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How many giant hacks can web3 afford?
Axie Infinity promised to cover its players' losses. Will the next compromised crypto platform do the same?
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Elon Musk joins the Twitter board
Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power
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Elon Musk's Twitter play
The Tesla CEO is now Twitter's largest shareholder. Is it about free speech — or something else?
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The only popular crypto game is having a terrible year
Its economics are busted and its treasury was just raided for hundreds of millions of dollars. Can Axie Infinity recover?
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The lesson Facebook won't learn
In a reckless, secret campaign against TikTok, the company's paranoia leads to another self-inflicted wound
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How the Digital Markets Act could do some good
Beeper's Eric Migicovsky on why interoperability matters — and is likely inevitable
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Three ways the European Union might ruin WhatsApp
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart on how the Digital Markets Act could upend encryption, privacy, and product design
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Europe reshapes Big Tech
With today's passage of the Digital Markets Act, huge changes are coming to platforms. Are they ready?
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How chronological feeds build trust
Almost everyone prefers personalization. But platforms need to build alternatives anyway
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There's something off about ApeCoin
Tokens like the new one from Bored Ape Yacht Club promise to decentralize the web. So why are insiders reaping most of the profits?
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Telegram's dangerous game
It's one of the most important messaging apps in the world. Is it up to the task?
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The vibe shift in Silicon Valley
Notes on where tech power is moving in the Biden years
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Are parties the future of NFTs?
Your SXSW crypto scene report
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Zuckerberg burns the boats
Meta is all in on the metaverse — but is it promising too much, too soon?
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Facebook allows calls for violence in Ukraine
How wartime is reshaping tech policymaking
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Everything platforms know about the war but won't tell us
CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up