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| Vitalik Buterin / r/ethereum on Reddit: |
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding” — The word “server” imo is not very useful in the blockchain context; it combines together a bundle of concepts that are best treated separately.
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| Moxie Marlinspike: |
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses — Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don't think I've ever actually said the words …
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
An open-source developer, who expressed regret for supporting “Fortune 500s”, breaks ~19K projects by corrupting NPM libraries with millions of weekly downloads — Users of popular open-source libraries ‘colors’ and ‘faker’ were left stunned after they saw their applications …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
How the peer pressure to be a part of the blue bubble iMessage text groups keeps US teens locked into Apple's ecosystem — The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: 'Ew, that's gross.'
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Gurman: Apple's mixed reality headset will not be an all-day device and will be meant for bursts of gaming, communication, and content consumption — Apple is widely expected to take the wraps off of its first mixed reality headset this year, with a focus on augmented reality and virtual reality experiences.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
A roundup of Samsung Galaxy S22 series leaks, including specs, an unboxing video of dummy units, and an alleged image of the S22 Ultra's 45W fast charger — A new unboxing video has shown potential designs for the three handsets — A video from Unbox Therapy has shown off what appears …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Pine Labs, which provides payments services in Asia, filed confidentially for a US IPO, seeking to raise about $500M at a $5.5B to $7B valuation — Pine Labs Pvt, an Asian digital payments provider backed by Sequoia India and Mastercard Inc., is moving ahead with preparations …
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don't urgently intervene — Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook …
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| Simon Parkin / The Guardian: |
Roblox's aim of encouraging children to make games has been its key to success but is fraught with dangers, as some face stress, burnout, and exploitation — Young developers on the platform used by many millions of children claim they have been financially exploited, threatened with dismissal and sexually harassed
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| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
A look at the turmoil inside Pudgy Penguins, one of the most successful NFT projects, as community members clash with founders over the project's fate — There's trouble brewing in the huddle. — The beloved NFT project Pudgy Penguins voted out its founders on Thursday after they allegedly failed …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Matter, the smart home standard backed by Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung, and others, gained significant momentum at CES, with ~30 companies showcasing support — The soon-to-be smart home standard gained momentum in Las Vegas — Two years ago, on the floor of CES 2020 … | David Ingram / NBC News: |
Frustration with Covid-19 policies and crime have recently led many tech workers in San Francisco to engage in local politics for the first time — SAN FRANCISCO — Like a lot of tech workers who arrive in San Francisco, Siva Raj considered himself apolitical when it came to local matters — at least for a while.
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