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Music Piracy Is Back, Baby
“You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a handbag,” said that infamous 2000s anti-piracy commercial from the Motion Picture Association. “Piracy is stealing.” But would you pirate a song? Last year, over 17 billion visits were made to music piracy websites around the world, first reported by Wired. Music piracy is on the rise,…
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Failed Businesses and Tech Bros Keep Trying For Crypto Comebacks
Those of us who’ve been paying attention to new blockchain projects over this past year have noticed a strange trend. Failed or failing individuals or businesses are trying to reform their images, and it has everything to do with the still-nebulous idea of Web3.
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Gizmodo’s Wackiest Gadgets of 2002
Gizmodo is 20 years old! In the summer of 2002, “The Gadgets Weblog” officially launched to cover all of your gadget weblogging needs. The last two decades have been a wild ride in technology, so we’re taking this opportunity to look back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for…
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Napster Wants to Become a Web3 Company
Floundering file sharing platforms like Napster and LimeWire are getting a second chance at life shilling out NFTs.