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Jack Dorsey backs an open-source development collective with $10 million

Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day. The Block CEO put those together under the auspices of a new development collective called "and Other Stuff," a nonprofit that he is backing with a $10 million cash injection through his StartSmall foundation, as TechCrunch reports.<br /> The group plans to work on open-source projects, including ones that could become consumer social media apps, along with app-development tools. The developers met on Nostr, a social networking protocol Dorsey has also backed financially. <br /> The "and Other Stuff" collective aims to support Nostr's "transition from an experimental protocol to a widely [...]

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Match Score: 125.16

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Match Score: 121.02

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Match Score: 118.40

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Match Score: 109.55

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Match Score: 84.32

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Jack Dorsey's new app tracks your sun exposure

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Block reportedly lays off almost 1,000 employees

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Match Score: 69.07