#5Recommended: The Future of Work, Signal vs. WhatsApp & other stories

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#1 Future of Work

by The New York Times Magazine

OK, I am kind of cheating here, because this is not one article, but a whole series, but I really think you should read it, or at least these pieces:

• How to Make Billions in E-Sports

• The Great Google Revolt

• How to Work the System at Work

• Need to Keep Gen Z Workers Happy? Hire a ‘Generational Consultant’

Read the series >>

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#2 The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world

by Karen Hao / MIT Technology review

The AI moonshot was founded in the spirit of transparency. This is the inside story of how competitive pressure eroded that idealism.

Read the story >>

Even Elon Musk, one of the founders of OpenAI, thinks the initiative has to be more open.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

@_KarenHao @OpenAI OpenAI should be more open imo

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#3 CRASH COURSE: A YouTube influencer explains how creators get paid, her advice for making more money, and how much she earns

by Rachel Cohn and Amanda Perelli / Business Insider

Natalie Barbu is a YouTube creator with 260,000 subscribers who lives in New York City and posts videos twice a week about her day-to-day life experiences. In this Business Insider video, Barbu breaks down how she makes money on YouTube and how much she earns. For this crash course, Barbu covers topics like how to start placing ads in a YouTube video (00:51), her tips on how to make the most money possible on each video (2:19), and how much someone can expect to make from those ads (7:46).

Read the story >>

This is a part of the video available on YouTube.

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#4 Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses

by Andy Greenberg / Wired

The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream.

Read the story >>

Techmeme @Techmeme

Behind Signal's push to go mainstream by adding features like iPad support, ephemeral images and video, downloadable customizable stickers, and emoji reactions (@a_greenberg / Wired) wired.com/story/signal-e…

techmeme.comBehind Signal’s push to go mainstream by adding features like iPad support, ephemeral images and video, downloadable customizable stickers,…By Andy Greenberg / Wired. View the full context on Techmeme.

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#5 How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw

by Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic

China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.

Read the story >>

zeynep tufekci @zeynep

New piece. Hear me out. What if Xi Jinping didn't even *know* of key details of the coronavirus outbreak until it was too late? What if his authoritarian blindspot was *worsened* by China's use of surveillance and censorship technology? theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

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