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WhatsApp has over 1,000 contractors moderating content, including private messages and media: Investigation Report

Deploying an army of content reviewers is just one of the ways that Facebook Inc. has compromised the privacy of WhatsApp users.
These contractors pass judgment on whatever flashes on their screen — claims of everything from fraud or spam to child porn and potential terrorist plotting — typically in less than a minute.
WhatsApp’s increasingly aggressive business plan is focused on charging companies for an array of services – letting users make payments via WhatsApp and managing customer service chats – that offer convenience but fewer privacy protections.

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Bitcoin mining consumes 0.5% of all electricity used globally and 7 times Google’s total usage

Bitcoin mining consumes around 91 terawatt-hours of electricity annually.
With increased competition, bitcoin mining has become an industry of its own, requiring specialized machines, servers, and huge data centers with enough cooling capacity to keep the computers from overheating.
As noted, the internal mining process itself has become more complex; according to the New York Times, a single desktop computer could easily mine bitcoin back in 2011, when the cryptocurrency had little following.

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Last month, the country set a global precedent by passing a legislation which forces Google and Apple to open their app stores to alternative payment systems.
Apple and Google also said they would charge a lower 15% commission from developers with less than $1 million in yearly revenue from app payments.
Now we have the South Korean legislation which directs Apple and Google to allow developers to have alternate payment methods within their app.

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