An interview with Nick Clegg about Zuckerberg's “masculine energy”, Silicon Valley's “cloying conformity” and “combination of machismo and self-pity”, and more
When Britain's former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world.
Romans and cultural leaders criticize Airbnb's planned two-night Colosseum experience for up to 32 guests in May 2025, saying it will demean a cultural treasure
An initiative by officials at the monument in a partnership with Airbnb has prompted an outcry among those who feel it will demean a cultural treasure.
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info
Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @liyuan6 , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and G...
How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @liyuan6 , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and G...
How the US military, which uses Twitch and Discord for recruitment, struggles with the risks posed by Gen Z service members who live much of their lives online
Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google
Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants …
Since Elon Musk's takeover, sources say Twitter has in some cases chosen not to pay vendors, as it reviews and renegotiates deals to cut expenses
Good morning! FTX's lawyers painted a startling picture of the company in a bankruptcy court yesterday. Kali Hays / Insider : Elon Musk puts an end to some Twitter perks, limits e...
A trove of 124k+ internal Uber documents from 2013 to 2017 reveals management discussions and lobbying efforts during the company's aggressive global expansion
- More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian — Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne
Source: Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government content takedown orders through a judicial review, alleging abuse of power by officials
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Bitcoin fell to under $18K on Saturday, below its $19,511 high during its 2017 bull cycle, as ether dropped below $1K; both are down 70%+ since November 2021
what this means Robert Reich / The Guardian : The Crypto Crash: all Ponzi schemes topple eventually Hudson Lockett / Financial Times : Celsius warns it will ‘take time’ to stabilis...
After suspending withdrawals on Friday, Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” on repayments of “some debts”, helping ease its liquidity
- Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” with major counterparties “on the repayment period of some debts.”
A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top ten VPNs jumped from 15K before the war to 475K in March
A surge in virtual private network downloads is a challenge to Vladimir Putin and his version of the war Tweets: @youranonstory , @kenroth , @alfonslopeztena , and @kenroth Tweets:...
A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top ten VPNs jumped from 15K before the war to 475K in March
A surge in virtual private network downloads is a challenge to Vladimir Putin and his version of the war Tweets: @alfonslopeztena , @kenroth , and @kenroth Tweets: @alfonslopeztena...
China's lockdown outrage tests state propaganda limits in Shanghai, where internet-savvy residents overwhelmed censors' ability to keep up with critical posts
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter's board despite being offered a seat
Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. https://twitter.com/...
An investigation shows how vigilantes use Facebook to incite ethnic killings in Ethiopia, accusing Meta of inaction on hate speech and misinformation
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A look at Cambodia's embrace of China's authoritarian internet surveillance model, as the country is set to launch a National Internet Gateway on February 16
El Salvador's plan to make Bitcoin legal tender has been unpopular, with protests over concerns of money laundering, forcing trade in BTC, unconstitutionality
El Salvador will soon accept Bitcoin as legal tender, but not everybody shares the President's enthusiasm as citizens took to the streets this week.
DeepMind says it used AI to create a “transformative” map of human proteins; some compare the potential impact of the work to that of the Human Genome Project
more or less all proteins known to science.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Brian Heligman / @briantheligman : I feel like this is both a huge accomplishment but also likely...