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Should social media come with a health warning?

Should social media come with a health warning?

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The pandemic has provided yet more evidence that misinformation can have devastating...

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How the fossil fuel era ends – and four possibilities for what follows

How the fossil fuel era ends – and four possibilities for...

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Ever cheaper wind and solar power means the decline of coal, oil and gas is unstoppable....

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People in US went out less as covid-19 death rates rose in their area

People in US went out less as covid-19 death rates rose...

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It wasn’t just lockdowns or stay-at-home orders that stopped people from going out...

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A look at Amazon's dilemma around mandating worker vaccinations, which could alienate the many virus skeptics in its warehouse ranks, amid a tight labor market (Bloomberg)

A look at Amazon's dilemma around mandating worker vaccinations,...

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Bloomberg:A look at Amazon's dilemma around mandating worker vaccinations, which...

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A look at a new labor force using microtask platforms like Remotasks to create and edit data sets for self-driving cars, located primarily in the Global South (Vittoria Elliott/Rest of World)

A look at a new labor force using microtask platforms like...

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Vittoria Elliott / Rest of World:A look at a new labor force using microtask platforms...

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Amazon, Google patch a bug in their DNS-as-a-Service platforms that left customers' internal networks and traffic exposed; other DNS providers likely vulnerable (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Amazon, Google patch a bug in their DNS-as-a-Service platforms...

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Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:Amazon, Google patch a bug in their DNS-as-a-Service...

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Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that promises zero transaction fees, raises $200M at a $1B valuation, less than six months after its $55M Series C (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that promises...

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Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that promises...

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Senators Lummis, Wyden, Toomey propose amendment to infrastructure bill meant to exclude crypto devs, miners, node operators, more from the "broker" definition (Michael McSweeney/The Block)

Senators Lummis, Wyden, Toomey propose amendment to infrastructure...

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Michael McSweeney / The Block:Senators Lummis, Wyden, Toomey propose amendment to...

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Tinder parent company Match Group says it will add audio and video chat, including group live video, to several of its brands over the next 12 to 24 months (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Tinder parent company Match Group says it will add audio...

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Tinder parent company Match Group says it will add audio...

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Uber beats estimates with record gross bookings of $21.9B, up 114% YoY, adjusted EBITDA loss of $509M, an improvement from $837M YoY; stock down 6%+ after hours (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC)

Uber beats estimates with record gross bookings of $21.9B,...

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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:Uber beats estimates with record gross bookings of $21.9B,...

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Roku beats with Q2 total net revenue of $645M, up 81% YoY, reaching 55.1M active accounts, up 1.5M QoQ, and 17.4B streaming hours, down 1B QoQ; stock drops 8%+ (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Roku beats with Q2 total net revenue of $645M, up 81% YoY,...

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Todd Spangler / Variety:Roku beats with Q2 total net revenue of $645M, up 81% YoY,...

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TikTok says it is testing its Stories-like feature, called TikTok Stories, and a source says it's available in a handful of markets outside the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

TikTok says it is testing its Stories-like feature, called...

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:TikTok says it is testing its Stories-like feature, called...

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Amnesty International: of the world's 53 largest VC firms, only one meets UN human rights due diligence standards (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Amnesty International: of the world's 53 largest VC firms,...

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Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:Amnesty International: of the world's 53 largest VC firms,...

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EA beats estimates with Q1 total net revenue of $1.55B, up from $1.46B YoY, net income of $204M, down from $365M YoY, and net bookings of $1.34B, down 3% YoY (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

EA beats estimates with Q1 total net revenue of $1.55B,...

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:EA beats estimates with Q1 total net revenue of $1.55B,...

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Philadelphia-based ZeroEyes, which uses AI to detect guns, raises $20.9M Series A led by Octave Ventures (FinSMEs)

Philadelphia-based ZeroEyes, which uses AI to detect guns,...

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FinSMEs:Philadelphia-based ZeroEyes, which uses AI to detect guns, raises $20.9M...

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Denver-based Reserve Trust, which enables domestic and international B2B payments, raises $30.5M Series A led by QED Ventures (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Denver-based Reserve Trust, which enables domestic and...

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Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:Denver-based Reserve Trust, which enables domestic...