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Editorial director, . Fighter of the Nightman. david@protocol.com and piercedavid@protonmail.com. DMs open.

Washington, DC
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    3 hours ago

    All the proof you need that 5G isn’t doing anything for you but killing your battery. Tested a bunch of iPhones on 4G and 5G. In some cases turning off 5G saved almost two hours of battery. Such a great column:

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    Mar 20

    Listen to my interview with , this was such a fun chat!

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    Mar 20

    I spent a lot of the past year trying to learn about crypto, web3, NFTs, DeFi, etc. But the explainers I found were bad — boring, biased, inaccessible. So I pitched my editors on letting me write my own Crypto 101 series. 14,000 words later, here it is!

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  4. Mar 19

    The future of TV is so stupid

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    Mar 19

    What if we couldn’t choose when or what to post on our social accounts? What if social media caught us off guard, and asked us to share our life at random, rather than a curated highlight real?

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  6. Mar 18

    Luigi, left-handed, I was unbeatable

    On its way to WATA. This was the only Tennis I knew before I met my wife. 😅🎾 I usually played as Yoshi.
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    Mar 18

    My former colleague is doing some of the best writing on climate , today's lesson is the history of plastics:

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    Mar 18

    It’s uncanny how good AI is getting

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    Mar 18

    "I’ve kept harping on this idea that very few people are collecting NFTs in general. More people actually own content in Second Life than own an NFT—vastly more."

    Today’s newsletter is a favorite. I interviewed , who has been reporting from inside Second Life for 19 years. We talk about the current metaverse hype and how Facebook is speed running all of the metaverse failure of 2006-2008
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    Mar 18

    Uber tells passengers they’re protected by insurance on every ride. But talked to a rider whose experience trying to use that coverage became absolutely impossible.

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    Mar 17

    It's pretty clear struck a nerve with her coverage of the FTC's "algorithmic destruction" remedy for data privacy offenders earlier this week, and it's also clear that in practice, enforcing this policy will be messy. Today's installment:

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  12. Mar 17

    My computer is fine, I don't need to spend $2,000 on a Mac Studio My computer is fine, I don't need to spend $2,000 on a Mac Studio My computer is fine, I don't need to spend $2,000 on a Mac Studio My computer is fine, I don't need to spend $2,000 on a Mac Studio My com

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    Mar 16

    When dug into over 60,000 leaked chat messages of the world’s most dangerous ransomware gang, he found an office dynamic that might sound a lot like yours: terrible bosses, burnout anxiety, and that one coworker. You know the one.

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  14. Mar 16

    After writing the definitive Section 230 book, 's new one is all about anonymity. We ran a great excerpt, all about real-name policies on social media: And and I grilled Jeff about the book and much more:

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    Mar 16

    I learned a ton reading 's new book, The United States of Anonymity, and you will too. Here's an excerpt to prove it: And here's a great conversation and I had with Jeff about the book:

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    Mar 16

    A decade ago, the first great tech policy fight was supposed to announce the arrival of the grassroots. Instead, it taught Google how to lobby

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    Mar 15

    Our newest baby was born today! Led by the fearless Brian “I am not a receptacle for your climate guilt” Kahn (), Climate will tackle tech’s role in solving the problem of climate change while reckoning with it’s own impact.

    The climate crisis is the biggest existential threat facing humanity. And as the world’s most powerful industry, tech has a huge role to play in solving the problem. Today, we’re launching Protocol Climate:
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    Mar 15

    we love and respect the sun

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  19. Mar 15

    TIL Dunkaroos still exist, and still kick ass

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    Mar 15

    It's happening y'all!!!

    The climate crisis is the biggest existential threat facing humanity. And as the world’s most powerful industry, tech has a huge role to play in solving the problem. Today, we’re launching Protocol Climate:
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