Curated Commons // Edition 86
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Becoming rich, through passive income
The pandemic, and extended lockdowns, have driven a lot of interest in generating passive incomes. As always, folks selling ways to generate passive income are the ones laughing all the way to the bank - Read here
Be worried. Be very worried.
Two security researchers cracked the security of some industrial control systems. They claim it was their easiest challenge yet! - Read here
When your business is sitting in line for others
Late stage capitalism at work - a man who sits in lines for the rich- Read here
Death to the password. Finally?
We may finally be getting to making passwords redundant. Google, Microsoft and Apple are announcing plans to support a passwordless sign-in standard from the FIDO alliance. Your phone will be the key soon. - Read here
BNPL + Influencers = whole lot of pain
In 2021, Americans spent over $20Bn on Buy Now Pay Later services and influencers are pushing these further! Crazy bubble waiting to explode across markets - Read here
A guide to digital privacy & security, while protesting
Signs you are in 2022 in a world beset with a variety of issues - Read here
And while at it, a 3D-printable, open source anti-gas kettle for deactivating tear gas shells!
Insights from Garbage
#TIL There’s a field of study and expertise in going through trash and drawing insights - garbology. - Read here
Big money hurts big, even in the tiny loans industry
Microfinance moved from philanthropists to big financiers who see this as a big opportunity. The result - lots of pain. - Read here ($)
A robot, for studying penguins
Meet the autonomous robot that lives in this Antarctic colony and helps understand penguins better- Read here
A pill for obesity?
An experimental drug has enabled people with obesity or who are overweight to lose about 22.5 percent of their body weight, about 52 pounds on average, in a large trial, the drug’s maker announced on Thursday. - Read here ($)
Solar panels as…marketing canvas!
Marketers will be marketers! - Read here
More Interesting Reads:
Sony is standing up to Chinese censorship demands - Read here
Mobile phones, a pandemic and a women’s prison in Argentina - Read here
Another day, another Google product sunsets - Google Go this time - Read here
If you are lying to a reporter, pick one that doesn’t fact-check - Read here ($)
Australian researchers are claiming a big leap in improving efficiency of electrolyzers using in producing cheap hydrogen - Read here
Most downloaded app in the US - online clothing retailer Shein - Read here
Twitter is great, but in moderation. A sobering story of how the CMO of Levi’s lost her way on Twitter, and then lost her job - Read here ($)
India’s new cybersecurity directives are a head-scratcher! - Read here
Drone delivery is already here. Just not for what you think
Some fake pics are so good!
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