Jan 29, 2021 | algo, mobile, networking, trends
They are part of a legion of young people — primarily male — pouring into digital trading floors in recent years, raised on social media and eager to teach themselves about stocks and trade quickly using an array of apps catered to Generation Z. In just a few short weeks, this new cohort of retail investors has completely upended some of the most professional traders by coordinating over social media, forums and chat rooms to trade shares of GameStop, sending the stock price for the video game company skyrocketing while leaving a number of sophisticated short-sellers holding the bag.
Source: The Misfits Shaking Wall Street
Jan 29, 2021 | networking, trends
A covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation. Fake Twitter profiles supported Huawei, a Chinese company that faced government restrictions in the West.
Source: Inside a Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign
Jan 29, 2021 | algo, trends
Dogecoin’s rise extended Friday as the crypto-themed subreddit SatoshiStreetBets fueled a further rally. Bitcoin too climbed 15% on the same day after Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to include it. Robinhood temporarily restricted crypto trading on its platform due to “extraordinary market conditions.”
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Source: Dogecoin soars another 600% as Reddit frenzy pushes the token into the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap
Jan 29, 2021 | games & graphics, trends
The investor who helped direct the world’s attention to GameStop, leading a horde of online followers in a bizarre market rally that made and lost fortunes from one day to the next, says he’s just a normal guy. From his profile by The Wall Street Journal: “I didn’t expect this,” said Keith Gill, 34 years old, known as “DeepF-ingValue” by fans on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum and “Dada” by his 2-year-old daughter.
Source: Profile of Keith Gill, Who Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania
Jan 28, 2021 | algo, mobile, networking
In honor of Data Privacy Day on January 28, Apple has announced that its App Tracking Transparency feature will launch to users “in early spring.” The company has also launched a new easy-to-understand report dubbed “A Day in the Life of Your Data,” which illustrates “how companies track user data across websites and apps.” In a new press release, Apple’s software engineering VP Craig Federighi explained that Apple’s goal is to “create technology that keeps people’s information safe and protected.” “Privacy means peace of mind, it means security, and it means you are in the driver’s seat when it comes to your own data,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Our goal is to create technology that keeps people’s information safe and protected.
Source: Apple says App Tracking Transparency feature will launch in ‘early spring’ with iOS 14 update – 9to5Mac
Jan 28, 2021 | networking
During Facebook‘s quarterly earnings call today, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted some major changes coming to Facebook. After years of being the primary news source for many people, Facebook has decided it wants to show less political content.
Source: Zuckerberg promises Facebook will show less political content from now on
Jan 27, 2021 | games & graphics, networking, trends
Discord has banned the server used by the controversial subreddit r/WallStreetBets for what it says are repeated violations of the company’s hate speech policies. The ban comes as the subreddit’s moderators briefly took the group private, saying they were struggling to keep up with an influx of new users.
Source: Discord bans Reddit’s WallStreetBets for hate speech as scrutiny intensifies
Jan 27, 2021 | mobile, networking, trends
February 1 is right around the corner, and it marks the beginning of Black History Month. As it has done in previous years, Apple is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting content from Black creators and businesses, across many of its apps and services on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Source: Apple is celebrating Black History Month across almost all of its services
Jan 27, 2021 | games & graphics, trends
Perhaps the most surprising news this week centers around GameStop , a store that we don’t hear about much anymore. The video game retailer’s prospects have been dimming for years: Why go to a mall, particularly amid a pandemic, when almost everything you need is available online?
Source: Opinion | The GameStop folly isn’t just a get-rich-quick scheme. It’s a tale of inequality.
Jan 27, 2021 | trends
Nine months. That’s how long it took the world’s top 1,000 billionaires to recoup their fortunes after the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Source: The megarich have already recovered from the pandemic. It may take the poor a decade to do so
Jan 26, 2021 | networking
It depends on what you mean by “secret,” and also “success.”
Source: The Secrets of Instagram Growth-Hacking
Jan 26, 2021 | networking
Twitter has acquired the newsletter company and Substack competitor Revue on undisclosed terms. Shares jumped 6% Tuesday after the news broke. The news comes after Twitter announced a new feature called “Birdwatch” on its platform.
Source: Twitter jumps 6% after the social media giant buys Substack competitor Revue
Jan 25, 2021 | networking, trends
Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance. The newly formed coalition, called Alpha Global, is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
Source: Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable
Jan 25, 2021 | algo, trends, video
Selling consumer electronics is hard, forcing companies to resort to shady tactics to make money.
Source: Why Your TV Spies on You
Jan 25, 2021 | algo, audio
Unsurprisingly, artists’ desperate quest to gain as many Spotify streams as possible has led to the rise of streaming bots, and their manipulation of the streaming numbers has resulted in some serious damage to independent musicians’ careers.
Source: How Streaming Bots Are Wrecking Independent Musicians’ Careers
Jan 25, 2021 | algo, mobile, trends
How an obscure Turkish scientist’s obscure theoretical breakthrough helped the Chinese tech giant gain control of the future. US telecoms never had a chance.
Source: Huawei, 5G, and the Man Who Conquered Noise
Jan 24, 2021 | networking
Facebook has decided to ask its new, independent Oversight Board to rule on its decision to suspend Donald Trump indefinitely . The Board will be able to make a binding determination regarding Trump, telling Facebook it was right or wrong, and Facebook and Instagram will obey.
Source: Trump v. Facebook
Jan 24, 2021 | algo, trends
Bitcoin has come off its highs after it crossed $40,000 this month, but is still up about 16% this year.
Source: Crypto industry has ‘wind in its sails’, 8 companies eye public offerings
Jan 23, 2021 | algo, mobile, trends, video
Tech companies including Facebook, Google and Lenovo are designing smart glasses consumers will buy, but experts say this isn’t the year of mass adoption.
Source: Is 2021 finally the year for smart glasses? Here’s why some experts still say no
Jan 23, 2021 | audio, networking, trends
The attention economy defines and shapes today’s digital world. However, we have long since reached peak in the attention economy with all available free time now addressed. What this means is that previously, when digital entertainment propositions grew, they were often using up users’ free time.
Source: Music has developed an attention dependency
