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Report: in emails sent to three creators, Coinbase says it is “temporarily shutting down” its US affiliate program on July 19 and plans to relaunch it in 2023 — According to a Business Insider article, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will “temporarily shut down” its US affiliate-marketing programme on July 19.| Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter is unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” four-day trial in September and ask for a court date in February 2023 or later — Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter Inc. officials are unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” trial over claims …
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| Yaling Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Despite China's scrutiny of online credit, smaller services have proliferated in China, as the penetration rate of online microlending reached 69.2% in 2021 — Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials …
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Experts say archiving content from TikTok is challenging and urge the platform to preserve and provide access to content for war crime investigations in Ukraine — The Chinese-owned video app is a trove of digital intelligence that lawyers are attempting to mine and archive| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
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| Sabah Gurmat / Rest of World: |
An app for India's largest public employment program is jeopardizing the livelihood of 82M+ due to technical glitches, an English-only UI, and poor connectivity — Poor connectivity and an English-only interface make the app unusable for many who rely on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Many rapid delivery startups, which surged during the pandemic, have either retreated or shut down after struggling to make the economics work — Companies that promise groceries delivered in 15 minutes surged during the pandemic—but are now in retreat. — It took only eight months for Jokr …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
MakeMyMove: at least 71 US cities and towns now offer cash grants and other perks to attract remote workers, mostly in tech, up from at least 24 in October 2021 — Incentives are drawing high-paid tech workers, and challenging how we think about local economic development| Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a national ban on using digital assets for payments, but allows investing in digital assets like bitcoin — The drastic move comes after mixed signals from Russia's leaders and regulators. — Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Seattle-based Phaidra, which develops AI software to automate building controls for power plants and other industrial facilities, has raised a $25M Series A — Industrial production is one of the dirtiest corners of the corporate world. A startup from former Google engineers thinks it can clean it up with artificial intelligence.
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| Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
A look at YouTube's strategy, started in 2019, of signing Twitch streamers with a network of creators that can simulate community and build its own game culture — Listen — Gift Article — Where once the departure of Twitch stars for YouTube Gaming elicited shock and awe … | Christopher Mathias / HuffPost: |
New Gab accounts seem to automatically follow the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano, after he paid Gab $5K in April for “campaign consulting” — The GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania paid the far-right platform a $5,000 “consulting” fee.
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Slate, Rolling Stone, and 90.5 WESA
Tweets: @letsgomathias, @letsgomathias, @pt, @jonbjohns, and @alkapdc
| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
An interview with MetaMask co-founders who say “we can't stop people from making Ponzis on blockchains” and “putting your money in cryptocurrencies is gambling” — Co-founder Aaron Davis says in his first joint interview with Dan Finlay that “it feels too little too late …
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