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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

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People are urged to BUIDL, pronounced “biddle,” a play on Bitcoin’s HODL meme. A third said he didn’t think the gender ratio mattered. In 2019, Polis signed into law the “Colorado Digital Token Act.” The conference’s sponsored booth section was called the Shill Zone. One person told me it was too depressing.

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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

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Inside the group, they’re posting hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. Lawmakers in New York proposed a new law that would prohibit police from using geofence warrants as protests continue to grow. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Knight Foundation).

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The tech antitrust hearing was good, actually

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Marc Santora at The New York Times explains: The new law, which is expected to go into effect Oct. Arizona is leading a multi-US state probe into whether Apple deliberate slowing older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws. The new meme campaign is primarily focused on vote-by-mail registration. Back off the soft focus.

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The antitrust case against Google is gathering steam

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Taylor Lorenz explains the cake meme that took over Twitter this week. Compiled by students and volunteers, the atlas is a database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement authorities across the United States — including drones, body cameras, facial recognition, and more. Nick Statt / The Verge ).

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

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Riley writes (emphasis hers): Researchers at the global nonprofit group Avaaz found nearly two dozen Facebook pages affiliated with the “boogaloo” movement, a generally anti-government and anti-law enforcement ideology. But they have vastly different reasons for why they think the law must change. percent for YouTube and 76.6

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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

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Big tech companies including Google , Amazon and Qualcomm are bankrolling The Global Antitrust Institute at George Mason University, which teaches a hands-off approach to antitrust law. Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the New York Times that his Twitter direct messages are mostly made up of memes, and he isn’t overly worried about them being hacked.

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Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues

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The setup essentially allows it to navigate a thicket of tax laws in such a way that it can raise money, and blitz the airwaves with ads, without the obligation of disclosing all of its donors. But some pieces of content, like memes and videos, can be difficult for AI to parse. The reason I came forward was to stick to true to that.

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