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Giller Prize-winning novelist Omar El Akkad says he never wants to be the kind of guy who would buy a Maserati. Read his story:

Novelist Omar El Akkad on Being the Engine and Being the Fuel | Wealthsimple The Giller award-winning writer gives us his money story, from the inequities of Qatar to the inequities of capitalism.

Ye olde social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, are scrambling to slow down TikTok. Here’s how they’re fighting for eyeballs, and survival.

In the War Against TikTok, Zuck Has Algorithm Envy The Chinese-owned video platform is growing fast and gobbling up tens of billions of dollars of ad revenue each year. Legacy social-media brands, in turn, are fighting for eyeballs, and survival.

It’s actually happening — probably. The Merge, the Ethereum network’s much-delayed, emissions-cutting overhaul, began recently. Here’s why everyone in crypto is talking about it.

The ETH Merge Is Almost Here. Probably Time To Understand It… Crypto could soon become a lot more energy efficient — and a lot more scalable — thanks to a fundamental change to the Ethereum blockchain. Here’s our best attempt to explain the radical update in real non-jargony English, and how it could change our tech.