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Sunday, February 28, 2021
Pres. Biden says there should be "no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda" by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL (Jennifer Epstein/Bloomberg)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3kv7euS Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg : Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda...
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC (Bob Davis/Wall Street Journal)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3q76SLY Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal : A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors a...
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages (Tom Krazit/Protocol)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3b0QOHu Tom Krazit / Protocol : An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer sup...
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users (Will Oremus/OneZero )
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3b0Nf3S Will Oremus / OneZero : Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-...
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume (Ben Smith/New York Times)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3r3owlj Ben Smith / New York Times : Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a rea...
Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in Ireland's High Court on behalf of traumatized content moderators (Ed Siddons/The Guardian)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3sBjM6J Ed Siddons / The Guardian : Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing compa...
How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can unlock the next step-change in valuation and protect against niche competitors (Mario Gabriele/The Generalist)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3pWz7wY Mario Gabriele / The Generalist : How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can...
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/37YdlTc Patrick McGee / Financial Times : Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fu...
Verizon support is now advising its users on Twitter to "turn on LTE", which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life (Kim Lyons/The Verge)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/3sEmGaD Kim Lyons / The Verge : Verizon support is now advising its users on Twitter to “turn on LTE”, which would turn of...
Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activists simply for using organizing tools like shared Google Docs and WhatsApp groups (Naomi Klein/The Intercept)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/2O9GgN0 Naomi Klein / The Intercept : Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activist...
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 (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/2Mypffh Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% sinc...
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 (Liat Kaplan/New York Times)
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February 28, 2021
https://ift.tt/2ZVwzEz Liat Kaplan / New York Times : The person behind “Your Fave Is Problematic” Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable ...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities (Tatiana Cirisano/Billboard)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3uyCQ7v Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard : How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help arti...
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 (Jason Aten/Inc.com)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3dPQj4V Jason Aten / Inc.com : A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and sa...
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 (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3szKAnI Kashmir Hill / New York Times : How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a p...
Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems (NBC News)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/303g7Cd NBC News : Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up we...
NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granular price tiering, and eliminate customer acquisition costs by making users owners (Chris Dixon/Andreessen Horowitz)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3q196N0 Chris Dixon / Andreessen Horowitz : NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granula...
An ecosystem of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around Clubhouse, and some, like the Clubhouse analytics tool Direcon, are already monetizing (Arielle Pardes/Wired)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/2Mvhwyq Arielle Pardes / Wired : An ecosystem of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around Clubhouse, and some, l...
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 (Andrew Jacobs/New York Times)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/37SmuNf Andrew Jacobs / New York Times : Critics say the policies of Amazon, Google, and Facebook from the early days of t...
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 (Financial Times)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3r2PrgP Financial Times : Sources: UK is preparing to announce a new tech visa and a £375M fund, with matching VC funding,...
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 (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/2NBeglP Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : Profile of Roblox, which outsources game development to its own players...
Mississippi is using its $1.2B COVID stimulus to roll out high-speed broadband, which could make it one of the most connected states in the US within six years (Marguerite Reardon/CNET)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/38aArGD Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Mississippi is using its $1.2B COVID stimulus to roll out high-speed broadband, which ...
Experts say lessons marketed by digital education platforms like Byju's and Yuanfudao are more an innovation in test-prep delivery than in learning outcomes (Meaghan Tobin/Rest of World)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3aZv52H Meaghan Tobin / Rest of World : Experts say lessons marketed by digital education platforms like Byju's and Yu...
Interview with co-CEO of Jumia, whose stock is up 3,000%+ in the last year and remains unprofitable, on African e-commerce, its path to profitability, and more (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)
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February 27, 2021
https://ift.tt/3r56H5e Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch : Interview with co-CEO of Jumia, whose stock is up 3,000%+ in the last year and rem...