Curated Commons // Edition 158
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Cops love…Google user data
This is one whoa story! A rookie cop lost his car and the police radio. What happened next will make you sit up. - Read here ($)
Google says it received a record 60,472 search warrants in the US last year, more than double the number from 2019. The company provides at least some information in about 80% of cases.
How people in the US Vs the EU save
Some very interesting charts highlighting how the pandemic-era surge in savings is now clearly done in some parts of the world - Read here ($)
Meet the TikTok account that is doxing normal people
Off-the-shelf facial recognition systems and a Taylor Swift fan show how the end of online privacy is going to look like! - Read here
Is Sam Altman the Oppenheimer of our age?
Some think so. - Read here ($)
A degree in…influencing
Being a content creator, and hopefully eventually an ‘influencer’, is now a legit career line. And universities are latching on to the opportunity - Read here
Is it time for HollyAIwood?
Will the end of the writers strike mean the beginning of the entry of AI into Hollywood? - Read here ($)
Rethinking live entertainment
Worth reading on Sphere, the new Las Vegas venue for live entertainment. Something that fuses tech into the architecture for a very different experience - Read here ($)
The NYT has an article on the owner - Read here ($)
Video games are big, official or not
EA broke up with Fifa and launched its own game which is seeing strong traction. For Fifa, this was the largest commercial deal outside of the men’s world cup! - Read here ($)
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