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2019-08-16
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 9 – August 16, 2019 189 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 33 · Issue 228 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans

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Business 10 stories

  1. AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans

  2. Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to Invest

  3. CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978

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  1. Danish bank launches negative interest rate mortgage

  2. Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops to Investigate Their Own Customers

  3. Open Startups List

  4. Big Money Starts to Dump Stocks That Pose Climate Risks

Sports 5 stories

  1. Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Flared, Growing 75 Times as Bright for a Few Hours

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  1. Kaspersky AV injected unique ID allowing sites to track users in incognito mode

  2. I quit my job today to make video games full time

  3. Coinbase: Responding to Firefox 0-days in the wild

Technology 159 stories

  1. Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over

  2. Ebola Is Now Curable

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  1. Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books programmers should read?’

  2. NULL license plate not such a bright idea

  3. What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?

  4. Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender

  5. Cloudflare S-1

Entertainment 8 stories

  1. The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist

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  1. Show HN: Divjoy – React Codebase and UI Generator

  2. Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

  3. WeWork IPO Shows It's the Most Magical Unicorn

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