hobbesthompson - Hackdot

Reddit defied Crypto Winter and created a $10M market for avatars

Posted by hobbesthompson on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:42AM
from the fortune.com dept.

https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/03/how-reddit-defied-crypto-winter-and-created-a-10-million-market-for-customizable-avatars-just-dont-call-them-nfts/

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The US company behind a volunteer crypto community in Venezuela

Posted by hobbesthompson on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:44AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/reserve-rangers-crypto-community-venezuela/

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Tether and Bitfinex CTO on the Stablecoin Crisis and El Salvador's Volcano Token

Posted by hobbesthompson on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:23AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/crash-crypto-hodling-bitfinex-ardoino/

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Latin American startups fail to grant employees stock

Posted by hobbesthompson on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:49AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/latin-america-startup-equity-data/

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China’s most chaotic social network survived Beijing’s censors – until now

Posted by hobbesthompson on Thursday April 21, 2022 @11:41AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/china-censors-social-network-douban/

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The global investing app boom

Posted by hobbesthompson on Saturday March 26, 2022 @11:56AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/inside-the-global-investing-app-boom/

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Amateur open-source researchers went viral unpacking the war in Ukraine

Posted by hobbesthompson on Monday March 07, 2022 @01:18PM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/osint-viral-ukraine/

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Brazil’s move to legalize sports gambling is fueling a digital gold rush

Posted by hobbesthompson on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:20PM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/brazil-legalize-sports-gambling/

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Y Combinator’s investment revamp is making emerging market investors nervous

Posted by hobbesthompson on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:21AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/y-combinator-change-emerging-market-investors/

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“It’s five times more difficult”: The challenges of operating an Airbnb in Cuba

Posted by hobbesthompson on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:08AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2022/cuba-airbnb-hosts/

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An Argentine was caught in a cocaine-fueled scandal; Google won’t let her forget

Posted by hobbesthompson on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @09:48AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/argentina-denegri-google-right-forget/

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A Black Woman Invented Home Security. Why Did It Go So Wrong?

Posted by hobbesthompson on Monday November 22, 2021 @05:27PM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/black-inventor-home-security-system-surveillance/

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Sex Ed, One Instagram Post at a Time

Posted by hobbesthompson on Monday November 22, 2021 @05:26PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/middleeast/sex-ed-arab-women-mideast.html

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Global Rivalries Are Miring the Clean Energy Revolution

Posted by hobbesthompson on Monday November 22, 2021 @05:26PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/china-congo-cobalt.html

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The dystopian danger of a mandatory biometric database in Mexico

Posted by hobbesthompson on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:33AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/the-dystopian-danger-of-a-mandatory-biometric-database-in-mexico/

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A prominent PR firm is spreading disinformation ahead of Honduras’ elections

Posted by hobbesthompson on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:04PM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/political-pr-firm-disinformation-honduras-elections/

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Streamers are beating traditional sports broadcasters at their own game

Posted by hobbesthompson on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:22AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/ibai-messi-rise-of-sports-streamers/

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Facebook to target harmful coordination by real accounts

Posted by hobbesthompson on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:10PM
from the reuters.com dept.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-target-harmful-coordination-by-real-accounts-using-playbook-2021-09-16/

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Police in Latin America are turning activists’ phones against them

Posted by hobbesthompson on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:17AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/latin-america-phone-security/

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English tutors became Brazil's newest TikTok influencers

Posted by hobbesthompson on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:25AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2021/brazil-influencers-english-teachers/

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LA Times photographer embedded with Tijuana’s EMTs to document drug war

Posted by hobbesthompson on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:24AM
from the roadsandkingdoms.com dept.

https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2019/qa-with-gary-coronado/

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