Internal docs: a Facebook study about US users' vaccine hesitancy finds “substantial harm” from content that doesn't violate the company's rules
Internal study finds a QAnon connection and that content that doesn't break the rules may be causing ‘substantial’ harm
Kuo: Apple AirPods 3 will not enter mass production until Q3 2021; AirPods shipments will decline from 90M in 2020 to 78M in 2021 due to increasing competition
Despite a flurry of leaks surrounding next-gen AirPods in the last couple of weeks, Ming-Chi Kuo this morning said that new AirPods …
Stripe raises $600M from Sequoia Capital and others at a valuation of $95B, becoming the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley
Payments provider becomes Silicon Valley's most valuable private company — Stripe has become the most valuable private company Silicon Valley has produced …
Facebook debuts tools to promote COVID-19 vaccinations: helping US users find slots, partnering with health authorities on WhatsApp, labeling all vaccine posts
Facebook said Monday it's releasing new tools to make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 …
After US intel agencies, FBI, and DHS missed Chinese and Russian hacks, White House is looking to overhaul cyber defenses, including new industry partnerships
The intelligence agencies missed massive intrusions by Russia and China, forcing the administration and Congress to look for solutions …
Match Group invests in Garbo, a nonprofit that lets people run background checks with a first name and phone number, and will add the service to Tinder
Only a last name or phone number needed — Tinder and other Match Group-owned apps are going to let their users run background checks on possible dates.
AMD launches 3rd-gen EPYC Milan CPUs for enterprise and cloud computing workloads, a few weeks before Intel's expected debut of new Xeon Scalable chips
The new server processors come with big price-performance and total cost of ownership benefits over Intel's Xeon Scalable chips, according to AMD.
Apple says App Store supports over 330K jobs in the UK, up 10% YoY, with £3.6B in total earnings, up 22% YoY; App Store supports 1.7M jobs in Europe, up 7% YoY
Apple says its App Store now supports more than 330,000 jobs in the U.K., a 10% increase over the past year …
Review of the 3rd-gen EPYC Milan chips shows AMD continues to strengthen and maintain a very stark one-sided performance advantage against its main rival, Intel
The arrival of AMD's 3rd Generation EPYC processor family, using the new Zen 3 core, has been hotly anticipated.
Tencent shares fell 4% on Monday and 4.4% on Friday, wiping out $62B, as sources say China's regulators will focus on Tencent following Ant Group crackdown
- Its fintech, payments business worth $120 billion: Bernstein — Shares fall a second day on concern over regulatory scrutiny
China's market regulator says it will launch new rules this year to clear up “prominent problems in the online market” and track online transactions
Sources: Microsoft stands to receive $150M in US cybersecurity spending, nearly 25% of cybersecurity funds from COVID-19 relief bill, angering some lawmakers
Reuters : Tweets: @williamturton , @lanceulanoff , and @blmohr Tweets: William Turton / @williamturton : Ron Wyden is not pleased with Microsoft. https://www.reuters.com/... (by @Bing_Chris) https://...
Clubhouse says it won't require access to users' phone contacts anymore, and announces a creator accelerator program that will initially accept 20 participants
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GM says that due to the global chip shortage it will build certain 2021 pickups without a fuel management module, hurting those trucks' fuel economy performance
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Low-code database service Airtable raises $270M Series E at a $5.77B valuation led by Greenoaks Capital, following $185M Series D at a $2.5B valuation last year
Howie Liu, the cofounder and CEO of cloud software start-up Airtable, has raised a $270 million Series E round at a valuation of $5.77 billion.
Deliveroo says it plans to sell around £1B worth of new shares during its IPO in London, expected to value the company at over £5B
Analysis: Amazon's “Other” business, which is “primarily” ads, had $20B+ revenue in 2020, likely generating between $8.6B and $13.6B in operating income
There's an old and common narrative around Amazon that it doesn't make money, it sells below cost …
Apple, Google, and others hire lobbyists to counter proposed legislation in Arizona, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas aimed at privacy, app store fees, and ads
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Survey of 1,504 tech employees across the US: 78% say the tech industry is too powerful, 40% say it does more harm than good, 73% support more AI regulation
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol :
Recent FCC auction results: Verizon bid ~$53B to more than double its mid-band spectrum holdings and boost 5G; AT&T bid ~$27B and T-Mobile bid ~$9B on mid-range
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In a postmortem, Indie.vc founder shares the reasons why the alternative VC financing experiment failed
Bryce Roberts : Tweets: @indievc , @operaqueenie , @sirjrg , @jhoronjeff , @krdonnelly , @mattallen , @gilxhernandez , @danielvlopes , @gbennett41 , @adamhjk , @cwhogg , @miles_k , @ceonyc , and @mik...
DeepSee, which uses AI to automate business operations and generate insights, raises $22.6M Series A led by ForgePoint Capital
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Sources: Telegram owes creditors ~$700M by the end of April and plans to sell $1B to $1.5B in company debt to cover the bill
and pay back about $700 million to creditors next month. https://www.wsj.com/... w @JeffHorwitz
Inside Volkswagen's $30B plan to boost its software efforts, to compete with Tesla, hampered by internal battles, technical glitches, and a complex structure
Christoph Rauwald / Bloomberg : Tweets: @johnfraher , @crtrud , and @hyper_drive Tweets: John Fraher / @johnfraher : Can Volkswagen learn how to code? Nice piece on how the car giant is trying to bea...
Companies filed 15 appeals of GDPR fines in the last six months and EU courts overturned or reduced most of them, as regulators struggle with small budgets
Catherine Stupp / Wall Street Journal :
Centrical, a startup developing an employee engagement and performance management service, raises $32M led by Intel Capital and JVP
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Baidu says its AI chip unit Kunlun recently raised funding, source says at a $2B valuation led by Chinese PE firm CITIC Capital
Profile of Chinese streaming service Bilibili, which has 54M DAUs and made 40% of its 2020 revenue from mobile games, despite being known as a video site
South China Morning Post :
NYU professor Scott Galloway's Section4, which offers two to three week business education online courses, raises $30M Series A led by General Catalyst
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
Israel's Cynet, which provides AI-powered endpoint security and response to stop cyberattacks, raises $40M Series C to help it expand in N. America and Europe
Insitro, which uses machine learning to speed up drug discovery, raises $400M led by Canada Pension Plan; other investors include SoftBank, Temasek, and a16z
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.