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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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| 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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| 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.
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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 …
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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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| 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 … | 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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Tweets: @bleepincomputer, @marak, @vessonsecurity, @sgomez, @jgamblin, @mycoliza, and @kennwhite
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the opportunities and challenges of ultra-wideband, as UWB beacons see widespread adoption in smartphones, smartwatches, and other devices — The ultra-wideband, or UWB, technology that powers Apple's AirTags could reshape how we interact with devices—if companies can overcome privacy concerns and other hurdles
Tweets: @wsj, @sub8u, @doctornene, and @stevemur
| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Anne Neuberger, the NSC deputy advisor at the center of a bureaucratic tussle between US agencies over controlling cybersecurity policy — Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration's Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, organized a virtual summit on ransomware for Oct. 13, 2021.
Tweets: @janlemnitzer, @mikeshepard4, @manan, @blmohr, @ericgeller, @kevinmaddendc, @mideastxmidwest, @scs_news, and @ajmartinny
| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Strava CEO Michael Horvath says the app's revenue increased 68% YoY in 2021, suggesting a revenue of approximately $170M and a paid subscriber base of 2M to 3M — The app's revenue spiked 68% in 2021. But retaining the New Year's resolution crowd is a perennial problem, especially come quitter's day—aka Jan. 17.
Tweets: @bw, @hkanji, @ivanlevingston, @chafkin, and @byerussell
| Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times: |
How Ryan's World, launched in 2015 with a then three-year-old Ryan Kaji, grew into a content behemoth with 10 YouTube channels and deals with Amazon and others — Ten-year-old Ryan Kaji and his family have turned videos of him playing with toys into a multimillion-dollar empire.
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