Tag: Tech
Moonbirds Can’t Remember If It Gave Jimmy Fallon A Free NFT
After more repeated attempts to get an answer about Fallon’s NFT from Rose and the Moonbirds team, Rose finally responded two days later that he was too busy to answer whether or not Fallon was gifted a freebie, saying over email: “I have an insane roster of advisors across a…
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How An Alleged Rapist And Former Twitch Streamer Helped Build An NFT Startup By Hiding Behind A Pseudonym
Huculak’s Discord announcement stated that Neso’s remote status and pseudonymity meant Gem’s leaders did not know about Thompson’s history and sexual abuse allegations prior to the recent investigation, and he did not elaborate in a request for comment. It’s unclear if Gem’s cofounders performed any due diligence to verify Neso’s…
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Elon Musk Said He Wants To Buy Twitter For The “Future Of Civilization”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that his offer to buy Twitter is about his desire to “increase the trust of Twitter as a public platform” — not about the money. “I don’t care about the economics at all,” he said at the TEDLive conference in Vancouver on Thursday. “My strong…
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Toxic Pro–Eating Disorder Accounts On Instagram Could Be Reaching Nearly 20 Million Users, A Report Says
Instagram’s recommendation algorithms push pro-anorexia and disordered eating content to millions of users, including those whose bios identify them as under 13 years old, according to a new report by Fairplay, an advocacy organization focused on children’s digital wellness. The report states that nearly 20 million Instagram users are “fed…
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Political Campaigns Are Facing Risks With Crypto Donations On Coinbase And BitPay
In preparation for the 2022 midterm elections, more candidates than ever have begun accepting donations in cryptocurrency. As a result, major crypto platforms have begun marketing themselves to candidates as donation processors. But the platforms intentionally obscure the identities of people using their services, which makes it harder for campaigns…
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Elon Musk, Twitter’s Biggest Troll, Won’t Join The Company’s Board After All
Six days after Twitter announced that Elon Musk would join its board, CEO Parag Agrawal said the Tesla CEO had decided to decline the company’s invitation in what might be the notorious Twitter troll’s biggest troll yet. Agrawal explained in a note posted to Twitter on Sunday evening that Musk…
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