Janko Roettgers / Protocol: Netflix is rolling out a “two thumbs up” ratings option, which will appear next to the thumbs up and down buttons, to let it refine content recommendations — For nearly five years, Netflix has had simple thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to express viewing preferences and help its algorithms provide better recommendations. source
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Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Daily, which offers APIs for developers to add video and audio features to apps and websites, raises a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $60M — We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge … Source link
Lukas I. Alpert / MarketWatch: US prosecutors charge two men with running a music royalty scam, collecting $20M+ from YouTube, by falsely claiming rights to 50,000 Spanish language songs — Prosecutors say the men claimed rights to 50,000 Spanish-language songs they didn’t own, using the royalty money to buy mansions, fancy cars and jewelry.
Chaim Gartenberg was formerly a Senior Reporter for The Verge. When he’s not writing about tech, Chaim also tries to find time to read books (usually fantasy), play video games (usually on a Nintendo Switch), and bake homemade sourdough.
Betty Hou / Bloomberg: TSMC reports a record ~$17B in Q1 revenue, up 36% YoY and above estimates, boosted by increased demand for chips as the prolonged shortage helped raise prices — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. revenue rose to a record in the first quarter on demand for chips used in smartphones …
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: Biden to sign an order directing 17 US agencies to modernize services for Americans and bring more of them online, including passport photo uploads and taxes — The White House is hoping to spur a major technological overhaul of government services with a new executive order President Biden will sign Monday. Source link
Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Xage, which helps secure critical physical infrastructure using a zero trust system, raises a $30M Series B led by Piva, bringing its total funding to $54M — Xage (pronounced Zage) is a startup working to keep critical infrastructure like oil and gas pipelines, water supplies and electrical grids up and running securely. Source link
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don’t even provide authenticated responses — Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words … Source
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn plans to launch interactive, audio-only live events this month in beta for some creators and a video version in the spring — LinkedIn, now with more than 800 million people listing their professional profiles to build out their careers, is taking its next steps to get them to spend more time on the platform. Source Link
Protein powder can contain whey protein, pea protein, soy protein, and much more. I’d like to know why, though. Also, is it healthy to eat bulk protein powder? Why use protein powder? If you hang out with people who go to the gym, you have probably heard them talk about “protein smoothies” and “protein tablets.” Then why is it so important to use supplements to get the same result? Where do you want to go? Concept The idea behind protein powders and tablets makes some sense. In fact, as bodybuilders, we want to do both (ideally at the same time):…