Month: July 2021
The Mark Cuban-founded audio app Fireside is asking its own users to invest
The Mark Cuban-funded and co-founded audio app Fireside has yet to publicly launch, but already it’s asking the limited creators on its platform for money. In an email sent to users late last night and viewed by The Verge, co-founder and CEO Falon Fatemi says she and the team are…
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EU fines Amazon a record $887 million over privacy violations
Now that Amazon’s Q2 earnings are in, it has submitted a 10-Q filing with the SEC that includes additional details like this eye-popping note about a fine imposed by the European Union’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) (via Bloomberg). On July 16, 2021, the Luxembourg National Commission for Data…
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Infinix X1 40-Inch Full-HD smart TV with Dolby Audio launched in India Infinix X1 40-Inch Full-HD smart TV
The last year and a half have seen an incredible rise in content consumption over various OTT platforms. Since affordable smart TV’s have helped increase content consumption multi-folds which in turn has resulted in various smartphone brands launching smart TVs in the country. Infinix had launched a couple of smart…
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Vaccine carrots only got us so far — now, it’s time for sticks
This week, the dam broke. With COVID-19 surging around the United States and vaccination rates stagnating, federal agencies and state governments started announcing vaccine mandates for their workers. The Department of Veterans Affairs was the first federal agency to introduce a mandate, and Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that all…
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Why the History of Black Twitter Needed to Be Told
This week, Jason Parham takes us inside one of the most influential communities on the internet and shares their stories in their own words. Source
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Windows 11 beta improves Microsoft Store – but is it enough? Windows 11 showing Microsoft Store
Microsoft has released Windows 11 for Beta Channel users in the Insider Build, which also brings refinements to the redesigned Microsoft Store. The store has been a big talking point since it was announced back in June, with Microsoft positioning it as a one-stop store of apps not just for…
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