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Now that Apple is making monitors again, the company should develop a mesh network version of the AirPort Extreme to compete with Google and Amazon routers — Apple's new monitor isn't getting off to a particularly strong start, but I still think the company should do more to bolster its Mac lineup …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil's Supreme Court because the court used the wrong email address, apologizes, and asks for a ruling delay — Telegram's founder and CEO Pavel Durov has just put out a statement about why Brazil's Supreme Court is now suspending the app, and the reason is incredible.
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Reuters, Durov's Channel, BleepingComputer, TechSpot, Android Police, Associated Press, and Decisive Liberty Newsletter
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| CBS San Francisco: |
A former Apple employee faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding the company out of $10M+, taking kickbacks, stealing parts, evading taxes, and more — CUPERTINO (CBS SF) - A former Apple employee is facing federal charges after he allegedly defrauded the tech giant out of millions … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google begins rolling out a feature that lets users delete the last 15 minutes of their search history on Android, after rolling it out for iOS in July 2021 — The feature came to the iOS app in July — Google is finally bringing the ability to delete the last 15 minutes of your search history …
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PCMag, Mashable, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, BetaNews, BGR India, Tech Times, Tribuneindia News Service, and Android Police
Tweets: @nh_india and @glenngabe
| Kevin Williams / Washington Post: |
Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans — LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one day last spring. Then it got louder, and soon some residents said the noise was like a jet engine idling on a nearby tarmac.
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Cryptocracy. Tweets: @kamatlabnd, @sesmith, @mestizoleftist, @peterwsinger, and @jimmcwilliams5
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
A look at the fallout between Bob Chapek and Bob Iger as Disney restructures for a world where streaming dominates and legacy distribution models fade away — Bob Iger, left, and Bob Chapek of Disney — April 12, 2020. That's the day former Disney CEO Bob Iger's relationship … | Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
The US is shifting its cybersecurity strategy from relying on companies' voluntary cooperation toward stronger oversight, minimum security standards, and more — The specter of Russian hackers and an overreliance on voluntary cooperation from the private sector means officials are finally prepared to get tough.
Tweets: @ericgeller, @taliaringer, @howelloneill, and @kimzetter
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
SXSW shows crypto and the metaverse are underwhelming, mundane, and pathetic; the biggest boosters are rich enough to generate interest but not social utility — The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype. — It did not really hit …
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| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
Q&A with Second Life journalist Wagner James Au, on crypto-based metaverses, companies such as Meta struggling to foster healthy metaverse communities, and more — Welcome to Galaxy Brain—a newsletter from Charlie Warzel about technology, media, culture, and big ideas. You can read what this is all about here.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How researchers are using self-supervised learning, a branch of AI that has proven effective for handling human language, to better understand animal sounds — New kinds of artificial intelligence are enabling scientists to better understand the sounds of the animal world, from whale songs to mouse squeaks
Tweets: @drescotet, @2morrowknight, @etzioni, @mims, and @mims
| Andrew R. Chow / TIME: |
A profile of Vitalik Buterin, who says he decided “to try to be more risk-taking and less neutral” to shape Ethereum with “lots of good crazy and bad crazy” — In a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air …
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Benzinga, Decrypt, ZyCrypto, CryptoSlate, Fortune, Ethereum World News, CryptoPotato, Newser, ZyCrypto, CoinMarketCap Alexandria, Caterpillar Steps, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @vitalikbuterin, @tombrady, @vitalikbuterin, @andrewrchow, @alexisohanian, @munecatmusic, @alexisohanian, @trungtphan, @mattbinder, @levie, @balajis, @sandeepnailwal, @washingtonpoint, @santisiri, @coinbureau, @bitboy_crypto, @matthuang, @kimpossiblefact, @sriramk, @marietjeschaake, @ptaktestkitchen, @brandyljensen, @mattyglesias, @novogratz, @jimcramer, @bdomenech, @elidourado, @anitaposch, @glenweyl, @mollyesque, @grady_booch, @mediumsizemeech, @ntnsndr, @time, and @laurashin
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
US judge dismisses a DC AG lawsuit against Amazon, which claimed that the company maintained a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements — The attorney general for the District of Columbia said Amazon made merchants on its site sell at the lowest price they charged on the web …
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