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| Guy Rosen / About Facebook: |
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
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| Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: |
[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation — After Biden's criticism of @Facebook for their inaction on antivax propaganda, @fbnewsroom is going on the offensive. They issued a press release that is a textbook example of bluster, obfuscation, and agnatogenesis. Here's the link. Let's take a look. https://about.fb.com/...
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, @ct_bergstrom, and @ct_bergstrom
| Lewis Gordon / The Verge: |
Interviews with digital artists and game makers who are pushing the boundaries in Roblox by creating interactive art projects and MMO games — Like so many Roblox players, digital artist Everest Pipkin has their own abandoned birthday world. — Last year, when the pandemic …
Tweets: @talewindgames, @roblox_rtc, @v21, and @lewis_gordon
| Helen Rosner / New Yorker: |
Experts say consent and disclosure are key to the ethical use of synthetic media, amid controversy surrounding Bourdain's deepfake voice in a new documentary — The new documentary “Roadrunner” uses A.I.-generated audio without disclosing it to viewers. How should we feel about that?| Tatiana Walk-Morris / Retail Dive: |
Foundry, which aims to acquire and optimize online brands for marketplaces like Amazon, launches with $100M from LightBay Capital and Monogram Capital Partners — Dive Brief: — As investors fund platforms that support digital brands, Foundry, a platform that supports and acquires online brands …
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Specright, whose software helps companies manage and share supply chain data across suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, raises $30M Series B — Specright, a Tustin CA-based provider of Specification Management software, raised $30M in Series B funding.| Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg: |
An Italian museum is using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, to define a work of art's “attraction value” and accordingly change museum layouts — As Italy's museums and galleries welcome back tourists and try to recoup some of the 190 million euros ($225 million) … | Jason Parham / Wired: |
An oral history of Black Twitter, which helped fill a void created by the fizzling out of web forums like BlackVoices, Melanet, and NetNoir in the mid-2000s — From #UKnowUrBlackWhen to #BlackLivesMatter, how a loose online network became a pop culture juggernaut, an engine of social justice, and a lens into the future.
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Protocol. Tweets: @wired, @niemanlab, @publicsourcepa, @sesmith, @raju, @anthony, @glichfield, @alexwhitcomb, @wired, @wired, @wired, @wired, @condelibrary, @kozza, @longreads, @glichfield, and @wired
| Zachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer: |
Raleigh, NC-based insightsoftware, which makes financial reporting and budgeting software, receives ~$1B investment from PE firm Hg at a valuation of $4B — Raleigh software company insightsoftware draws a $1 billion investment — ORDER REPRINT → — Raleigh-based insightsoftware … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
WhatsApp is testing encrypted cloud backups on Android — Read the fine print before you switch it on — When you're using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can't easily see what's in them as they travel back and forth.
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PCMag, SlashGear, WABetaInfo, Gizchina, Engadget, NDTV Gadgets 360, News18, Neowin, HC Newsroom, and BGR India. Tweets: @wabetainfo
| Bloomberg Law: |
TurboTax developer Intuit will leave the IRS Free File Program, which drew scrutiny in recent years after an investigation found Intuit hid free-filing options — Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax, is leaving an IRS program that offers millions of Americans the ability to file their taxes for free.
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Intuit, The Hill, CNBC, Mashable, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @nickheer, @carnage4life, @iansherr, @book_leslie, @blaketoliver, @justinelliott, @schxleo, @ericnakagawa, @tax, and @senwarren
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Sony Xperia 1 III review: nice design with a 120Hz display and several manual camera modes, but expensive at $1,300, will get just two years of security updates — A good camera system and top-notch features, but it's priced too high to recommend — The Sony Xperia 1 III is a great phone that I won't recommend to many people.| Kyriacos Nicolaou / Cyprus Mail: |
Cyprus-based LearnWorlds, which allows users to create interactive online courses without needing any programming knowledge, raises $32M from Insight Partners — LearnWorlds, a company based in Cyprus, has procured a $32 million minority investment from global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners.| Wall Street Journal: |
How decision-making by Masayoshi Son, who estimated WeWork would be worth $10T by 2028 and wanted Adam Neumann to be “crazier”, led to WeWork's implosion — Adam Neumann and Masayoshi Son pushed WeWork to new heights as they challenged each other to think big and bet billions.
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New York Times. Tweets: @pbahners, @eliotwb, @racheld, @danarubinstein, @maureenmfarrell, @jarango, @rwhelanwsj, @eliotwb, @maureenmfarrell, @annmlipton, @mhbergen, @daviduberti, @bradleyhope, @eliotwb, @benmullin, @roncharles, @teddyschleifer, @eliotwb, @eliotwb, @eliotwb, @davecbenoit, @zseward, @dicktofel, and @justinspratt
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