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An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news (@laurahazardowen / Nieman Lab) niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-lin… techmeme.com/260408/p44#a260…
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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found that "a substantial portion" of Twitter's users were "not real", when Disney considered buying Twitter in 2016 (@pkafka / Vox) vox.com/recode/2022/9/7/2333… techmeme.com/220907/p51#a220…
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Sources: Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on content decisions at Twitter and overruled staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account (Wall Street Journal) on.wsj.com/2PtHlLd techmeme.com/180903/p5#a1809…
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Amazon confirms some Alexa devices are randomly laughing and says it's working on a fix, after multiple users posted about it on social media (@shannon_liao / The Verge) theverge.com/circuitbreaker/… techmeme.com/180307/p33#a180…
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Report: Myspace has lost all the photos, videos, and music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 due to data corruption during a server migration project (@doctorow / Boing Boing) boingboing.net/2019/03/17/fa… techmeme.com/190318/p15#a190…
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An investigation into Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave, valued at $3B, alleges employee stock option fraud, sexual harassment, and workplace bullying (@davidhundeyin / West Africa Weekly) westafricaweekly.substack.co… techmeme.com/220413/p5#a2204…
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Hackers drain nearly all of the ~$190M in crypto from the Nomad token bridge, which is backed by Coinbase and OpenSea, over a long series of transactions (@newarbrian / Cointelegraph) cointelegraph.com/news/nomad… techmeme.com/220801/p19#a220…
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Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits (Financial Times) on.ft.com/40KKm1a techmeme.com/250124/p35#a250…
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Parler CEO says the company has been dropped by "every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers", which could end the business (@bruceharing / Deadline) deadline.com/2021/01/parler-… techmeme.com/210110/p9#a2101…
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Roblox will add age guidelines to its games, announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and other surfaces (@miarsato / The Verge) theverge.com/2022/9/9/233434… techmeme.com/220909/p15#a220…
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Pornhub says it's banning AI-generated fake porn videos because they're "nonconsensual", yet such "deepfake" videos are still available via site search results (@samleecole / Motherboard) motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a… techmeme.com/180206/p20#a180…
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Sources say Discord is exploring a sale that could value it at $10B+, with one source saying it is in the final stage of negotiations (@deantak / VentureBeat) venturebeat.com/2021/03/22/d… techmeme.com/210322/p36#a210…
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BitTorrent announces its own crypto tokens that users can pay or trade with other users for faster downloads (@bradydale / CoinDesk) coindesk.com/bittorrent-is-l… techmeme.com/190103/p7#a1901…
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A deep dive into how Robinhood makes money and how its UX design and algorithmic nudges can lead some inexperienced investors to undertake riskier trades (@ranjanxroy / Margins) themargins.substack.com/p/ro… techmeme.com/200721/p1#a2007…
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Sources: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue into a $19.99 subscription that verifies users; staff are told they will be fired if they don't build it by Nov. 7 (@alexeheath / The Verge) theverge.com/2022/10/30/2343… techmeme.com/221030/p15#a221…
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Cloudflare is facing growing pressure for providing services to Kiwi Farms, a forum with a long history of harassment; Cloudflare remains silent on the matter (@tomkrazit / Protocol) protocol.com/newsletters/pro… techmeme.com/220830/p2#a2208…
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After initial rejection, Apple approves Wehe, an app that detects net neutrality violations by testing download speeds and video throttling in seven apps (@jason_koebler / Motherboard) motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a… techmeme.com/180119/p13#a180…
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AI image processing for computer vision, facial recognition, image generation, and other applications saw marked improvements in 2018 (@terrortola / Engadget) engadget.com/2018/12/29/2018… techmeme.com/181230/p11#a181…
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Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US (@ashleyrcarman / The Verge) theverge.com/2018/8/21/17763… techmeme.com/180821/p12#a180…
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A pessimistic look at Facebook and its enormous, uncontrollable impact on the US and world, giving Zuckerberg incredible power with little oversight (@adriennelaf / The Atlantic) theatlantic.com/technology/a… techmeme.com/201216/p39#a201…
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[Thread] Former World of Warcraft developer lead denounces Blizzard, says Chinese investment in game companies is silencing voices for freedom and democracy (@grummz) nitter.app/grummz/status/11817360… techmeme.com/191009/p27#a191…
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Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits (@laurenkgurley / VICE) vice.com/en/article/y3gk3w/a… techmeme.com/210204/p15#a210…
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YouTube says it has terminated 270+ accounts, taken down 150K+ videos, removed ads from ~2M videos over past week as it purges content that endangers children (Noah Kulwin / VICE News) news.vice.com/story/youtube-… techmeme.com/171127/p17#a171…
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New York AG Schneiderman launches an inquiry into cryptocurrency exchanges, sending a letter to 13 of them, including Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, and Bitfinex (@shannon_liao / The Verge) theverge.com/2018/4/17/17247… techmeme.com/180417/p27#a180…
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VP of audio at Stability AI Ed Newton-Rex quits, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use (Music Business Worldwide) musicbusinessworldwide.com/w… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/231115/p43#a231…
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An in-depth look at how a team of fact-checkers at Alt News in India is struggling against misinformation spread by the ruling BJP party on Facebook services (@soniafaleiro / Rest of World) restofworld.org/2021/fact-ch… techmeme.com/210512/p33#a210…
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