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August 1, 2022, 10:15 AM

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Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News:
A look at the rise and fall of Bird, now a penny stock with a public market cap under $160M, as valuations in the scooter and bike rental sector collapse  —  Almost exactly five years ago, the scooters came.  That's when Bird, the first unicorn in this once sizzling startup sector, launched its inaugural scooter-sharing service.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
In iOS 16 beta 4, Apple finally adds support for Apple Pay in non-Safari browsers like Chrome and Edge, possibly in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act  —  Not just Safari  —  Apple Pay could finally be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16.
Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
As the market downturn sees some US tech investors and startups hunkering down, others continue as normal; Q2 average investment deal sizes are at record levels  —  Market correction leaves some startups in crisis as others take employees on vacation  —  Why a 2022 Recession Would Be Unlike Any Other
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
A cyberattack on Illuminate Education, exposing the personal data of 1M+ students, highlights the dangers of stockpiling school children's sensitive information  —  At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down.
Neha Wadekar / Washington Post:
Researchers say Meta is failing to moderate dangerous content on Facebook in Kenya, citing failures in AI as well as linguistic and cultural expertise gaps  —  NAIROBI — The shooter approaches from behind, raising a pistol to his victim's head.  He pulls the trigger and “pop,” a lifeless body slumps forward.
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Water & Music:
An analysis of music NFT secondary sales and trading activity from late 2021 to mid-2022, to provide a more in-depth and nuanced understanding of NFT markets  —  tl;dr: This article presents an analysis of secondary sales and trading activity across several notable, multi-edition music NFT drops from late 2021 to mid-2022.

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