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Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don’t urgently intervene (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…
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YouTube takes down 70K+ videos and 9K+ channels covering the Ukraine war for violating content guidelines, including videos referring to a “liberation mission” (Dan Milmo / The Guardian)
YouTube takes down 70K+ videos and 9K+ channels covering the Ukraine war for violating content guidelines, including videos referring to…
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Tom Blomfield, founder and president of UK digital bank Monzo, is leaving the company at the end of Jan., says he’s been unhappy since it scaled beyond startup (Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch)
Tom Blomfield, founder and president of UK digital bank Monzo, is leaving the company at the end of Jan., says…
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A look at projects like the Voguverse and companies like Pixel Vault that are trying to build media franchises around their NFT collectibles (Adi Robertson / The Verge)
A look at projects like the Voguverse and companies like Pixel Vault that are trying to build media franchises around…
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Sources: Better.com is preparing for layoffs that could affect as much as 40% to 50% of staff, as more senior executives depart including its finance VP (Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch)
Sources: Better.com is preparing for layoffs that could affect as much as 40% to 50% of staff, as more senior…
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Behind the success of Tencent’s Honour of Kings, a League of Legends-like mobile title launched in 2015, which became the first game in history to hit 100M DAUs (Josh Ye / South China Morning Post)
Behind the success of Tencent’s Honour of Kings, a League of Legends-like mobile title launched in 2015, which became the…
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Triller didn’t deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there’s “no legal definition of MAU/DAU”, ahead of expected SPAC merger (Micah Singleton / Billboard)
Triller didn’t deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there’s “no legal…
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Interview with Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute on how Congress can regulate social media platforms while abiding by the First Amendment (Nilay Patel / The Verge)
Interview with Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute on how Congress can regulate social media platforms while abiding…
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Apptopia: apps including Pinterest, YouTube, and Snapchat have seen sustained growth during the pandemic, while Zoom’s DAUs hit a peak in US around Sept. 2020 (Brody Ford / Bloomberg)
Apptopia: apps including Pinterest, YouTube, and Snapchat have seen sustained growth during the pandemic, while Zoom’s DAUs hit a peak…
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Uber plans to pilot driverless food-delivery in Santa Monica next year with partner Motional, a Hyundai and Aptiv joint venture that also has a Lyft deal (Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg)
Uber plans to pilot driverless food-delivery in Santa Monica next year with partner Motional, a Hyundai and Aptiv joint venture…
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