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I Won't Be Silenced by the Left. I’m amazed but not surprised. Those who seek political advantage by dividing the nation hurl the worst possible accusations to silence anyone who challenges their left-wing agenda. (Ron Johnson via Wall Street Journal)
Zoom Escaper lets you sabotage your own meetings with audio problems, crying babies, and more. Had enough Zoom meetings? Can’t bear another soul-numbing day of sitting on video calls, the only distraction your rapidly aging face, pinned in one corner of the screen like a dying bug? Well, if so, then boy do we have the app for you. (James Vincent via The Verge)
Neobroker Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B valuation to take its trading platform beyond crypto. One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth and plans to open its platform to a wider stream of assets. (Ingrid Lunden via TechCrunch)
America's Coronavirus Catastrophe Began With Data. A few minutes before midnight on March 4, 2020, the two of us emailed every U.S. state and the District of Columbia with a simple question: How many people have been tested in your state, total, for the coronavirus? (Robinson Meyer via The Atlantic)
Instagram will no longer let adults message teen who don't follow them. Instagram is introducing new policies limiting interactions between teenagers and adults to make its platform safer for young users. The app has banned adults from direct messaging teenagers who don’t follow them and is introducing “safety prompts” that will be shown to teens when they DM adults who have been “exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior.” (James Vincent via The Verge)
The Housing Boom That Never Ends Already Wiped Out All the Short-Sellers. In December, Aaron Moore bought an unremarkable three-bedroom house in the Toronto suburb of Brampton and, after throwing on a fresh coat of paint and laying down new hardwood floors, put it right back on the market. (Ari Altstedter via Bloomberg)
The Grammys Once Again Did The Bare Minimum For BTS. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards took place last night, and no, BTS didn't win. If that feels like an abrupt way to start an article, then it matches how the Recording Academy unceremoniously dispensed with the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award, for which BTS’s “Dynamite” was nominated, early in the evening. (Bryan Rolli via Forbes)
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