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DappRadar: Ethereum's transaction volume skyrocketed to $119.5B in Q3 2020, growing nearly 1,200% from Q2, while DeFi apps accounted for 99% of that volume — Transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain reached $119.5 billion in Q3 2020, surging by nearly 1,200% compared to the previous quarter … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Ten US states, including NY and NJ, that account for ~21% of the US population have released a COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple and Google's API — - New York and New Jersey both released Covid-19 apps this week, bringing the total to 10 states which have published alert apps using technology …
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| Pearl Liu / South China Morning Post: |
A look at Alibaba's Tmall Haofang, a new sales channel on Tmall for buying homes online; Tmall Haofang says it'll use 3D tech and live streaming to help buyers — Developers are listing their home projects on Tmall Haofang, a new sales channel by world's largest e-commerce platform Selected projects sold … | Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
Library checkouts of ebooks are up 52% YoY since March as libraries pay an average of $40 per copy due to publisher restrictions limiting library lending — Checkouts of digital books from a popular service are up 52 percent since March. Publishers say their easy availability hurts sales.
Tweets: @kelbyray, @davidpwhelan, @bergmayer, @schoeyfield, @dwceditor, @valeriedouglasa, @shortformernie, @michellemanafy, and @goretsky
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
How Taiwan's biggest chip maker TSMC is caught in a tough spot, forced to heed the dictates of Trump's tech policy, while trying to keep many customers in China — The island's biggest chip maker has been a coveted partner to both battling giants. But rising nationalism is making it harder to keep the middle ground.
Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @nytimesbusiness, @zhonggg, @chinausfocus, @wearytolove, @jaygoldberg, @nytimesbusiness, and @jchengwsj
| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
As the installed base of Apple Watch approaches 100M, with an estimated 35% of US iPhone users wearing one, rivals are yet to make a credible competing device — In a few months, the number of people wearing an Apple Watch will surpass 100 million. While the tech press spent years infatuated …
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| Rebecca Jennings / Vox: |
An inside look at the world of TikTok “collab houses” in Los Angeles, amid allegations of exploitative talent managers withholding money from influencers — The Girls in the Valley was supposed to be a collective of Instagram baddie best friends. Then it self-destructed.| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Twitter says it will take action against tweets that openly wish or hope for Trump's death, citing an existing “abusive behavior” rule — “Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules.”
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Solo.io, a cloud-based API infrastructure startup, raises $23M Series B led by Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures, bringing its total raised to $37M — Cloud-native software company Solo.io Inc. said today it has bagged $23 million in new funding. — The Series B round was led …
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Facebook rebuts The Social Dilemma, saying the popular Netflix documentary “buries the substance in sensationalism” — - Facebook rebutted Netflix's “The Social Dilemma” on Friday. — The company argued that the documentary-drama that quickly gained popularity for its critical look …
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| Jacek Krywko / Ars Technica: |
A look at real time OSes for spacecrafts, like VxWorks, preferred by NASA, and open source RTEMS, preferred by ESA, amid a new contender SpaceChain OS — The updates don't come every spring and fall, but space operating systems keep evolving. — The ESA's recently launched Solar Orbiter …
Tweets: @astrogrant
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A look at Arise, which offers work-from-home call center contractors to companies like Disney, Airbnb, and Apple, and how it strips workers of legal protections — Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the secretive world of work-at-home customer service, helps large corporations shed costs at the expense of workers.
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