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| Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: |
Profile of Bored Ape Yacht Club, an NFT collection that sold for $2M+ in April, spawned a collector community, and has since seen ~$100M in trading activity — N.F.T. clubs are all the rage among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Are they a get-rich-quick scheme or the future of culture?
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| John Herrman / New York Times: |
After a decade of online identities coming under increasingly centralized control, online anonymity is starting to look like a threatened privilege than a right — Reconsidering pseudonymity and what it means to “be yourself” online. — In early July, when England's soccer team lost …
Tweets: @hkesvani, @moonalice, @jwherrman, @wexler, @natematias, @graceonfootball, and @jwherrman
| Molly Wood / The Atlantic: |
Microsoft is avoiding antitrust scrutiny by rebranding itself as nice and boring, even as it reverts to some of the behaviors that led to prosecution the '90s — How has Microsoft escaped the scrutiny of reinvigorated antitrust regulators? — About the author: Molly Wood is the host …
Tweets: @teezeh, @aarti411, @brycas, @theatlantic, @mollywood, @mollywood, and @mollywood
| Stephen K. Hirst / Ars Technica: |
How the radical environmental themes of the game Final Fantasy VII, released in 1997 for the original PlayStation, influenced a generation of environmentalists — From activists to families, FFVII's cautionary, planetary tale still resonates. — In September of 1997 …
Tweets: @dante_the_k9, @kyleorl, @mediasmarts, and @envdefensefund
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Medical imaging startup Exo, which aims to commercialize its AI-powered point-of-care workflow software and handheld ultrasound device, raises $220M Series C — Exo, pronounced “echo,” raised a fresh cash infusion of $220 million in Series C financing aimed at commercializing … | Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Apple removes Unjected, a social app for “unvaxxed friendly”, citing COVID-19 misinfo; Unjected removed social feed from its Android app after a Google warning — A new social app designed as a community for the unvaccinated is testing Google and Apple Inc.'s policies concerning …
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iThinkDifferent, Gizmodo, Neowin, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Insider, and AppleInsider
| Josh Centers / TidBITS: |
How Apple became an “antifragile” company, by building a diverse portfolio of products and performing even stronger during the pandemic than it did before — For over two decades, “APPLE IS DOOMED” was a common refrain in Internet discussions. Originally, it was meant in a literal sense …
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Pixel Envy and MacDailyNews
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Qualtrics to acquire Virginia-based Clarabridge, which offers AI-powered customer experience management tools, for $1.125B in stock — Qualtrics International Inc on Thursday said it would acquire privately held Clarabridge for $1.1 billion in stock. — Qualtrics, which was spun …
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PR Newswire and Clarabridge. More:
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| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, with some of the most-watched videos coming not from NBC but from athletes themselves — The Olympics through the lens of TikTok look widely different than TV — When NBC's “Today Show” told viewers that gymnast Simone Biles … | Joe Burns / FinLedger: |
Mercury, which offers banking services to startups, raises $120M Series B, including a $5M allotment for crowdfunding, led by Coatue at a $1.62B valuation — Mercury, a company which offers software and banking services for scaling startups, announced raising a $120 million Series B led by Coatue, according to a company blog post.| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Replicated, which sells tools that help software makers create and deploy on-premises versions of their applications, raises $50M Series C led by Owl Rock — On-premises software delivery company Replicated Inc. is much richer today after grabbing $50 million in a new round of funding.
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News Direct, Los Angeles Business Journal, FinSMEs, and Replicated
| Associated Press: |
DOJ: 27 US Attorney offices had at least one staffer's Microsoft email account breached from May to Dec. 2020 by Russian hackers as part of the SolarWinds hack — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts …
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U.S. Department of Justice. More:
PCMag, Wired, Slashdot, BBC, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Raw Story, CNET, Engadget, BleepingComputer, New York Post, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Fox News, and The Hill
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