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| Chris Dixon / Andreessen Horowitz: |
NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granular price tiering, and eliminate customer acquisition costs by making users owners — In his classic 2008 essay “1000 True Fans,” Kevin Kelly predicted that the internet would transform the economics of creative activities:
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| Jason Aten / Inc.com: |
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 — Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren't going out, and they're desperately searching for social connections and entertainment.
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Tweets: @wireduk, @kateoflaherty, @nikki_t, @kateoflaherty, @kreasechan, @craignewmark, @nostarch, @sub8u, @kaludiasays, @stedavies, @inc, @businessinsider, @jaimeprimak, @marcosaias, @wongmjane, and @emkwan
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
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 — There's been a 2,000% increase of new malware written in Go over the past few years. — The number of malware strains coded … | Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
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 — Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.
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Digital Lab …. Tweets: @kashhill, @joyehoward, @jameeljaffer, @onekade, @drewharwell, @eoinhiggins_, @repdaverogers, @zacharynado, @benforward3, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @iotprivacyforum, @schwarz, @onekade, @cindycreem, @froomkin, @jathansadowski, @shoutsandmiras, @patrick_horan9, @aclu_mass, and @trevortimm
| Liat Kaplan / New York Times: |
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 — What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s …
Tweets: @kattenbarge, @bafeldman, @mathewi, @michkeenah, @thelindsayellis, @iguanas_, @starkillerqueen, @karnythia, @nytimes, @timeforjaya, @ameliabeing, @phoebewbridg, @coolmomfriend, @kwontent, @xandrei, @juliabainbridge, @devincf, @achillesteeth, @officedyke, @scottnover, @dan_dresdner, and @satiricole
| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
An ecosystem of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around Clubhouse, and some, like the Clubhouse analytics tool Direcon, are already monetizing — A wave of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around the popular audio app. And some are looking to cash in.
Tweets: @laurengoode, @fredhoch, and @snackfight
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities — New tech that allows artists to interact with superfans — and turn their data into dollars — promises to open long-term revenue streams
Tweets: @sharasenderoff, @uniteamusic, @billboard, @mitchlafon, @kendallostrow, @tatianacirisano, @billboard, and @aileentotheleft
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
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 — The company runs a free social platform with videogames made by its own players. Its stock-market debut will test investor appetite …
Tweets: @onelinders, @neddesmond, @youfoundsam_rbx, @saraheneedleman, and @saraheneedleman
| CNN: |
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server — FireEye CEO on how the SolarWinds hack was discovered — Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives …
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grugq's domain, Gizmodo, MUO, and House Committee …
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| NBC News: |
Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems — As the nation takes on one of the largest logistical challenges in history with the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program …
Tweets: @cfarivar, @aprilaser, @digiphile, and @digiphile
| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Genealogy tracker MyHeritage releases Deep Nostalgia, a Live Photo-like feature for old photos, which uses AI to show subjects prepping for their portrait — It's hard to feel connected to someone who's gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI …
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Financial Times, MyHeritage, PCMag, and Cameraderie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta — Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS. The app makes it possible for rappers … Sponsor Posts
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