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[Link] Peter Thiel Is Stepping Down From Facebook to Go Full MAGA

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is stepping down from the board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company said Monday.

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[Link] Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

Lawmakers have proposed new legislation that they say would ban surveillance-based advertising. The legislation would target the underlying practice of targeted or personalized ads that facilitates surveillance-based advertising itself.

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[Link] JPMorgan CEO Joked About Outlasting China’s Communist Party. The Fun Didn’t Last Long.

Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com

America’s most powerful banker has had his fair share of controversial opinions, but rarely has he walked back something as quickly as he did after he joked about the world’s second-most powerful country.

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[Link] Australian cryptocurrency investors can’t be trusted to keep transaction records themselves, the ATO says

Read: 24/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com.au

As first-time investors continue their rush on cryptocurrencies, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) says it can no longer rely on taxpayers to navigate the complex world of income tax, capital gains, and blockchain record keeping on their own.

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[Link] In modern Australia, why must caring for your family come second to your work duties?

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Caring is harder than work. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. The hardest thing about work is organising how to do it around caring commitments.

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[Link] Fed: Meme Stocks Might Blow Up U.S. Economy One Day

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The Federal Reserve is worried that risk-taking online investors and social media echo chambers could lead to a “potentially destabilizing outcome.

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[Link] 'Squid Game' Halloween Costumes Are Missing the Point

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Squid Game costumes have seamlessly slotted into this year's selection of Halloween costumes, to the point that at least one school district has banned them. Given the show's popularity, this was inevitable. It's still a little weird.

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[Link] Controversial crime app Citizen launches $20/month Protect service

Read: 6/8/2021 techcrunch.com

After months of testing with upwards of 100,000 beta testers, Citizen today is launching its premium Protect offering for all users. The subscription service runs $20 a month and opens up a number of features on the app.

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