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The Only Crypto Story You Need. There was a moment not so long ago when I thought, “What if I've had this crypto thing all wrong?” I'm a doubting normie who, if I'm being honest, hasn't always understood this alternate universe that's been percolating and expanding… ( Matt Levine / Bloomberg)

Matt Levine @matt_levine

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bloomberg.comThe Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt LevineWhere it came from, what it all means, and why it still matters.

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Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West. Adidas said on Tuesday that it is cutting ties with Kanye West, ending what may have been the most significant corporate fashion partnership of the rapper and designer's career after he made a series of antisemitic remarks and embraced a slogan… (Michael J. de la Merced / The New York Times)

The New York Times @nytimes

Breaking News: Adidas cut ties with Kanye West, ending what may have been his most significant corporate fashion partnership after he made antisemitic remarks.

nyti.msAdidas Ends Partnership with Kanye WestThe German sportswear giant is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper and designer after his recent antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.

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The end of Apple's affair with China. By a dusty stretch of the deafening road from Chennai to Bengaluru lie three colossal, anonymous buildings. Inside, away from the din of traffic, is a high-tech facility operated by Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturer. A short drive away Pegatron… ( The Economist)

Mike Bird @Birdyword

On the road from Chennai to Bengaluru, vast new electronics factories are working for a common client. It is known locally as "the fruit company" Great @t_wainwright piece on the beginning of the end of Apple's love affair with Chinese manufacturing. economist.com/business/2022/…

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Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI. Will AI image generators kill the stock image industry? It's a question asked by many following the rise of text-to-image AI models in recent years. The answer from the industry's incumbents, though, is “no” — not if we can… (James Vincent / The Verge)

James Vincent @jjvincent

big AI art news from Shutterstock. the company is: - integrating OpenAI's DALL-E to their site to generate stock images - launching a fund to reimburse Shutterstock creators whose images are sold to train AI art models

theverge.comShutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAIThe stock image company is also promising to reimburse creators whose work is used to train AI art models with a new Contributors Fund.

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On eve of first launch, Relativity Space seeks to join SpaceX as 'disruptor'. Relativity Space is preparing to roll its Terran 1 rocket out to the launch pad in Florida in the next few weeks, setting the stage for its debut flight. While the rocket is modest in scope, with a capacity to loft about 1 metric ton into low-Earth… (Eric Berger / Ars Technica)

Eric Berger @SciGuySpace

The Terran 1 rocket will be ready to launch this year, but range issues may push its debut into 2023, Relativity Space says.

arstechnica.comOn eve of first launch, Relativity Space seeks to join SpaceX as “disruptor”“Almost from the beginning of the company, I wanted to build a Falcon 9 competitor.”

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