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| Chris Dixon / Andreessen Horowitz: |
NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granular price tiering, and eliminate customer acquisition costs by making users owners — In his classic 2008 essay “1000 True Fans,” Kevin Kelly predicted that the internet would transform the economics of creative activities:
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| Jason Aten / Inc.com: |
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more — Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren't going out, and they're desperately searching for social connections and entertainment.
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition tech in criminal cases — Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.
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| Liat Kaplan / New York Times: |
The person behind “Your Fave Is Problematic” Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable actions by celebrities, says she looks back on her blog with shame and regret — What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% since 2017, after APTs and cybercrime groups adopted the language — There's been a 2,000% increase of new malware written in Go over the past few years. — The number of malware strains coded … | Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
An ecosystem of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around Clubhouse, and some, like the Clubhouse analytics tool Direcon, are already monetizing — A wave of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around the popular audio app. And some are looking to cash in.
Tweets: @laurengoode, @fredhoch, and @snackfight
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Roblox, which outsources game development to its own players and says more than 300 of such developers earned $100K+ in 2020, ahead of its March IPO — The company runs a free social platform with videogames made by its own players. Its stock-market debut will test investor appetite …
Tweets: @onelinders, @neddesmond, @youfoundsam_rbx, @saraheneedleman, and @saraheneedleman
| NBC News: |
Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems — As the nation takes on one of the largest logistical challenges in history with the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program …
Tweets: @cfarivar, @aprilaser, @digiphile, and @digiphile
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities — New tech that allows artists to interact with superfans — and turn their data into dollars — promises to open long-term revenue streams
Tweets: @sharasenderoff, @uniteamusic, @billboard, @mitchlafon, @kendallostrow, @tatianacirisano, @billboard, and @aileentotheleft
| Financial Times: |
Sources: UK is preparing to announce a new tech visa and a £375M fund, with matching VC funding, to be made available to some promising tech startups — Up to £375m of state funds to be matched by venture capital and made available for promising companies| Andrew Jacobs / New York Times: |
Critics say the policies of Amazon, Google, and Facebook from the early days of the pandemic to restrict the sale of medical-grade masks are now outdated — Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks.| CNN: |
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server — FireEye CEO on how the SolarWinds hack was discovered — Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives …
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