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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Mark Gurman: high-end M1X Mac mini with an updated design and more ports than the current M1 Mac mini should replace the Intel model in the next several months — Apple can be expected to launch an updated high-end Mac mini with a new design and a faster “M1X” Apple silicon processor in the …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines — The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.
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Emails show Facebook quashed a Q1 content transparency report fearing public criticism, as the most viewed link implied a doctor died from the COVID vaccine — The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.” — When Facebook this week released …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Elon Musk's “Tesla Bot” is a distraction and an empty promise, considering the progress of Boston Dynamics' Atlas, which has been in development for 10+ years — A distraction and an empty promise — After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI …
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| Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: |
How Facebook has struggled to scale Diem, and Libra before it, due to data privacy issues and regulatory scrutiny, as Diem's Novi wallet readies for market — Is diem what the world needs? “It's a start,” economist Darrell Duffie says. — Facebook learned pretty quickly it wouldn't be able to … | Post-Culture / @postcultrev: |
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Game developers across the industry describe the complexity of making what seem like simple things in games, from doors to object interaction and more — Game devs of all sizes and scopes respond to the question: “What is a thing in video games that seems simple but is actually extremely hard to make?”
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| Edd Gent / IEEE Spectrum: |
Interview with Unreal Engine's Mark Petit on his view of the Metaverse as an immersive version of the internet, the need to have open standards for it, and more — A vast digital mirror world accessible through virtual reality is just around the corner, if you believe the latest pronouncements coming out of Silicon Valley.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Automattic's recent funding news, which outlined a $288M primary round, buybacks, and an internal liquidity market for staff — Hello and welcome to Pipeline. This week: the FBI's warning to startups, OnlyFans pulls a Tumblr and inside Automattic's unusual funding and buyback rounds.
Tweets: @owenthomas and @bizcarson
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
A look at Afghanistan's burgeoning crypto scene, which Chainalysis ranked 20th globally in overall crypto adoption in 2021, after ranking among lowest last year — - For many Afghans, this week has laid bare the worst-case scenario for a country running on legacy financial rails … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A bug in Razer's Synapse software, which Windows fetches and installs when a Razer accessory is plugged in, lets anyone with a Razer mouse gain admin privileges — A Razer Synapse zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed on Twitter, allowing you to gain Windows admin privileges simply by plugging in a Razer mouse or keyboard.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
PayPal will launch its cryptocurrency service in the UK this week, the product's first international expansion since it debuted in the US in 2020 — - PayPal will let British customers buy, hold and sell digital currencies, starting this week. — It marks the first international expansion …
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