Fri. 10/01 – TikTok And NFTs, Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together

TikTok has joined the NFT craze, so the singularity must be nigh. USB-C tries to clear up its customer confusion problem. Zoom abandons a huge acquisition. And a crypto developer is begging users to give $90 million dollars in tokens back, after an all-time screw up. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Links: TikTok announces NFT collection led by top creators (The Block) USB-C group hopes new logos will solve customer confusion (Apple Insider) Zoom and Five9 abandon $14.7 billion acquisition (CNBC) DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it (CNBC) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How EA got into mobile — and figured out the future of gaming (Protocol) Toast built a $30 billion business by defying Silicon Valley and surviving a ‘suicide mission’ (CNBC) How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum (The Pragmatic Engineer) APPLE’S FORTRESS OF SECRECY IS CRUMBLING FROM THE INSIDE (The Verge) Facebook's Latest Scandals: The Banality Of Hubris; The Messiness Of Humanity (TechDirt)