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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
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Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints.
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A shared burden: rethinking cybersecurity post the 23andMe breach. TechCrunch: 23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached But in a...
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TechCrunch: 23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached But in a letter sent to a group of hundreds of 23andMe users who are now suing the company, 23andMe said that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords...
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9 Years on the Road October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I...
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October 24th is my indie-versary, the anniversary of quitting my last full time job. Every year I write a set of reflections about this strange and magical journey.
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17 PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile...
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PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile device portfolio." In its teaser video, the company goes a step further and explicitly states that "Galaxy AI is coming," so get ready for some form of on-device,...
Noahpinion
Toward a shallower future Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
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Working Theorys
24 Working Theorys for 2024 Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators,...
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Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators, and lifestyle
AVC
What Will Happen In 2024 As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has...
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As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. The Fed has taken interest rates as far as they want at this time and inflation has come down. It seems that a “soft landing” is likely. That is good news for the innovation economy because...
Noahpinion
Hispanics as the new Irish A historical analogy to help us understand the present moment.
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AI does not produce reliable information. As Donald Trump's lawyer has fucked around and found out. Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial...
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Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial intelligence program to generate bogus legal citations in his motion for early termination of his supervised release. Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for...
Noahpinion
In defense of science fiction New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
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Apple’s LLM gap is real. It might not last much longer. Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs,...
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Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs, user-friendly interfaces, and a robust ecosystem. The data is clear - Apple is the market and perception leader in every category that matters. But developments in Large Language...
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How AI shook the world in 2023 With commercial tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney becoming widely available, AI was used for all...
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With commercial tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney becoming widely available, AI was used for all things wonderful … and worrying.
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Elon Musk’s freedom from consequences is once again denied. Elon Musk's X Corp. has hit a snag trying to block California's AB 587, a law that aims to clean...
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Elon Musk's X Corp. has hit a snag trying to block California's AB 587, a law that aims to clean up the online environment by requiring transparency in content moderation. Peter Blumberg and Malathi Nayak in Bloomberg In an eight-page ruling Thursday, a federal...
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9 Best Things of 2023 My favourite book, film, podcast, meme, investment and more for the year.
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David Perell
How I’ve Studied the Bible Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was...
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Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was going to be an educated person, I needed to know what it said. The post How I’ve Studied the Bible appeared first on David Perell.
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Our favorite Rest of World photos from 2023 39 photographers, 31 cities, 22 countries. This is what global tech looked like this year.
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#23) SF's Market Street debacle, the debate over real wages, why U.S. growth has gotten smoother, TikTok...
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SF's Market Street debacle, the debate over real wages, why U.S. growth has gotten smoother, TikTok as a propaganda engine, and California homelessness
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23 Rest of World stories that defined 2023 This year, Rest of World published around 500 articles from more than 50 countries. Here are our...
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Internet access is a human right. Fast, reliable and independent internet access is no longer a luxury or a convenience. It has...
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Fast, reliable and independent internet access is no longer a luxury or a convenience. It has become a necessity and a function of modern society. The digital divide, the gap between those with and without internet access, has profound implications for an individual's...
Noahpinion
My sci-fi novel recommendations A repost with some updates, just in time for the holidays.
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The everything app has to work for everyone. Building an "Everything" app — encompassing payments, commerce, messaging, etc — hinges critically...
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Building an "Everything" app — encompassing payments, commerce, messaging, etc — hinges critically on universal appeal and acceptance. The concept is predicated on inclusivity, which means the app must cater to a diverse user base with varying beliefs, backgrounds, and...
Noahpinion
What the Solow Model can teach us about China Economists knew back in the 1950s that a country can't build its way to infinite wealth.
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2023 In Review 2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and...
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2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and ended with a whimper for us. The zero interest rate environment really came down hard on a few products like Cold Email Studio and now that the AI craze is cooling off, we&
Working Theorys
The Idea That Won't Go Away | Theory No. 24 In a battle of new and old ideas, which one wins?
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Four predictions for 2024 It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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A decade of discontent is coming. The 10 years ahead will see dramatic, radical change. The potential for large-scale upheaval and...
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The 10 years ahead will see dramatic, radical change. The potential for large-scale upheaval and the reordering of societal structures is significant. We are already witnessing the dismantling of long-standing institutions and the rise of new paradigms. The struggle between...
AVC
My Year-End Playlist Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and...
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Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and got into. Most of these songs are under the radar which is my favorite kind of music. So I hope you find something new that you like in here.
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Anxious and online, Chinese youth embrace spirituality apps Young Chinese people are hiring online tarot readers and feng shui masters to seek cheap therapy.
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Noahpinion
How did the U.S. achieve a soft landing? Four simple theories.
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YouTube is the final place to watch unbiased news in India. Can it last? As Modi’s government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are forging their own channels...
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Noahpinion
Six reasons chipmakers should put their fabs in Japan It has every resource the semiconductor industry needs.
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We’re in our 30’s. We’re not The Girls or The Boys. A busy morning café. A group of women in their 30s are laughing over lattes. One of them exclaims,...
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A busy morning café. A group of women in their 30s are laughing over lattes. One of them exclaims, "We girls need to do this more often!" Across town, a group of men clink their glasses in a pub, one of them chuckling, "It's always a good time with the boys." Adults...
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 “When I've worked for organizations without QA teams, I introduce the concept of "sniff...
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#1 💡 “When I've worked for organizations without QA teams, I introduce the concept of "sniff tests". This is a short (typically 1 hour) test session where anybody in the company / department is encouraged to come and bash on the new feature. The feature is supposed to be...
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How different languages laugh online Laughter is universal, but lol is not.
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The internet is broken. Here’s how we fix it. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the...
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In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer working on the ARPANET project — the predecessor to the Internet — sent the first email. The message was nothing profound; it was a series of random characters that looked more like the utterance of a toddler on a typewriter than a...
Unpacked
Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive...
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In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning alternate payments
Articles
Ten SaaS marketing principles for 2024
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Working Theorys
One-Round Wonder | Theory No. 23 Can a startup have the best of both bootstrapped and venture funded paths?
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Global gig worker slang, explained Shapar and amagundane are two types of platform workers their peers can’t stand.
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Noahpinion
Some thoughts on where the war in Ukraine is headed And some perspective on what's happened already.
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Inverted Passion
Notes on how Facebook ads work I was studying Facebook ads system for Nintee, made some notes that you might find useful. Resources...
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I was studying Facebook ads system for Nintee, made some notes that you might find useful. Resources Facebook Doesn’t Make as Much Money as It Could—On Purpose How to Save Millions With Marketability Testing Facebook Bid Strategies The post Notes on how Facebook ads work appeared...
Platformer
14 predictions about 2024 AI! Elections! Threads! Media! And more
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Nazis don’t deserve free speech. Reality check: Nazism is not an intellectual hypothetical that bears good faith discussion. It's...
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Reality check: Nazism is not an intellectual hypothetical that bears good faith discussion. It's not a controversial thought experiment. It is a historical movement designed to demonise and exterminate the Other. Born in the tumultuous aftermath of World War I, Nazi...
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The phrase that ruled the Indian internet in 2023 Looking like a wow.
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Portfolio careers are the future of work. The traditional idea of sticking to one career path for life, once seen as the golden standard of...
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The traditional idea of sticking to one career path for life, once seen as the golden standard of work success, is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Now, we're moving towards the paradigm of the "portfolio career." Think of a portfolio career like a patchwork quilt of jobs....
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Japan’s news app unicorn was ready to take on the US market. Where did it go wrong? Former SmartNews employees point to failed product launches and far-right obsession of former CEO.
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#22) Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning,...
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Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning, immigrants and jobs, and a world at war
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A reminder. We are living through the first year of pretending the pandemic never happened and that everything...
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We are living through the first year of pretending the pandemic never happened and that everything is back to normal. Nobody has had a chance to heal, and this holiday season is going to break a whole lot of people. Be kind.
Platformer
An Epic win jolts Google The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well...
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The company's app store monopoly has been ruled illegal, and the ramifications will extend well beyond Fortnite
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This is how you know I’m almost 35. Woke up. Feel like absolute hell. Need coffee. This is me sober, how did I ever function in...
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Woke up. Feel like absolute hell. Need coffee. This is me sober, how did I ever function in the mornings while I was drinking?