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Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job

The Verge

In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce, Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to current and former moderators to compensate them for mental health issues developed on the job. Scola developed symptoms of PTSD after nine months on the job.

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Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?

Vox

Reddit also recently signed a data licensing deal with Google , reportedly valued at about $60 million a year , to help train the search engine’s artificial intelligence models on the conversations happening on Reddit. The advent of AI large language models like Google Gemini has opened up new opportunities in licensing.

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8 enterprise web application development trends to watch in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As digital technologies transform the business landscape, web development becomes increasingly important. In the near future, those who keep up with changing development trends will have an advantage over those who don’t. So, where is enterprise application development headed in the coming year?

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Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

GeekWire

The idea is to create a vetted network that includes group coaching, events, resources, and more. The year-old startup is led by Ryan Fuller , a longtime tech exec who co-founded VoloMetrix, a Seattle-area startup that built employee efficiency software and was acquired by Microsoft in 2015. Knapsack , a Portland, Ore.-based

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YouTube’s biggest kids show is about to take over streaming services

The Verge

Moonbug formed in February 2018 and quickly bought up popular YouTube channels in an attempt to assemble a sort of next-generation streaming-focused kids network. Other popular YouTube creators have found success partnering with more traditional networks and streamers. Streaming services need a plethora of content.

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The scalability and performance efficiency of Bitcoin blockchain

Dataconomy

Originally Bitcoin was initiated by Satoshi Nakamoto under the MIT license in 2009. These inputs give instructions to the network for those coins or coins for which the payment will be drawn. In case the transaction is valid, that will be added to the pool and further relay the transactions to the peers in the network.

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Life sciences startups in Eastern Washington find a welcoming ecosystem away from big cities

GeekWire

“We have long-standing relationships and community built in this region that allows innovators to advance ideas and network and connect in a way that you just don’t get in more urbanized areas,” said Georgina Lynch , co-founder of Appiture Biotechnologies , which is developing ways to diagnose autism by measuring light reflexes in the eye.