https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/?utm_brand=ars&utm_mailing=Ars_Orbital_082124&bxid=619308d7c3ff977c611c8920&cndid=67284134&hasha=44c59cd25932eb29cfdcd43c1a66b95b&hashb=94fad069986ce8659bdef1d1b72ba1c5daf81f3b&hashc=4ff06dc7eb6084569370758bbdc5f429b92b09be118f4464a7d1e73331e9c698&esrc=bouncex-test&
TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
https://decrypt.co/245433/corn-bitcoin-defi-layer-2?ref=coingecko
Launched by alums from BadgerDAO and backed by $6.7M, Corn aims to bring DeFi to Bitcoin via a tokenized Ethereum solution.
https://www.pekingnology.com/p/the-1970s-80s-start-of-chinas-rise?r=a7orj&
And China’s Re-Centralizing Leaders in Decades after the 1980s.
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/08/20/dark-pools-dominate-ethereum-as-private-transactions-surge-at-least-by-one-measure/?_gl=1*1cxd2n*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODEzMTYxNTYwLjE3MjQxNjUyMjg.*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcyNDE2NTIyNy4xLjEuMTcyNDE2NTIyOC4wLjAuMTQ3ODAyNDY2NA..
More transactions on the blockchain are getting routed privately as users try to avoid front-running bots that eat into trading margins, but network observers worry about a loss of transparency – and potentially a trend toward centralization.
https://nomad4now.com/2024/08/13/c-c-ibeto-an-early-modern-nigeria-artist-1930-1960-colonial-era/
Between about 1930 and 1960 there came into being in Nigeria a number of modern artists whose creations today are known as genre art, a major artistic tradition of that period. One of its artists w…
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1015662
In recent months, livestream scams targeting the elderly with counterfeit antiques like coins, pottery, and artwork have surged. Victims’ families have now banded together online to share advice, file complaints, and reclaim lost money.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20240801-new-blow-to-kenyan-president-ruto-as-court-annuls-2023-finance-law
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/30/2024/african-governments-kenya-style-protests
African governments are facing growing discontent with planned protests by youthful demonstrators inspired by Kenyan activists.
https://decrypt.co/242114/hong-kong-lawmaker-latest-to-push-for-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
Legislative Council member Johnny Ng called for Hong Kong to “research and consider” including Bitcoin in strategic financial reserves.
https://academic.oup.com/afraf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/afraf/adae013/7705414
Abstract. Legislators make trade-offs when allocating their time and resources to their multiple tasks of representation, legislation, executive oversight,
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