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Google/Facebook collusion; dark side of Roblox; Encryption and Microsoft's largest deal

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Google/Facebook collusion; dark side of Roblox; Encryption and Microsoft's largest deal

Wiser! #57: Unsealed papers in the US anti-trust against Google has revealed the extent of the collusion with Facebook. Plus: how much does Roblox exploit kids? UK Gov spending half a million on public opinion over E2EE and Microsoft's acquisition of Activision.…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Jan 2022

iPhone's Birthday; CryptoScams; Google and the Metaverse

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iPhone's Birthday; CryptoScams; Google and the Metaverse

Wiser! #55: the iPhone is 15; Crypto scammers had a record year in 2021; Kazakhstan is number 2 in Bitcoin mining; Reese Witherspoon is in the Metaverse, so are Ralph Lauren; plus Google.…

Rick Huckstep • 14 Jan 2022

NFT madness; RIP Blackberry; Instagram and Predictions

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NFT madness; RIP Blackberry; Instagram and Predictions

Wiser! #54: Instagram needs to change as TikTok sets the pace. Plus the madness of NFTs, the end of the Blackberry and the origins of the iPhone. Plus more...…

Rick Huckstep • 07 Jan 2022

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One Year Wiser!

Wiser! #52: A year in review. A round-up of some of my favourite stories and themes from the 175,000 words written in the first year of the Wiser! Newsletter.…

Rick Huckstep • 31 Dec 2021

Elon Musk to pay his dues; TikTok's unhealthy behaviour and Dorsey blocked on Twitter

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Elon Musk to pay his dues; TikTok's unhealthy behaviour and Dorsey blocked on Twitter

Wiser #53: Elon Musk to pay $11 billion in taxes, more than any American in history; plus TikTok targeting teens, Dorsey blocked in Twitter and Email as a source of misinformation and fake news.…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Dec 2021

Gary Vee and NFTs; Instagram; Roblox plus Snap, Apple , AI and BigTech

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Gary Vee and NFTs; Instagram; Roblox plus Snap, Apple , AI and BigTech

Wiser! #51: Gary Vee makes $91m in 90 days selling NFTs (he had never heard of NFTs 9 months ago); Instagram hits 2 billion users with TikTok catching up fast; Roblox, Snap, Apple and AI, all in this issue of Wiser!…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Dec 2021

Why is TikTok so addictive?; WhatsApp launchs payments on Novi; plus AI, Ethics, Apple & Bitcoin

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Why is TikTok so addictive?; WhatsApp launchs payments on Novi; plus AI, Ethics, Apple & Bitcoin

Wiser! #50: metaFacebook start trials of a cryptocurrency service on WhatsApp using Novi. Plus leaked docs reveal TikTok's secret sauce. And Timnit Gebru launches an AI ethics research team.…

Rick Huckstep • 11 Dec 2021

Dorsey quits Twitter & renames Square; plus Instagram, Shopping Bots and TikTok

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Dorsey quits Twitter & renames Square; plus Instagram, Shopping Bots and TikTok

Wiser! #48: Jack Dorsey quits as Twitter CEO for the 2nd time., then renames Square to Block; Plus Instagram harm to teen girls, shopping bots, TikTok and more...…

Rick Huckstep • 03 Dec 2021

Tencent and China's BigTech Crackdown; plus Japan's digital currency, social commerce, and NFT is WOTY

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Tencent and China's BigTech Crackdown; plus Japan's digital currency, social commerce, and NFT is WOTY

Wiser! #47: Tencent are the latest to fall foul of China's BigTech Crackdown; consortium of Japanese banks launch a digital currency; the rise of social commerce, plus much more.…

Rick Huckstep • 26 Nov 2021

Deepfakes in the Metaverse; plus Substack, NFTs, Nigeria's CBDC, and Xbox

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Deepfakes in the Metaverse; plus Substack, NFTs, Nigeria's CBDC, and Xbox

Wiser! #46: deepfakes in the Metaverse; Substack lose the plot, Tarantino sued over NFTs; Nigeria launch CBDC and Xbox hits 20.…

Rick Huckstep • 19 Nov 2021

Pinterest and the Attention Economy; Clubhouse, Robinhood, Crypto and Google

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Pinterest and the Attention Economy; Clubhouse, Robinhood, Crypto and Google

Wiser! #44: Pinterest start a TV channel; Clubhouse unveils new features (but is it too late?); Robinhood lose data for 7 million users; plus more…

Rick Huckstep • 12 Nov 2021

Microsoft enters the Metaverse; Facebook's on/off facial recognition, and Pinterest want your Attention

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Microsoft enters the Metaverse; Facebook's on/off facial recognition, and Pinterest want your Attention

Wiser! #43: Microsoft takes on Facebook head to head in the metaverse virtual workspace; Pinterest moves for your attention, and Facebook turns off facial recognition (for now).…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Nov 2021

Tesla breaks $1 trillion; Twitter amplifies the right; and Worldcoin's crypto biometrics

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Tesla breaks $1 trillion; Twitter amplifies the right; and Worldcoin's crypto biometrics

Wiser! #42: Crypto to solve world poverty; Tesla and Hertz in largest EV deal ever; Twitter's algorithms; data privacy under scrutiny; Blue Origin to build a space station...and more…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Oct 2021

Big week for Bitcoin; Facebook, the Metaverse and Novi; And Social Media Anon

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Big week for Bitcoin; Facebook, the Metaverse and Novi; And Social Media Anon

Wiser #41; A big week for Bitcoin; Facebook focuses on the Metaverse and starts trials for its Novi digital wallet; and I ask the question, "Should social media be anonymous?"…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Oct 2021

James T Kirk goes where others have gone before; plus BigTaxes for BigTech, TikTok go shopping, Facebook and more

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James T Kirk goes where others have gone before; plus BigTaxes for BigTech, TikTok go shopping, Facebook and more

Wiser! #40: James T Kirk goes into space; BigTech are about to get Big Taxes; TikTok pushes into e-Commerce as Amazon shuts down China; and Facebook's woeful damage limitation.…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Oct 2021

A hell of a week for Facebook; plus Amazon, Google, Starlink & more

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A hell of a week for Facebook; plus Amazon, Google, Starlink & more

Wiser! #39: It's been a tough week for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook; the whistleblower, the US Senate, the Facebook Files and a 5 hour global outage. Plus Amazon's pursuit of the home, Google are in court (again) and Elon Musk's Starlink.…

Rick Huckstep • 08 Oct 2021

China's CBDC rollout continues; Twitter's AI bias revealed; Uber saves lives; and more...

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China's CBDC rollout continues; Twitter's AI bias revealed; Uber saves lives; and more...

Wiser #37: China's CBDC rollout is on track according to expert Richard Turrin; Twitter opens up its algorithms to scrutiny for AI bias; Uber saves lives and a roundup of the top stories from September.…

Rick Huckstep • 01 Oct 2021

Can iPhone detect your mental health?; Amazon's AI "time and motion"; Daniel Schreiber & more...

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Can iPhone detect your mental health?; Amazon's AI "time and motion"; Daniel Schreiber & more...

Wiser! #36: Apple looking at detecting mental health via iPhone; more attention on Amazon's treatment of workers; Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber talks to me; plus much much more.…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Sep 2021

Microsoft's remote working survey; Facebook smartglasses; Epic v Apple latest

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Microsoft's remote working survey; Facebook smartglasses; Epic v Apple latest

Wiser! #34: Microsoft have conducted the largest study ever into the effects of remote working; plus an exclusive interview with Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber; Facebook's new smartglasses and the Litecoin pump and dump.…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Sep 2021

Privacy is Apple's strategic advantage; Crypto Hacking is hard; Google v The Rest

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Privacy is Apple's strategic advantage; Crypto Hacking is hard; Google v The Rest

Wiser! #27: Apple's child protection measures; Google slash home worker's pay; crypto hacking doesn't pay; Samsung's folding phones, and more…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Aug 2021