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| Chris Dixon / Andreessen Horowitz: |
NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granular price tiering, and eliminate customer acquisition costs by making users owners — In his classic 2008 essay “1000 True Fans,” Kevin Kelly predicted that the internet would transform the economics of creative activities:
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| Jason Aten / Inc.com: |
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more — Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren't going out, and they're desperately searching for social connections and entertainment.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Verizon support is now advising its users on Twitter to “turn on LTE”, which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life — This, despite the carrier's relentless promotion of its 5G network — Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent … | Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US — Placement of DJI on trade blacklist has opened new opportunities for US manufacturers — California-based Skydio has become …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% since 2017, after APTs and cybercrime groups adopted the language — There's been a 2,000% increase of new malware written in Go over the past few years. — The number of malware strains coded … | Liat Kaplan / New York Times: |
The person behind “Your Fave Is Problematic” Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable actions by celebrities, says she looks back on her blog with shame and regret — What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition tech in criminal cases — Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.
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| Naomi Klein / The Intercept: |
Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activists simply for using organizing tools like shared Google Docs and WhatsApp groups — The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi's sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await …
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| Mario Gabriele / The Generalist: |
How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can unlock the next step-change in valuation and protect against niche competitors — One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued. … — “You ever stop to realize how fragile all this is?”
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
An ecosystem of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around Clubhouse, and some, like the Clubhouse analytics tool Direcon, are already monetizing — A wave of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around the popular audio app. And some are looking to cash in.
Tweets: @laurengoode, @fredhoch, and @snackfight
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities — New tech that allows artists to interact with superfans — and turn their data into dollars — promises to open long-term revenue streams
Tweets: @sharasenderoff, @uniteamusic, @billboard, @mitchlafon, @kendallostrow, @tatianacirisano, @billboard, and @aileentotheleft
| CNN: |
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server — FireEye CEO on how the SolarWinds hack was discovered — Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives …
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