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Profile of Eugene Gu, one of Twitter's most outspoken social justice personalities, who has a history of alleged abuse and used a fake handle to fight critics (Laura Yan/The Verge)

Laura Yan / The Verge: Profile of Eugene Gu, one of Twitter’s most outspoken social justice personalities, who has a history of alleged abuse and used a fake handle to fight critics  —  Behind one of Twitter’s most outspoken social justice personalities is a history of abuse  —  Warning: this piece contains descriptions of sexual

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This BeagleBone’s Got AI

There are a lot of BeagleBones, from Blue, to White, Green, Black, and we think there’s a purple one in there for some reason. The diversity of BeagleBones is due to the openness of the design, and are the biggest advantage over the ‘bone’s main competitor, the Raspberry Pi. Now, there’s a new BeagleBone, and

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Edison Research estimates Facebook has 15M fewer US users today compared to 2017, with the biggest drop seen in the 12 to 34 age group (Kimberly Adams/Marketplace)

Kimberly Adams / Marketplace: Edison Research estimates Facebook has 15M fewer US users today compared to 2017, with the biggest drop seen in the 12 to 34 age group  —  Listen To The Story  —  Marketplace  —  All the bad press about Facebook might be catching up to the company.  New numbers from Edison Research

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Omidyar Network spins out its financial technology investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300M in capital (Jonathan Shieber/TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: Omidyar Network spins out its financial technology investment arm as Flourish, with up to $300M in capital  —  After 12 years spent investing in impact-oriented financial services startups around the globe, the Omidyar Network, which serves as the family investment office for eBay founder Pierre Omidyar … Omidyar Network spins out

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NSA releases free public version of Ghidra, a set of tools developed internally for software reverse engineering, to excitement among malware researchers (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: NSA releases free public version of Ghidra, a set of tools developed internally for software reverse engineering, to excitement among malware researchers  —  The National Security Agency released a free, public version of Ghidra, a set of tools developed internally for software reverse engineering. NSA releases free public version of Ghidra,

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Mark Zuckerberg on the need for a "privacy-focused platform" focused on messaging to complement "public platforms", the challenge of monetization, and more (Nicholas Thompson/Wired)

Nicholas Thompson / Wired: Mark Zuckerberg on the need for a “privacy-focused platform” focused on messaging to complement “public platforms”, the challenge of monetization, and more  —  ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, described a sweeping new vision for his platform. Mark Zuckerberg on the need for a "privacy-focused platform" focused on

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The Bakery That Runs On Emacs

When it comes to managing ingredients and baking at a professional bakery, we know that most people would turn to an SQL database and emacs.  Really, what else do you need? Okay, so maybe there are a few who would think that emacs couldn’t help you with this, so, here’s how [Piers] uses emacs and

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Huawei sues the US government, challenging a law that bans federal agencies from buying the company's products (CNN)

CNN: Huawei sues the US government, challenging a law that bans federal agencies from buying the company’s products  —  Shenzhen, China (CNN Business)Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei is suing the US government, challenging a law that bans federal agencies from buying the company’s products. Huawei sues the US government, challenging a law that bans federal

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Sources: Bytedance is planning to launch a Slack-like work collaboration app; Bytedance had a $1.2B loss last year after mixed results of its TikTok expansion (The Information)

The Information: Sources: Bytedance is planning to launch a Slack-like work collaboration app; Bytedance had a $1.2B loss last year after mixed results of its TikTok expansion  —  In 2017 ByteDance, owner of such popular apps as newsfeed service Toutiao, made a slim profit. Sources: Bytedance is planning to launch a Slack-like work collaboration app;

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Nintendo announces VR kits for its Labo line of Switch DIY cardboard accessories; they cost $40 and $80 and will be available on April 12 (Andrew Webster/The Verge)

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Nintendo announces VR kits for its Labo line of Switch DIY cardboard accessories; they cost $40 and $80 and will be available on April 12  —  Nintendo is getting into the virtual reality game  —  Nintendo’s getting into virtual reality, but not in the way you might expect. Nintendo announces

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