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+28 +5Regulate, break up, open up: how to fix Facebook in 2022
After another disastrous year for the company, experts and activists see clear ways to tackle its problems
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+28 +4This keyboard shortcut secret is a huge timesaver in Gmail—and beyond
Five minutes of setup now can help you reclaim hours of wasted moments every single week.
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+28 +4What Is Web3, Anyway?
Gavin Wood, who coined the term Web3 in 2014, believes decentralized technologies are the only hope of preserving liberal democracy.
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+33 +3Ruler of the Metaverse: Blockchain or Big Tech?
Crypto advocates Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk have strong opinions on Big Tech muscling in on the metaverse and Web3.
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+24 +3The secret lives of OnlyFans ghostwriters, who say their job includes catfishing paying fans
Insider spoke with former staffers at Unruly, a management firm for OnlyFans stars, who shared details of their jobs.
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+14 +4The war over Chinese Wikipedia is a warning for the open internet
How Wikipedia volunteers are battling censorship, threats, arrest, and violence—and exposing growing threats to the movement’s free-knowledge mission.
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+21 +5Amazon still isn't doing enough to stop bait-and-switch reviews
Shady merchants have been gaming Amazon's review system for years.
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+17 +3'What's so great about TikTok?': Leaked documents reveal what Facebook and Instagram think of rivals, from YouTube to LinkedIn
Facebook and Instagram's rivals can reveal a lot about Meta's priorities as a company. Here are several takeaways from leaked Facebook Papers.
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+28 +3Grindr hit with $7M fine for GDPR consent breaches
Grindr, a hook-up app for gay, bi, trans and queer people, has been fined around $7.1 million (65 million NOK) by Norway’s data protection authority for passing user data to advertisers without consent — including highly sensitive information related to users’ sexual orientation.
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+27 +1Bored Ape NFT accidentally sells for $3,000 instead of $300,000
A "fat fingered" typing error seems to have cost an NFT dealer more than $250,000.
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+28 +1Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account documenting nearly a decade of her life and work.
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+29 +3Twitter Spaces filled with hate speech, extremism, report says
The live audio chat feature has reportedly been tough for the social media site to police.
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+28 +2Web creator Tim Berners-Lee’s startup Inrupt raises $30 million
Tim Berners-Lee’s startup, Inrupt, has raised about $30 million in its Series A financing round, a source familiar with the matter said. Forte Ventures led Inrupt’s new round, the two said Thursday, but both declined to disclose the size of the deal.
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+20 +2Over 200 newspapers now involved in quiet lawsuits vs. Google, Facebook
A small-town effort to take a stand against Big Tech has turned into a national movement.
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+18 +3A novelist says fake editions of his works were listed on Amazon as centuries old, with one $7 book going for $1,008
John C. Boland found fake editions of his books claiming to be from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with one listed for $1,008, a lawsuit says.
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+31 +4Trump's social media deal is being investigated by regulators
Regulators including the SEC are investigating a planned merger between a shell company and former President Donald Trump's social media startup.
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+14 +4Russia Launches Homemade TikTok Alternative - The Moscow Times
State-owned media conglomerate launches new video-sharing platform as Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech companies.
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+14 +1Hackers Steal $119M From ‘Web3’ Crypto Project With Old School Attack
The hacker took control of the web infrastructure of BadgerDAO decentralized autonomous organization and tricked users into giving them control.
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+15 +1How Jack Dorsey Failed Twitter
Scott Galloway dances on the outgoing CEO’s grave.
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+21 +3No one seems to like the Lincoln Project anymore
Once the belle of the resistance ball, the group now has a growing list of detractors. They say they’re still committed to the fight.
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