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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Elie Hassenfeld Q&A: ‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
Here’s Elie Hassenfeld, your high school EA crush. As effective altruism spirals into self-doubt, the idealist quant is still at it, helping Silicon Valley richies give away hundreds of millions each year.
The Deaths of Effective Altruism
Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.
Top streamer Ninja diagnosed with cancer at 32
Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins is the most-followed streamer in the world, with 19m followers on Twitch.
Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks
Amazon has been fined in Poland for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketplace. The sanction, of close to $8M (or in local currency: PLN 31,850,141), also calls out the e-commerce giant for deceptive design … Continue reading
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Facebook’s secret initiative to snoop on Snapchat users, revealed
Newly unsealed documents from a federal court in California are accusing Meta of snooping on Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon users through their covert ‘Project Ghostbusters.’ The court released the documents on Tuesday (Mar. 26) from a class action lawsuit between … Continue reading
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know
We haven’t had an Indiana Jones game in some time now, and even less 3D variants, really showing that this franchise hasn’t fulfilled its potential in the video game space. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle looks to change that … Continue reading
Star Wars Outlaws – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know
The Star Wars franchise is one that has received many video game adaptations (and some cancellations), but Star Wars Outlaws is set to take things to a whole new level. Instead of the traditional good versus evil, the waters are … Continue reading
Reddit sees boom in stock after first day of options launch
Reddit enjoyed a jump in the price of its shares on Tuesday (26 March) in the continuation of a strong launch of options on the stock. An 11% increase and a current price of $67.5 looks set to add more … Continue reading
The UK is regulating memes about crypto and other investments to curb scams from ‘finfluencers’
The Financial Conduct Authority said marketing for financial products — including those expressed in memes — should be fair, clear, and not misleading.
New study of unicorn founders finds most are ‘underdogs,’ and female founders are rising
A new study that zeros-in on the founders of so-called “Unicorns” (companies worth over a billion dollars) has found most have “underdog” founders, are often drawn from the top 10 universities, a rising female founder make-up, but no obvious monopoly … Continue reading
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