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All the crypt is down bad. Is DeFi lending platform Celsius to blame? More importantly, are margin calls coming for big Bitcoin bag holders, including Tesla? Jack Dorsey’s plan to leapfrog to Web5. Leaked images of the Galaxy Z Flip 4. Is your smart TV committing ad fraud? And why I’m pretty sure that Google AI bot did NOT become sentient.

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Links:

• Celsius Tanks 70% in 1 Hour After Company Pauses Withdrawals to 'Stabilize Liquidity' (Decrypt)
• Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin venture TBD unveils proposal for decentralized Web platform (The Block)
• Jack Dorsey’s TBD Announces Web 3 Competitor: Web 5 (CoinDesk)
• Galaxy Z Flip 4 leaks in real-life shots with much smaller display crease (9to5Google)
• Apple Goes Deeper Into Finance With Buy Now, Pay Later Offering (WSJ)
• Some Ads Play on Streaming Services Even When the TV Is Off, Study Finds (WSJ)
• The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life (Washington Post)
• Nonsense on Stilts (Gary Marcus)

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