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Apple Suspends Parler, Conservative Social Media Service, From App Store
10.1.2021
The tech giant had reportedly given the service 24 hours to address its concerns
Big Tech’s Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media
9.1.2021
During the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During the last 48 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump, a great number of right-wing supporters, and literally anyone who speaks out against...
Jack Offs Trump
9.1.2021
Rest in piss, @realDonaldTrump: Twitter has permanently suspended the president after he incited a riot at the Capitol this week.Read more
Could NFTs Become 2021’s Biggest Crypto Trend?
8.1.2021
Even at this point in Bitcoin’s evolution, it’s still relatively rare for cryptocurrencies to hit mainstream news headlines unless volatility reaches dramatic extremes. It’s even more extraordinary for blockchain apps to get picked up by the global media. Cryptokitties is one...
South Korean Gaming Giant Planning to Buy Crypto Exchange Bithumb for $460 Million
8.1.2021
Nexon, the South Korean multi-billion-dollar gaming conglomerate, is reportedly planning to buy a 65% stake in troubled crypto exchange Bithumb in a deal worth about 500 billion won ($460 million). ● According to local media reports, Nexon is to buy all the shares owned by Bithumb chairman...
Zuckerberg blocks Trump from Facebook until at least end of term
7.1.2021
Following yesterday's chaos on Capitol Hill, the social media giant has blocked President Trump on the grounds that the likely intent and result of his posts is the incitement of violence
Social networks and the digital economy: A preview of IMVU’s VCOIN
7.1.2021
After getting some boundaries in which to operate from the SEC, IMVU's new blockchain-based token will be a major test case for crypto
The best comics of 2020
5.1.2021
From the shiny hardwood floor of a basketball court to the far reaches of space, this year’s best comics took readers to all sorts of distant lands. Granted, “distant” gained a new meaning when people were expected to stay in their homes as much as possible. Like the entire entertainment...
[článek] Rok 2020 online: Facebook nikdo nemá rád, selhání „chytrého“ státu a média stále v problémech
5.1.2021
[15 minut čtení] Jsme rukojmími Facebooku a trpíme stockholmským syndromem. Pandemie tomu výrazně nahrála, online jsme nucení trávit více času než kdy předtím. Velcí posilují, střední přežívají a ti malí umírají. Psát o roce 2020 je tak trochu obtížné. Nejsilnější charakteristika totiž je, že jsme...
Social media interest in Bitcoin hits all-time high
3.1.2021
As Bitcoin's price soars, the cryptocurrency has broken several key Twitter metrics
[článek] Média v roce 2020: konec DVB-T, start české CNN, dluhy Šlágru a nástup PPF na Novu
30.12.2020
[15 minut čtení] Ještě na začátku roku to vypadalo, že není nic důležitějšího než dokončit přechod na DVB-T2, aby všichni v klidu viděli olympiádu. Jenže pak se u nás v březnu objevila nemoc COVID-19 a všechny plány postavila na hlavu. Místo fandění nás televize učily mýt si ruce. V novém roce...
Redditor memes his way to $25K in Bitcoin profits
29.12.2020
This is the story of a Redditor’s roundabout way of making a hefty Bitcoin profit
Automatic Social Share Images
29.12.2020
It’s a pretty low-effort thing to get a big fancy link preview on social media. Toss a handful of specific <meta> tags on a URL and you get a big image-title-description thing. Here’s Twitter’s version of an article on this …
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Chapter 6: Web Design
29.12.2020
Previously in web history…
After the first websites demonstrate the commercial and aesthetic potential of the web, the media industry floods the web with a surge of new content. Amateur webzines — which define and voice and tone unique to …
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Legal Battle Between Bitmain Co-Founders Appears to End With Micree Zhan Taking Control of the Company
28.12.2020
The long-lasting legal battle between co-founders of China-based Bitmain seems to have seen the light at the end of the tunnel after both parties agreed to reach an agreement. Legal Tussle Between Bitmain Co-Founders Reportedly Ended With a $600 Million Compensation for Jihan Wu According...
The PS4's Spectacular Dreams Game Is Hurting From A Lack Of Players
28.12.2020
When LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule launched the game-as-an-engine PlayStation 4 exclusive Dreams into early access in April 2019, I remember feeling a cautious optimism. The technology behind the game was impressive, letting people make their own music, games, and artwork with its robust...
Why you wouldn’t eat chicken nuggets, and why you shouldn’t trust Big Data
28.12.2020
Do you really know how your data is used and monetized? If you did, you’d probably think twice about giving your personal details away so freely
Responsible, Conditional Loading
25.12.2020
Over on the Polyplane blog (there’s no byline but presumably it’s Kilian Valkhof), there is a great article, Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data, about the prefers-reduced-data media query. No browser support yet, but eventually you can use it in CSS to make choices that reduce...
The US SEC Fines Shipchain $2 Million for Conducting an Unregistered Token Offering: Company Agrees to Cease Operations
24.12.2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease and desist order against Shipchain and ordered it to pay a penalty of $2.05 million. Additionally, the regulator has directed Shipchain, a shipping and logistics company, to transfer Ship tokens in the possession or control of...
Camila Russo on Building The Defiant and the Future of DeFi
23.12.2020
The Defiant is required reading about DeFi these days. How did "one more Bloomberg journalist" become a successful media entrepreneur and influencer?