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Friday 19th February

February 18, 2021

Things you may have missed🏖

Things You Should Know👀

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What’s more popular than Dan Andrews in North Face? Clubhouse. Every aspiring entrepreneur is on it having woke conversations about blockchain, and after an appearance on the app Zuckerberg is now looking to clone it.

Oh of course this was going to happen, more innovation from Facebook.

Get your popcorn, kick off your shoes and sit back to watch the drama that is The Media Bargaining Code. As Facebook pulls the plug on News content.

Facebook blocking news means that Google is potentially hit with a heavy bill around the sound of $150m. Whatever side of the fence you’re on, it’s a wild ride and one to keep a close eye on.

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AHEM. Ladies and Gentlemen, today I’m here to talk to you about Content Fortresses and how the ATT changes caused them.

An interesting take on what this means for the future of Apps, such as Facebook, once the iOS14 changes rollout. Moving to in-app monetisation is a very real possibility and will be very tricky for Apple to police.

Cool Stuff😎

I, for one, welcome our robot overlords. This technology from Epic is, well, EPIC! Look how realistic the faces are, and this will be the norm for games soon.

The Epic Metahuman tool will revolutionise gaming, animation and even film. Let’s hope it doesn’t find it’s way into more deep fakery!

Yellow, Red, Blue. This cool experiment from Google has imagined what Kandinsky heard as he painted, as he had synesthesia -a neurological condition that causes one sense to trigger another.

A pretty cool experiment from Google. Personally, when I see blue, I hear Eiffel 65.

What we’ve learned📚

We all take things for granted…Our health, Arsenal in the 00’s and location intelligence. Right? Well, Google wants us to lean back in with this joint study with BCG for Location intelligence.

An interesting survey/review that should get some cogs spinning, both for customer-facing and the operational side.

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THEY TOOK OUR JOOOOBS. Elon Musk describes AI as the greatest threat to Humanity, but could AI be your next psychologist? The Sopranos would be a very different show…

A great article from Business Insider that not only looks at it’s potential in this field but also where it has more ability to deploy.

The Nerd Corner🤓

As Anti-Competition regulations come into action, Google has been hit by multiple regions to play nicely. In Europe, they have to ask users which Search Engine they prefer to use, of course they make them bid for their appearance which has pushed adware up the top.

Not going to lie, it’s a heavy read. If you’d prefer a thread to read that simplifies it, then I got you.

FLoC, Turtledove, Sandbox. SO MANY NEW TERMS. Confused? Well, here’s a great interview with a Chrome engineer who’s asked some tricky questions.

He dodges like Ali. Some interesting answers here, it certainly makes it seem as though the changes are far off though and that the 95% figure Google proclaimed was a simulated usage not real usage.