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    • If Reddit lands a $150M Tencent investment, they'd make strange bedfellows: Tencent helps build the Great Firewall; Reddit's product, banned in China, is speech (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Gizmodo)

    Patrick Howell O’Neill / Gizmodo: If Reddit lands a $150M Tencent investment, they’d make strange bedfellows: Tencent helps build the Great Firewall; Reddit’s product, banned in China, is speech  —  Who really thinks about where the money is coming from as long as you get the money?  —  Reddit is about to get a huge

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    • Following a lawsuit, Instacart CEO apologizes for changes that meant some tips were used to boost base pay and says those affected will get retroactive pay (Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch)

    Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Following a lawsuit, Instacart CEO apologizes for changes that meant some tips were used to boost base pay and says those affected will get retroactive pay  —  On the heels of a recently-filed class action lawsuit over wages and tips, as well as drivers and shoppers speaking … Following a

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    • Interviews with 49 people illuminate Wisconsin's disastrous deal with Foxconn, championed by Trump, that saw $4.5B in promised incentives with little return (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

    Austin Carr / Bloomberg: Interviews with 49 people illuminate Wisconsin’s disastrous deal with Foxconn, championed by Trump, that saw $4.5B in promised incentives with little return  —  “This is the Eighth Wonder of the World.”  —  So declared President Donald Trump onstage last June at a press event at Foxconn’s … Interviews with 49 people

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    • Fortnite's longevity will hinge on its ability to evolve and to be a social network, which could allow Epic to build a Metaverse to rival big internet platforms (Matthew Ball/REDEF)

    Matthew Ball / REDEF: Fortnite’s longevity will hinge on its ability to evolve and to be a social network, which could allow Epic to build a Metaverse to rival big internet platforms  —  In 2018, there was a lot to read about Fortnite, and even more to learn from it.  And to point, “the game”

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    • Security researcher, who's shared iOS flaws before, demos a macOS Keychain exploit but won't share details with Apple because of the lack of a macOS bug bounty (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

    Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Security researcher, who’s shared iOS flaws before, demos a macOS Keychain exploit but won’t share details with Apple because of the lack of a macOS bug bounty  —  Security researcher Linuz Henze has shared a video demonstration of what is claimed to be a macOS Mojave exploit to access passwords stored

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    • Inside Oracle's ad software arm Data Cloud, built with ~$3B of acquisitions since 2014, that has reported disappointing financials and seen layoffs (Nico Grant/Bloomberg)

    Nico Grant / Bloomberg: Inside Oracle’s ad software arm Data Cloud, built with ~$3B of acquisitions since 2014, that has reported disappointing financials and seen layoffs  —  Oracle Corp. has spent five years and billions of dollars getting really good at following people around the internet. Inside Oracle's ad software arm Data Cloud, built with

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    Survey of 110 hospitals and five agencies from 47 US cities: 1,500+ e-scooter-related injuries since late 2017; quick spread of e-scooters surprised some cities (Ryan Felton/Consumer Reports)

    {$inline_image} Ryan Felton / Consumer Reports: Survey of 110 hospitals and five agencies from 47 US cities: 1,500+ e-scooter-related injuries since late 2017; quick spread of e-scooters surprised some cities  —  A Consumer Reports investigation finds 1,500 e-scooter injuries across the country, and many hospitals still don’t track them Survey of 110 hospitals and five

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    • This startup is putting degrees on the blockchain to beat fake diplomas

    Fake diplomas and embellished work experience are a bigger problem than you might realize. There are a growing number of websites offering counterfeit degree certificates, from made-up universities. BBC research found one website had made over 200,000 fake certificates in 2015, making over £37 million in the process. What’s more, the e-learning market is booming. It’s

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    Make Your Own Phosphorescent Material

    Phosphors are key to a whole swathe of display and lighting technologies. Cathode ray tubes, vacuum fluorsecent displays, and even some white LEDs all use phosphors to produce light. [Hydrogen Time] decided to make a green phosphorescent material, and has shared the process on Youtube, embedded below. The aim is to produce zinc sulfide crystals

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    • Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would let hackers access sensitive info by intercepting emails to travellers (Jeff Stone/CyberScoop)

    Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would let hackers access sensitive info by intercepting emails to travellers  —  At least eight airlines, including Southwest, use e-ticketing systems that could allow hackers to access sensitive information … Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would

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