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January 25 · Issue #25 · View online
The latest news in tech, marketing, and what was actually interesting in tech and culture curated by @ from New York
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what I want to do may seem impossible, but to remember that there are a million ways to do something. - somone from internet
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The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought - Bloomberg
Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct. So how did it all go wrong at Uber?
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Snap Threatens Jail Time for Leakers on Cheddar
The parent company of Snapchat has a simple message to its employees: leak information, and you could be sued or even jailed.
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Forget About Siri and Alexa — When It Comes to Voice Identification, the “NSA Reigns Supreme”
Classified documents from the Snowden archive reveal the NSA has been developing technology to automatically identify a speaker from the sound of their voice.
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Civil, the blockchain-based journalism marketplace, is building its first batch of publications » Nieman Journalism Lab
Built on top of blockchain (the same technology that underpins bitcoin), Civil promises to use the technology to build decentralized marketplaces for readers and journalists to work together to fund coverage of topics that interest them, or for those in the public interest.
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First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role in Spreading Fake News - MIT Technology Review
Automated accounts are being programmed to spread fake news, according to the first systematic study of the way online misinformation spreads
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With its new newsletter director, The New Yorker wants to experiment with standalone and international-focused products
“Email is kind of like a living room. It’s a very personal space. You let in your friends, the coworkers you like, and a couple of brands you really trust — like this one.”
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Andreessen Horowitz's Spin Master Built Silicon Valley As You Know It
For decades Margit Wennmachers has quietly shaped the world’s hottest startups. Now Andreessen Horowitz’s secret weapon must reckon with the era of big tech.
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Improving Ourselves to Death | The New Yorker
What the self-help gurus and their critics reveal about our times.
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Not Every Hobby Is a Side Hustle
Personal pleasure is what makes a hobby a hobby.
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How to Talk in Meetings When You Hate Talking in Meetings
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