TikTok has joined the NFT craze, so the singularity must be nigh. USB-C tries to clear up its customer confusion problem. Zoom abandons a huge acquisition. And a crypto developer is begging users to give $90 million dollars in tokens back, after an all-time screw up.

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Links:

• TikTok announces NFT collection led by top creators (The Block)
• USB-C group hopes new logos will solve customer confusion (Apple Insider)
• Zoom and Five9 abandon $14.7 billion acquisition (CNBC)
• DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it (CNBC)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• How EA got into mobile — and figured out the future of gaming (Protocol)
• Toast built a $30 billion business by defying Silicon Valley and surviving a ‘suicide mission’ (CNBC)
• How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum (The Pragmatic Engineer)
• APPLE’S FORTRESS OF SECRECY IS CRUMBLING FROM THE INSIDE (The Verge)
• Facebook's Latest Scandals: The Banality Of Hubris; The Messiness Of Humanity (TechDirt)

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