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The unavoidable

I’ve scoured the internet to find you today’s funniest/important/scariest/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Alleged Chinese ‘spy balloon’ flies over US
Authorities are reluctant to shoot him in case he hurts someone. (BBC)
+ The ball does not pose a threat to people on the ground. (WSJ$)
+ How China built a one-of-a-kind cyber espionage giant to last. (MIT Technology Review)

2 Things are going from bad to worse for Big Tech
Incomes are low and jobs are still at risk. (WP$)
+ Apple, in particular, fell short of expectations. (WSJ$)

3 The Kremlin appears to be tracking Russian dissidents via Telegram
The app, which is supposed to be encrypted, would have been compromised. (Wired $)

4 The motley crew behind the Tether cryptocurrency
Including a former plastic surgeon and child actor. (WSJ$)
+ We’re happy to be regulated, crypto industry tells UK officials. (FT$)
+ Exchange Binance has resumed operating in South Korea. (CoinDesk)
+ What’s next for crypto. (MIT Technology Review)

5 ADHD patients suffer from Adderall shortage
We don’t know why the supplies are so low and the authorities are not increasing the quotas. (The Guardian)

6 Native American peoples fight to be visible on Wikipedia
Publishers disagree on how to cover indigenous history. (Slate $)
+ Pakistani authorities ordered Wikipedia to remove content. (The register)

7 Those horrible clickbait ads on websites aren’t going anywhere
Disturbing images generate clicks, unfortunately. (Fast Company $)

8 Cons of Paying Social Media Users to Post
The Philippine central bank didn’t look favorably on it, to begin with. (Rest of the world)

9 TikTok loves Manhattan’s veteran watch dealers
They are pure uncut gems. (NYT$)

10 Virtual reality is getting sexy
Explicit content is prohibited on the VRChat platform, but people still attend virtual orgies. (BuzzFeed)