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Musk's free speech definition is utter nonsense and his suggestions for Twitter completely ignore decades of content moderation iteration on social platforms — from the not-how-any-of-this-works dept — Lots of talk yesterday as Elon Musk made a hostile takeover bid for all of Twitter.
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| Nathan Baschez / Every: |
Twitter should not only open source its algorithm but also create a marketplace where anyone can build their own algorithms and use the algorithms others create — You don't have to be IN real estate to invest in it. Fundrise is an easy-to-use platform that lets you build …
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Washington Post and Social Media Today
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| Josh Kosman / New York Post: |
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol using Ethereum, was exploited for ~$182M in various crypto assets by someone who had amassed governance tokens — Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning.
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Web3 is going just great, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Waivly, Crypto Daily, TechCircle, Crypto Briefing, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @frankresearcher, @peckshield, @mikeburgersburg, @beanstalkfarms, @beanstalkfarms, @certikalert, @carnage4life, @markjeffrey, @alice_und_bob, @junhaotan_, @carnage4life, @denschub, @milesdeutscher, @holo_of, @carnage4life, @ace_da_book, @zachhazard, @matthew_d_green, @caseynewton, and @profplum99
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan start formally collecting signatures to form a union — If successful, the effort would be the first time an Apple retail location has unionized — Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The iPad needs a “pro” mode when the device is connected to a keyboard and a trackpad, with Mac-like multitasking, a proper desktop, and more for advanced users — Ahead of Apple's developers conference, here's how I suggest fixing its iPad software conundrum: a “pro mode” …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub says an attacker used stolen OAuth user tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI to steal private repository data from dozens of organizations including npm — GitHub revealed today that an attacker is using stolen user tokens (issued to Heroku and Travis-CI OAuth) to download data from private repositories.
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Tweets: @malwarejake, @githubsecurity, @nikcharlebois, @jot, @rstephens, @campuscodi, @jacobian, @marypcbuk, and @quinnypig
| Reuters: |
Didi schedules a shareholder meeting for May 23 to vote on delisting its shares from the NYSE, and reports Q4 2021 revenue of $6.4B, down about 12.6% YoY — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on May 23 to vote on its delisting plans in the United States … | Kate Kaye / Protocol: |
Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's “emotion AI” tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions — When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying …
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Fossbytes and IF INTERESTED
Tweets: @katekayereports, @noopkat, @dinabass, @vickerysec, @frankcatalano, @polycrystalhd, @troy_s, @otdderamin, @katemfd, @grady_booch, @hypervisible, and @nickpopovich
| Rest of World: |
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania — In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support.
Tweets: @helenliwrites, @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @cengizyar, and @fogginsophie
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Apple's yearslong effort to design its own silicon to replace Intel chips in Macs, including an interview with Hardware Technologies SVP Johny Srouji — Apple's risky, yearslong effort to design its own silicon paid off when supply-chain disruptions left competitors scrambling
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @aaronwall, @reneritchie, @ravi_711, @leokelion, @mattlynley, @hkanji, @fmbutt, @pocarles, @onelinders, and @brianmcc
| Ignacio Olivera Doll / Bloomberg: |
Fan tokens issued by Manchester City and other soccer clubs have proven to be a disappointment for hopeful fans, with prices quickly losing steam within days — As soon as rumors started buzzing that soccer star Lionel Messi would transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in August …
Tweets: @carnage4life, @schuldensuehner, @stacyherbert, @flavionunespt, and @gossithedog
| Wall Street Journal: |
Data shows e-commerce as a percentage share of all US retail has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels; in March e-commerce dropped YoY as in-store sales rose — E-commerce retailers that rode a surge of online purchases in 2020 are now grappling with the fact that some customers have returned to stores
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