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Did the capitalists kill the internet? At the beginning of the century, the internet was an escape from reality. Now reality is an escape from the internet, writes Emma Garland, columnist for the Huck Newsletter. (Huck)
In your lifetime, you'll spend nearly $200,000 on streaming, cable TV, cell phone and internet. A new report on consumer media spending puts your monthly bills in proper perspective. (Fast Company)
A group of ten fraudsters collected more than CZK 64 million from more than 40 000 people for an alleged charity. They established fake foundations, set up call centres and gradually hired several people to call donors. According to the police, this is the largest case of fraud based on trust and solidarity in the Czech Republic to date. (iDnes)
Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization" (Boing Boing)
Great read: are social media platforms the next dying malls? Shopping malls died because there were too many of them. Social media is now entering the same phase. (Honest Broker)
Mathematicians have discovered a new way of counting prime numbers (Quanta Magazine)
Clothing and footwear in the Czech Republic have become unprecedentedly expensive. Compared to Germany, this is a significant difference, says an economist. Czech households' purchasing power is closest to that of Germany when paying for medicines and healthcare. On the other hand, it is weakest when it comes to buying clothes and shoes, alcoholic beverages and computer technology. (iRozhlas)
Here are the 10 biggest tech controversies of 2024. (Neowin)
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There is no podcast. Banning Spotify or YouTube would deprive Czech Radio of two-thirds of its online airplay. But much more is lost in the battle for radio. (Jakub Jetmar)