👶 Births in U.S. drop to levels not seen since 1979
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Births in U.S. drop to levels not seen since 1979. The number of babies born in America last year was the lowest in more than four decades, according to federal figures released Wednesday that show a continuing U.S. fertility slump. (Janet Adamy via Wall Street Journal)
World's most vaccinated nation reintroduces curbs as cases surge. Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against Covid-19 than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting activities for two weeks as infections surge. (Kamlesh Bhuckory via Bloomberg)
Bitcoin is coming to hundreds of U.S. banks this year, says crypto custody firm NYDIG. For the first time, customers of some U.S. banks will soon be able to buy, hold and sell bitcoin through their existing accounts, according to crypto custody firm NYDIG. (Hugh Son via CNBC)
Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned. A series of Instagram ads run by the privacy-positive platform Signal got the messaging app booted from the former's ad platform, according to a blog post Signal published on Tuesday. (Shoshana Wodinsky via Gizmodo)
Peloton's leaky API let anyone grab rider's private account data. My Peloton profile is set to private and my friend’s list is deliberately zero, so nobody can view my profile, age, city, or workout history. But a bug allowed anyone to pull users’ private account data directly from Peloton’s servers, even with their profile set to private. (Zack Whittaker via TechCrunch)
Mexican Bitcoin Exchange Bitso Raises $250 Million, Becomes Latin America's First Crypto Unicorn. Today, Bitso, the largest cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, announced it raised $250 million in Series C investment. The round, co-led by hedge fund giant Coatue and investment firm Tiger Global, puts the company’s valuation at $2.2 billion, making it one of the largest fintechs in the region and its first crypto unicorn. (Nina Bambysheva via Forbes)
The Future of Black History. I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg's Black downtown. (William Sturkey via The Atlantic)
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