I think crypto companies are interested in the idea of fast, anonymous microtransactions for porn over social media. But I've also heard pitches for "OnlyFans on the blockchain". Among things you probably don't want to be "immutable", I imagine a public ledger of past sex work is up there.

Amazon is closing another loophole for people who strip DRM from their ebooks to use on other devices. Publishers may appreciate the move, but it's a blow to open platforms.

The bipartisan nature of the TikTok ban has become a rorschach test for politically disengaged Americans. Reddit is full of comments blaming Trump for the ban because they think the law started under him (he tried to ban it by executive order, on weak legal footing, which was reversed by Biden).

Bitcoin had a pretty wild in China: It once had the market cornered, producing the most bitcoin globally, then it banned cryptocurrencies in favor of blockchain sans crypto. Now Xi Jinping doesn't talk about blockchain anymore and Trump fever has enveloped the industry. www.scmp.com/tech/blockch...

The Penguin New Zealand Anthology, printed in Hong Kong by Penguin Random House, was printed with clearly censored passages in one author's story, including "Taiwanese flag" and "first Republic of China."

Sometimes I write about tech's impact on my profession. From FCC Hong Kong's October issue of The Correspondent.

And this is still a common misperception about the program.