What’s new
Bitcoin is worth over $2,000 per coin for the first time
Bitcoin’s price has followed a steady, upward trend over the last several months, pushing higher as the broader cryptocurrency space draws sustained inflows. The result of these increases is that bitcoin no longer constitutes the majority of the market cap for all cryptocurrencies. Today the total market cap of bitcoin represents just 47% of total cryptocurrencies, whilst up until a few months it was around 80%.
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Twitter warns of Vine bug that may have exposed emails
In the email, Twitter says the bug impacted the Vine Archive for less than 24 hours. The social media service says once it was alerted, the bug was quickly fixed. “We want to emphasize that this information can’t directly be used to access your account, and we have no information indicating that it has been misused”, Twitter said in the email.
More info are available here.
New products
Verizon Ellipsis 10
The tablet will come with 10.1-inch screen, Marvell PXA SoC and the Vivante GC5000 GPU. It will also have 16GB of expandable storage and a huge 9,100 mAh battery.
More info here.
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)
Galaxy J7 (2017) will have a 13MP selfie camera, full metal body and a fingerprint sensor. It will come with 3GB RAM and 3,600mAh battery.
More info here.
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It has been revealed how Facebook handles controversial content
The Guardian published a series of reports about Facebook’s internal rules on moderating graphic content, providing new insight into how the company determines what its users can post. The site utilizes some automated systems to proactively eliminate content, such as terrorism, but what’s left falls to teams of moderators.
You can read more here.
Facebook blocked a Pulitzer-winning reporter after he posted allegations of corruption
Matthew Caruana Galizia, a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ award-winning Panama Papers team, was temporarily locked out of his Facebook account over four posts, which were deleted for violating the social network’s community standards. The posts, which were written in Maltese, contained allegations of wrongdoing by prime minister Joseph Muscat, his chief of staff Keith Schembri, and minister of energy Konrad Mizzi.
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Fun stuff
An Israeli court says emojis can signal your intent
A court in Israel, for instance, has ordered a couple to pay $2,200 for using emojis that “convey great optimism” in a text they sent to landlord Yaniv Dahan.
You can read more here.
