🛒 How companies are hiding inflation without charging you more

Today’s pick

How companies are hiding inflation without charging you more. Do consumers notice when their everyday products get smaller? Often they don't and companies are taking advantage by reducing the amount of product they sell while keeping prices the same. (Clarisa Diaz / Quartz)

Zach Seward @zseward

Doritos removed 5 chips from each bag, Bounty trimmed its rolls by 3 sheets, and Wheat Thins determined that family size is now 2 oz smaller—all for the same price as before. Great look at how inflation often hides in the air pockets of emptier packaging.

qz.comHow companies are hiding inflation without charging you moreShrinkflation is causing consumers to pay the same or more for less.

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Seven Seven Six Seeds A Cohort Of New Micro Funds. Alexis Ohanian’s year-old firm helped launch a group of funds led by individuals with large networks and domain expertise. (Rebecca Szkutak / Forbes)

Becca Szkutak @rebecca_szkutak

In today's venture market, who can be a value-add investor is more open-ended than ever. @alexisohanian decided to find some of these outsiders with valuable skill sets and domain expertise and help them get started in venture 🚀💰 forbes.com/sites/rebeccas…

forbes.comSeven Seven Six Seeds A Cohort Of New Micro FundsAlexis Ohanian’s year-old firm helped launch a group of funds led by individuals with large networks and domain expertise.

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The Infinite Reach of Joel Kaplan, Facebook's Man in Washington. How one man came to rule political speech on Facebook, command one of the largest lobbies in DC, and guide Zuck through disaster—and straight into it. (Benjamin Wofford / WIRED)

Gideon Lichfield 🇺🇦🌻 @glichfield

Today ⁦@WIRED⁩ runs ⁦@BenWoffordDC⁩’s profile of the man who has done more than anyone else to shape Facebook’s policies on political speech and misinformation, which have ended up souring its relations with both Republicans and Democrats.

wired.comThe Infinite Reach of Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s Man in WashingtonHow one man came to rule political speech on Facebook, command one of the largest lobbies in DC, and guide Zuck through disaster—and straight into it.

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Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed. Twitter is rolling out a change that, frustratingly, makes it a bit more difficult to see your chronological feed. The design change, which lets you swipe between your Home (algorithmically served) and Latest (reverse chronological) timelines, was… (Jay Peters / The Verge)

Andy Baio @waxpancake

I thought Twitter gave up on force-feeding its Home timeline onto power users, but nope, it's now impossible to avoid in their official iOS app. Restarting the app always defaults you to Home tab instead of Latest now, with no possible opt-out.

theverge.comTwitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feedTwitter is pushing users toward the algorithmic feed.

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Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency. YouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn't hold up. (Gilad Edelman / WIRED)

Gilad Edelman @GiladEdelman

Last week, YouTube suspended the Hill, a well known news organization, because it played two clips in which Trump claimed the election was rigged. But his full CPAC speech and a podcast interview with 5 million views were still up (until I inquired). 1/

wired.comBeware the Never-Ending Disinformation EmergencyYouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn’t hold up.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine Crisis

• The Stalinisation of Russia. (The Economist)

• Deutsche Bank defends decision not to exit Russia: It's not 'practical' right now. (Karen Gilchrist / CNBC)

• Inside Putin's circle - the real Russian elite. (Anatol Lieven / Financial Times)

• I Watched Russian TV So You Don't Have To. (Olga Khazan / The Atlantic)

• U.S, Allies Look at Sending Soviet-Designed Air-Defense Systems to Ukraine. (Courtney McBride / Wall Street Journal)

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