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Social Media • 5 min read

Social media has not done enough to stop hate. Now Texas wants to make it even harder!

There's a worrying connection between Social Media, the rise in hate crime, and the battle for free speech. The mass killing of Black people in Buffalo by a young white male is yet another example of the toxic mix of freely available guns and the wide spread dissemination of conspiracy theories.…

Rick Huckstep • 17 May 2022

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Twitter • 6 min read

Elon Puts Twitter Deal On Hold: A Negotiation Or 2nd Thoughts?

Elon Musk has apparently discovered that there may be more bots and fake accounts on Twitter than Twitter had led us all to believe. No sh$t Sherlock! This is turning into a proper soap opera that Succession is going to find to beat!…

Rick Huckstep • 14 May 2022

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Newsletters • 10 min read

🎙Newsletter #77: Bitcoin's Decline | EU's BigTech Regs | iPod RIP | Elon's Twitter Soap Opera

Newsletter #77: Bitcoin and tech stocks are having a shocker, wiping out the pandemic gains of the last 2 years. Meanwhile, the EU agree firm rules on content moderation. And Elon Musk's Twitter soap opera continue. Plus, the end of the iPod, but the start of my new Podcast!…

Rick Huckstep • 13 May 2022

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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Web3 • 6 min read

A Rough Week for Bitcoin As Prices Crash Below $30k

Wiser! Essay: Is now the time to buy, sell or hodl your Bitcoin? The price has been on a downward trajectory since late November, then it hit its all time high. Now it has less than half the value. What to do? That is the question.…

Rick Huckstep • 13 May 2022

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Twitter • 7 min read

Elon's Twitter Soap Opera Rumbles On: it's the show that everyone is watching!

It's 6 weeks since Elon Musk disclosed his intentions to buy Twitter. A controversial move for many reasons: free speech, breaking the SEC rules, upsetting shareholders, Donald Trump. It's a soap opera with Musk playing J R Ewing in his Texan ranch. The show that everyone is watching!…

Rick Huckstep • 12 May 2022

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Regulations • 7 min read

BigTech Face Huge Fines In New EU Crackdown On Illegal Content

The EU's crackdown on BigTech takes another step forward with the Digital Services Act. This is all about content moderation with clear obligations, and penalties, on BigTech to protect users and keep their houses in order. Expect global ramifications!…

Rick Huckstep • 09 May 2022

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Newsletters • 11 min read

Newsletter #76: AirBnB's New Way of Working | The Internet Computer | India's Super App Tata Neu

Newsletter #76: AirBnB have used the pandemic well. They've got their own house in order and just reported good numbers. Now they've gone one step further and changed the way they work. Plus, The Internet Computer wants to democratise the internet. And Tata's new super app raised privacy concerns.…

Rick Huckstep • 07 May 2022

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Social Media • 4 min read

Elon Musk Skating On Thin Ice...If He Goes Ahead And Buys Twitter

Rick Huckstep • 01 May 2022

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BigTech • 11 min read

🧮 Newsletter #75: BigTech's BigNumbers | Elon's BigDebt | Twitter Rumbles On | Other Stuff

Wiser! #75: Elon Musk is borrowing big time against his Tesla stock to buy Twitter. He's skating on thin ice with that one and many doubt he'll still go through with it. Also, it's earnings week as the big tech stocks report for the quarter.…

Rick Huckstep • 30 Apr 2022

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BigTech • 13 min read

BigTech's BigNumbers: Q1 2022 Earnings Roundup

Tech Stocks had enjoyed a 2 year ride since the Covid induced crash of March 2020. With a few notable exceptions, that's over for alot of the tech stocks. It's tough times ahead as I take a look at the round of quarterly earnings for BigTech's BigNumbers.…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Apr 2022

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VR/AR and the Metaverse • 6 min read

Owning Real Estate and Living In The Metaverse

Since Facebook changed its name to Meta in October 2021, prices of virtual real estate have jumped by as much as 500%. Consumers are paying millions of dollars to acquire plots of pixelated property in this virtual world, even though it doesn't completely exist yet.…

Rick Huckstep • 28 Apr 2022

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Social Media • 11 min read

👤 Newsletter #74: What Has Social Media Done to Society? | Elon Musk & Twitter | Revlon Rule

Wiser! Newsletter #74: Is Social Media to blame for the erosion of trust in government, institutions, the news media and, frankly, each other? In 2009, Facebook gave users the ability to Like and then Share posts. Was this the beginning of the end?…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Apr 2022