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Tech companies' alleged support for extremism and history of hypertext systems

This cluster contains two distinct articles with no overlapping themes. The first article, "Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism," discusses how major tech companies like Apple and Google allegedly supported or enabled extremist platforms and figures, referencing Donald Trump, Truth Social, and events like January 6. The second article, "Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight," delves into the history and concepts behind Project Xanadu, a hypertext system developed by Ted Nelson, contrasting it with the eventual development of HTML and the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two distinct opinion pieces on unrelated topics: one criticizing tech companies' past actions and another historical exploration of a hypertext project.

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Tech companies' alleged support for extremism and history of hypertext systems

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The cluster contains two distinct opinion pieces on unrelated topics: one criticizing tech companies' past actions and another historical exploration of a hypertext project.
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism Article URL: https:// karlbode.com/never-forget-how- eagerly-apple-and-google-coddled-fascism/ Comment

    Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism Article URL: https:// karlbode.com/never-forget-how- eagerly-apple-and-google-coddled-fascism/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9560015 Points: 9 # Comments: 0 https:// karlbode.com/never-forget-how- e…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight Article URL: https:// gwern.net/xanadu Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9559522 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

    Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight Article URL: https:// gwern.net/xanadu Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9559522 Points: 7 # Comments: 0 https:// gwern.net/xanadu # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Gadgets # Software # Cybersecurity # Apple # Google # M…