Month: March 2023
Uh oh! The crypto collapse has reached the real financial system
Silvergate, one of the most important banks in crypto, is in big trouble. Maybe existential trouble. Silvergate didn’t start in crypto. It started in real estate. But in January 2014, the bank jumped into Bitcoin, a volatile year — Bitcoin started the year at $770 and closed above $300 in December.…
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11 Best Deals: Sex Toys and Indestructible Tights and Other Apparel
Some of our favorite vibrators, harnesses, and strokers are all on sale right now. Source
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BetterHelp banned from sharing customer data with advertisers, social media giants
Audio player loading… Online counseling platform BetterHelp has been sharing users’ data with companies like Facebook and Snapchat for advertising purposes without explicit consent, alleges the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The company, which trades under a series of other names, has agreed to a $7.8 million payout to consumers who…
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These Men’s Rights Activists Literally Worship Elon Musk
“It’s a big relief that Elon Musk is standing up for free speech and removing censorship,” Anil Murty, a cofounder of SIFF, told BuzzFeed News. (He declined to provide evidence that the group’s tweets were shadowbanned before Musk bought Twitter.) Musk, who has fired over 70% of the company’s employees…
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Labor board decision could force Google to negotiate with YouTube contractors
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, should be considered a joint employer for a group of YouTube Music contractors. The workers are currently attempting to organize with the Alphabet Worker’s Union, and the NLRB’s decision could mean that the tech giant has to negotiate…
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These Are The AI Trends That Keep Us Up At Night
The AI arms race begins. During the first week of February, Google announced Bard, its own ChatGPT rival, that it would build right into Google search. Bard got a fact wrong in the first promotional video Google shared for it, and the goof-up sent the company’s stock tumbling, causing it…
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