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Technology
The Blue Check Mark’s Evil Cousin
The Atlantic - Will Oremus
On Clubhouse, a black badge was meant to identify trolls. It’s become an emblem of the app’s dysfunctional moderation system. To block someone on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter is not, in the scheme things,...
3 days ago
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flipped into Follow the Money
NASA
Stoke Space and Sequoia Scientific win NASA funding to advance tech innovations
geekwire.com - Alan Boyle
Two Washington state companies have won grants of up to $750,000 each from NASA to take space-related technologies they’re already working on to the …
1 day ago
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flipped into Section 230
Freedom of Speech
Biden revokes Trump's social media executive order
Protocol
President Biden revoked the Trump-era executive order on "preventing online censorship," which a source told Protocol last summer had been issued in …
1 day ago
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flipped into Cybersecurity and Data Hacks
Ransomware: What It Is & Why This Week's Attacks Are Important to Understand
By Mashable
Ransomware forced a major U.S. fuel pipeline to shut down this week and, just last night, we saw just how global the threat is when another attack shut down part of Ireland's health system. Keep reading for an explainer of what ransomware actually is as well as a closer look at this week's major attacks.
1 day ago
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flipped into The Latest on NFTs
Security
NBA Top Shot User Sues Dapper Labs, Claims NFT 'Moments' Are Securities - Decrypt
decrypt.co - Jeff John Roberts
A Virginia woman named Jeeun Friel is suing the maker of NBA Top Shots, a type of NFT marketplace that lets consumers own unique basketball …
1 day ago
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flipped into Apple vs. Epic Games
Roblox
Apple said Roblox developers don’t make games, and now Roblox agrees
The Verge - Adi Robertson
Massively popular game creation tool Roblox is now a massively popular experience creation tool Roblox, possibly in response to the ongoing Epic v. Apple trial. Roblox allows a variety of user-created...
1 day ago