Still figuring out what this newsletter is, I’m torn between aggregation and writing. The inputs vary from blog posts, Twitter threads, and the occasional video. Podcasting seems oddly muzzled by the acceleration of streaming. Blog posts are a misnomer; professional blogs represent the bulk of...
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January 31, 2021 albert
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SAVE $ 100: The 256GB configuration of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro (featuring Apple’s in-house M1 chip) usually sells for $ 1,299, but as of Dec. 4, Amazon’s brought it back down to its Cyber Monday pricing of $ 1,199. Retailers stretched Black Friday throughout...
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December 4, 2020 albert
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President Donald Trump called New York City a “ghost town” during the third and (thank God) final debate on Thursday evening. New Yorkers, as New Yorkers are wont to do, rushed to defend their city. The jokes flew in because, quite frankly, as a New...
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October 23, 2020 albert
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The advent of low-cost Android smartphones and the world’s cheapest mobile data has paved the way for millions of social media influencers in India to amass a following of tens of millions of users in recent years. These influencers, also known as creators, share their...
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October 9, 2020 albert
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Out of all the faces to put on Doc Brown and Marty McFly in Back to the Future, I never knew how bad I needed it to be Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland. This deepfake clip superimposes the faces of Downey Jr. and Holland...
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February 16, 2020 albert
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Today in regular trading, shares of American electric car manufacturer Tesla surged past the $ 500 mark. Tesla, perhaps the most famous electric vehicle company in the world, has had tumultuous last twelve months on the public markets. The company’s shares have traded as low...
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January 13, 2020 albert
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Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico and Index), has raised a new $ 400 million fund to continue backing European tech startups at Series A. Dealroom recently released a report that pegged Balderton...
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November 12, 2019 albert
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This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. When brands attempt to capture our hearts (and our wallets) it can either go surprisingly well, or be a complete dumpster fire...
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June 22, 2019 albert
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It’s hard to even fathom right now, at a moment when it feels like Game of Thrones is the biggest thing on the planet. But when the show premiered on HBO back in 2011, the response was less than enthusiastic. There’s a reason for that,...
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April 14, 2019 albert
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You’ve been there: Caught on a dodgy website, faced with a barrage of ads or suspicious content, and found yourself trapped — no matter how much you hit the back button. It’s a sinister issue called “history manipulation,” where multiple dummy pages are inserted into...
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December 19, 2018 albert
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