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    • Facebook says it has removed 23 Pages, 74 accounts, 5 Groups, and 35 Instagram accounts that were part of a UK-based, domestic-focused misinformation network (BBC)

    BBC: Facebook says it has removed 23 Pages, 74 accounts, 5 Groups, and 35 Instagram accounts that were part of a UK-based, domestic-focused misinformation network  —  Facebook has removed more than 130 accounts, pages and groups it says were part of a UK-based misinformation network. Facebook says it has removed 23 Pages, 74 accounts, 5

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    • Canada’s tax agency asks cryptocurrency investors for 10 year trading history

    Canada’s tax agency is reportedly cracking down on cryptocurrency investors in the country. Multiple sources have confirmed that cryptocurrency holders have been targeted with audits by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), according to Forbes. The agency is thought to have sent questionnaires probing investors about their bitcoin-related activity over the past decade. Today’s news comes

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    • Google launches Rewarded Products, a new monetization option for Android developers that lets users watch ads to earn in-app currency or other benefits (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

    Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google launches Rewarded Products, a new monetization option for Android developers that lets users watch ads to earn in-app currency or other benefits  —  Google today is introducing a new way for Android developers to generate revenue from their mobile applications.  And no, it’s not subscription-related. Google launches Rewarded Products, a

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    RemoteDebug for ESP Platforms

    Debugging tools are critical to quick and effective development. Without being able to peek under the hood at what’s really going on, it can be difficult to understand and solve problems. Those who live on the Arduino platform are probably well acquainted with using the serial port to debug, but it’s far from the only

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    • Research: Ethereum’s new economic model not ‘lucrative enough’ to keep it secure

    There’s a monumental shift planned for the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Ethereum is edging closer to its new consensus algorithm, which promises to fix the platform’s scalability and transaction throughput bottlenecks – but a new industry report claims it’s just not going to work. Currently, Ethereum is much like Bitcoin in that anyone can join the

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    • Samsung Galaxy Watch Active review: comfortable to wear with good fitness-tracking features but pairs poorly with non-Samsung phones and Bixby is wanting (Chris Welch/The Verge)

    Chris Welch / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Watch Active review: comfortable to wear with good fitness-tracking features but pairs poorly with non-Samsung phones and Bixby is wanting  —  Samsung’s latest smartwatch drops the rotating bezel, but it gets most basics right  —  Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active is the follow … Samsung Galaxy Watch Active review:

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    • An analysis of 105 "Uber for X" US companies, representing $7.4B in VC investment: four have reached unicorn status, 19 were acquired, and 28 have shut down (Alexis C. Madrigal/The Atlantic)

    Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: An analysis of 105 “Uber for X” US companies, representing $7.4B in VC investment: four have reached unicorn status, 19 were acquired, and 28 have shut down  —  In March 2009, Uber was born.  Over the next few years, the company became not just a disruptive … An analysis

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    • FCA: Cryptocurrency noobs still buy Bitcoin without understanding it

    It’s been 10 years since Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain first emerged, but it seems consumers are still largely uninformed about the inner workings of the technology. Today, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released two pieces of research – qualitative interviews and a national survey – looking at consumer’s attitudes towards crypto-assets, and found that

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    • Bird plans to rollout Bird Platform, which outsources the scooter-sharing business to aspiring entrepreneurs, to New Zealand, Canada, and Latin America (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

    Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Bird plans to rollout Bird Platform, which outsources the scooter-sharing business to aspiring entrepreneurs, to New Zealand, Canada, and Latin America  —  Bird is outsourcing the scooter-sharing business to aspiring entrepreneurs in countries outside the US and Europe Bird plans to rollout Bird Platform, which outsources the scooter-sharing business

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    • SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, starting with a $2B commitment to invest in Latin American tech startups in e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, and more (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, starting with a $2B commitment to invest in Latin American tech startups in e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, and more  —  While SoftBank continues to make big bets on startups out of its $100-billion Vision Fund, it has also launched another investment vehicle … SoftBank launches the Innovation

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