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 Hey, did you know that TechCrunch sends out a weekly newsletter rounding up the latest startup news? Well, we do! But for as-yet-unidentified technical reasons, it doesn’t seem to have gone out today, so I’m publishing it here. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, what are you waiting for? 1. What does it take to […]

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 For months now, much of the media attention on the crypto space has been directed at ebbs and flows in the price of bitcoin on one side, and whiz-bang ICOs on the other. The price of the most valuable cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (specifically the BTC chain), has backpedaled significantly from highs set in December 2017. The […]

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 For months now, much of the media attention on the crypto space has been directed at ebbs and flows in the price of bitcoin on one side, and whiz-bang ICOs on the other. The price of the most valuable cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (specifically the BTC chain), has backpedaled significantly from highs set in December 2017. The […]

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 The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 3, 2018. Doc Searls: “steve was 15 years ahead of his time with Attention. His idea didn’t work until the only way to pay for attention arrived. Cryptocurrency is that way.” @stevegillmor, @fradice, @Dsearls, @DenisPombriant, @kteare […]

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 The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 3, 2018. Doc Searls: “steve was 15 years ahead of his time with Attention. His idea didn’t work until the only way to pay for attention arrived. Cryptocurrency is that way.” @stevegillmor, @fradice, @Dsearls, @DenisPombriant, @kteare […]

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 Most of us tend to think people trying to open the door when we’re away want to steal stuff. Amazon.com would like to change that assumption. Read More

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 Most of us tend to think people trying to open the door when we’re away want to steal stuff. Amazon.com would like to change that assumption. Read More

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 If there is one policy dilemma facing nearly every tech company today, it is what to do about “content moderation,” the almost-Orwellian term for censorship. Charlie Warzel of Buzzfeed pointedly asked the question a little more than a week ago: “How is it that the average untrained human can do something that multibillion-dollar technology companies […]

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 If there is one policy dilemma facing nearly every tech company today, it is what to do about “content moderation,” the almost-Orwellian term for censorship. Charlie Warzel of Buzzfeed pointedly asked the question a little more than a week ago: “How is it that the average untrained human can do something that multibillion-dollar technology companies […]

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Imagine asking Alexa if your child has arrived home while you’re upstairs, or at work.
       
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