and let us know what you think! 🎧 (banana pudding strongly encouraged but not required)
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew: Political commentator Hasan Piker says he was briefly detained by US Customs and Border Protection, questioned about his views on Hamas and Trump. First reported by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierScoop on the Google beat: Google has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots, starting with AI search startups like iAsk and Liner. This means that even if Google's share of the search market dwindles, it still stands to profit. bloom.bg/436FhkR
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew from me: Here's a fun lil earnings scoop 🚨 There was an $8 billion increase in profit in Alphabet's latest report that was just nagging and nagging at me. The accounting didn't make sense. Finally got to the bottom of it: the boost came from unrealized gains from a 2015 investment in SpaceX.
- Reposted by Sarah FrierAnd then @sarahfrier.bsky.social told the real story of how Trump came to the manosphere -- it wasn't Barron, it was a guy named John Shahidi, who found quite a niche for himself www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- This is absolutely wild to see come out on record in federal court after reporting it in my book 5 years ago (Systrom has been silent on the acquisition and aftermath in that time). Details he is sharing took me months to report out and confirm.
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW Businessweek feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will. Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Just saying, if you read No Filter, you would have known about Zuckerberg getting jealous of Instagram’s growth (& why the founders left) long before this FTC trial
- But it is crazy to see stuff I had from various sources get confirmed by internal documents/emails. Also!! This is new to me, and not in my book: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Here’s a gift link to the book excerpt if you need a refresher: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierAnd hear Max, @danahull.bsky.social, @sarahfrier.bsky.social, @kurtwagner.bsky.social and others talking more Musk every week on Elon, Inc. open.spotify.com/episode/3Amn....
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: Spoke to 25 small publishers about the kind of impact Google's AI changes to search has had on their businesses. Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on. Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3
- Reposted by Sarah FrierGoogle says AI Overviews drive more traffic to a diverse mix of publishers. But it has never shared data to back up that claim. @daveyalba & I spoke to 25 creators who painted a different picture. Several are out of business. One is on food stamps. Our latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- I was one of the many interns who sat next to Dan Kraut at Bloomberg, who he took such care to shape into a real business journalist. I will never forget how kind and welcoming he was. Thank you, Dan, for all the lessons in reporting, managing, and life. www.louissuburbanchapel.com/daniel-j-kra...
- Reposted by Sarah Frier🚨 NEW: Google Search has ruled the web for >20 yrs. But in recent years, a chorus of discontent has been building among the web-going public. Google is drastically remaking search with gen AI just as people are complaining that the service is slowly degrading—and degrading the web. bloom.bg/41W2wwl
- Reposted by Sarah Frier🚨NEW: Google has spent the past 2+ years trying to remake search with generative AI. The results? Mixed. Check out my cover story with @davey.bsky.social on missed opportunities, Google's attempts to right the ship & the price being paid across the web. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Exciting things happening on my team: @dinabass.bsky.social is taking on a new job covering AI infrastructure @brodyford.bsky.social will add Microsoft to the companies he covers
- @dinabass.bsky.social to take on AI infrastructure beat at @bloomberg.com: talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-bi...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA FAA employees are on edge. They were told that anyone who impeded progress of the new FAA-SpaceX partnership would be reported to Musk and risked losing their jobs. A ton of scoopy news in this new report. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Tech journalism is at its best when there is strong competition to figure out what’s happening at the world’s most valuable and powerful companies. Sad to see this and don’t understand it.
- @wsj.com laid off the following 11 tech journalists this week: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierX's business is having a bit of a resurgence. One factor: Some marketers feel they have to choose between spending money on X or facing a possible legal fight against Elon Musk “You’re buying insurance, you’re not buying advertising" - @lou-paskalis.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- Elon Musk posts frequently about immigration, and the dangers of letting unauthorized people into the country. Here, @julialove.bsky.social reveals that Musk’s companies have relied on undocumented workers for a rapid expansion in Austin, Texas:
- For my latest story, I reported on the lives of the undocumented contract workers who helped power Elon Musk's expansion in Austin. Sweeping debris, laying plumbing and pouring concrete, these workers built facilities that helped make Musk’s $400 billion fortune. Read for free: bloom.bg/41gG6a3
- Reposted by Sarah FrierFor my latest story, I reported on the lives of the undocumented contract workers who helped power Elon Musk's expansion in Austin. Sweeping debris, laying plumbing and pouring concrete, these workers built facilities that helped make Musk’s $400 billion fortune. Read for free: bloom.bg/41gG6a3
- Reposted by Sarah FrierBREAKING: Meta’s next big thing is humanoid robots. The company starting a new division to build an AI hardware and software platform to become “the Android” of the humanoid industry. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNEW: My colleagues & I analyzed nearly 1.3k hours of footage (>2k videos) from nine wildly popular podcasters and streamers on YouTube to understand how they helped lift Trump to power. Now that he's back in office, the broadcasters are well-positioned to help build support for his political agenda.
- Reposted by Sarah FrierGearing up for my class at Cal. I made a reader! Plus, some of the books I'm teaching from. S/O to @sarahfrier.bsky.social, @johncarreyrou.bsky.social, @jodikantor.bsky.social, Megan Twohey, Virginia Eubanks, Angus Deaton and many other authors, journalists and professors whose work I draw on.
- Reposted by Sarah FrierA Meta lawyer dropped the company as a client, citing CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness.” (Not a lawyer, so I assume this is standard boilerplate language.) news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/meta-...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierNew: Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan and lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy." He says you need that "aggression." It's...I don't even know. Here's a gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierFertility startup Kindbody is fielding takeover interest and considering a sale while seeking to line up $10 million to sustain operations. A fundraising effort earlier this year fell through. By @jackiedavalos.bsky.social and @sarahfrier.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- TikTok still faces a ban if it doesn’t sell its app by Jan 19, a federal appeals court decided: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierBiden admin plans to unveil new chip export controls on China as soon as next week, as WIRED first reported (though timing has slid before & could slide again) Latest draft — not yet final — includes fewer Huawei supplier sanctions than earlier proposals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- The color scheme of this app means that sometimes when a notification comes up, my brain associates it with owing someone money
- Reposted by Sarah FrierThe law moves slow part 439,529. After the FTC sued FB in Dec 2020 to break it up, we now have a trial date of Apr 14 2025. FTC says 10-12 weeks, FB says 5-6 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Please listen to this politics-focused Elon explainer series. It’s very very good.
- we just dropped the third and final (for now anyway) episode of our miniseries on Elon Musk and the role he played in the 2024 election. Series starts here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Please listen and share
- Incredible when a huge scoop like this from @leahnylen.bsky.social @sisco.bsky.social is confirmed www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierIn today's Businessweek Daily, @sarahfrier.bsky.social looks at the opportunity for Trump and his buddies in forcing a TikTok divestment www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- About a year ago we launched a podcast digging deep into Musk’s growing power. It just got a whole lot more relevant. Recorded this one this morn with @chafkin.bsky.social @danahull.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Sarah FrierBloomberg News reporters are here on Bluesky, covering the world in all its complexities like no one else. Here is a starter pack of our reporters here so far.
- Reposted by Sarah FrierYou've probably noticed, but: Bluesky has seen 700k new signups since the election, majority from the US. It now has 14.5m total accounts (not necessarily all active) And Threads is the #1 free App in the US App Store People are looking for an alternative to X www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Ok I definitely haven’t opened this app in too long. Hi!
- Who is Linda Yaccarino, the new Twitter CEO? We explain why Musk picked her and her impossible task ahead: bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-…
- Did not think seahorses looked at all like horses until toddler pointed and said “neigh!”
- Bloomberg is hiring for two great new roles on the tech team! A reporter covering AI policy/ethics: careers.bloomberg.com/job/detail/116035?s… A tech editor focusing on our AI coverage: careers.bloomberg.com/job/detail/116188?s…
- Reposted by Sarah FrierBig tech is losing talent as people move to AI. Fascinating stuff from @sarahfrier.bsky.social bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/20…
- Did you say you were … logged off of Twitter? Are you stumped as to why? Same
- Reposted by Sarah Frier"It all went south." Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey — once a supporter of Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the site — is now offering sharp criticism of the new owner and his handling of the deal trib.al/1WU6qDD
- Jack has thoughts on how Twitter turned out…
- Blocks are coming
- This is Marlowe he has good ears
- Reposted by Sarah Friersorry to quote skeet bloomberg but i think a heavy hitter like them being here is actually a sign that this place has legs
