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Zuckerberg (not Mark) signs on to advise a major cryptocurrency exchange

Aug27
by on August 27, 2018 at 2:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


There’s a Zuckerberg on the advisory board of one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – except it’s not Mark. Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, is apparently all about the blockchain, more so than her little brother is, anyway. She has featured prominently in Huobi’s announcement of its new “expert advisory team,” alongside controversial Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu. The team will work closely in the development of Huobi’s new public blockchain. A translation of the press release reads: The team of professional advisors will provide expert opinions [on] Huobi’s public chain, from the basic technology of the blockchain to…

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Facebook’s attitude towards researchers should worry you

Aug27
by on August 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, syndication


Facebook is closing its doors to researchers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The latest casualty is the app Netvizz, a research tool used by hundreds of academics to gather public Facebook data, that the social network has recently banned. The app has gathered more than 300 academic citations and has been used to produce studies on everything from Norwegian political party videos, to public opinion about the London 2012 Olympic Games, to Asian American student conferences. But now this fruitful source of data has been shut down. More significantly, Facebook’s action sounds a death knell for civic…

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Facebook’s attitude towards researchers should worry you

Aug27
by on August 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, syndication


Facebook is closing its doors to researchers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The latest casualty is the app Netvizz, a research tool used by hundreds of academics to gather public Facebook data, that the social network has recently banned. The app has gathered more than 300 academic citations and has been used to produce studies on everything from Norwegian political party videos, to public opinion about the London 2012 Olympic Games, to Asian American student conferences. But now this fruitful source of data has been shut down. More significantly, Facebook’s action sounds a death knell for civic…

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OPPO’s new R17 phone has a teensy-tiny, itsy-bitsy little notch

Aug27
by on August 27, 2018 at 12:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


These days, the phone industry is more about tweaking an established formula than unbridled creativity. And, as OPPO has shown with its Find X and its mechanical notch, the Chinese company is a master of these sort of tweaks. This is why I was my attention was piqued when I heard about its new handset, the R17. This is a mid-range Android phone that’s being released on the August 30 in China. The most eye-catching element of the R17 is its unique notch. Take a look: With the combination of fitting as much screen on a phone as possible and people’s…

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