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A look at some radical proposals for creating better social networks, from establishing sites as nonprofits to restrictions on data collection — An offhand tweet sparked an outpouring of ideas to fix what's broken about Facebook and Twitter — Welcome back to Pattern Matching …
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| Michael Flarup / Apply Pixels: |
With macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple seems to have lifted a ban on fun, allowing for an expressiveness in visual design that we haven't seen from it in almost a decade — It's finally here. The thing I have been advocating for through my work, writing, videos and talks for years. A swing of the pendulum.
Tweets: @natisho, @flarup, @gavmn, @lkanies, @flarup, @sachinrekhi, @maxrudberg, and @samhenrigold
| Greg Thomson / Decrypt: |
Voice, a blockchain-based social media site on EOS that rewards users with tokens for posting “quality content”, is now open for the public to browse — The EOS-based crypto-based social media platform first conjured up by Block.one, Voice, today opened its doors to the public.
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
LA-based Scalefast raises $22M Series B to help DTC brands launch e-commerce stores in as little as 15 days, bringing its total raised to $32M — Digital commerce solution Scalefast announced it raised a $22 million Series B round of funding Tuesday to help brands launch an e-store in as little as 15 days.| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
UK tech companies say operating with remote workers has changed their approach to post-Brexit hiring: executives will be local to HQs, most other roles won't — - Shift to remote working suggests many visas may not be needed — The pandemic taught Britain's technology executives …
Tweets: @carnage4life
| Bloomberg: |
Source: UK to begin phasing out use of Huawei equipment in its 5G network as soon as this year, after report doubted viability of Huawei due to new US sanctions — - Officials said to speed up plans to remove Huawei kit — Decision would reverse green light given to Chinese tech giant
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The Guardian, Engadget, CNET, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, The Irish Times, Telegraph, Sky News, and The Guardian
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google VP in charge of Android security withdraws from Black Hat conference and asks the infosec community to stop using terms like “black hat” and “white hat” — A Google security researcher withdrew from the Black Hat security conference and asked the community to stop using the ‘black hat’ term.
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CNET and Digital Trends
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| Paul J. Davies / Wall Street Journal: |
How Wirecard, a global electronic-payments giant that was once valued at $14B+ and said it processed $140B of transactions a year, fully unraveled in eight days — Prosecutors are probing whether the electronic-payments giant used fictitious income to inflate its sales and fool investors; a missing $2 billion| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iCloud Keychain in iOS 14 alerts users about passwords that are easy to guess and those that may have leaked on the web — In addition to the redesigned Home screen with widgets, App Library, and features like Car Key, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings important enhancements to iCloud Keychain.
Tweets: @detroitborg
| Pei Li / Reuters: |
Tencent launches US game studio LightSpeed LA, to create AAA titles and increase overseas share of its total games revenue, which accounted for 23% in Q4 2019 — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, China's biggest social media and video game company, launched a new California-based studio this week …
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GamesIndustry.biz, Engadget, Eurogamer.net, Game Rant, GameSpot, and VG247
Tweets: @zhugeex, @therealjoshye, @gibiz, and @domsplaying
| Financial Times: |
Sources: amid India-China tensions, Zomato is unable to access $100M of the $150M it secured from Ant Financial in January as the government reviews the funding — Indian food delivery start-up unable to access $100m of investment from Ant Financial — The $3bn Indian food delivery start …
Tweets: @jkynge and @sarthakgh
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
LA-based telehealth veterinary service Airvet raises $14M Series A led by Canvas Ventures — Telemedicine is becoming more widely embraced by the day — and not just for humans. With a pet in roughly 65% of U.S. homes, there is now a dizzying number of companies enabling vets to meet … Sponsor Posts
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