Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …
Telegram blocks Navalny's Smart Voting chatbot on the second day of voting in Russia's parliamentary election
Popular messaging app Telegram has suspended all chat bots used in the Russian elections campaign, in another blow to jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Smart Voting initiative …
A possible retail listing of Surface Pro 8 with a 13" 120Hz display with narrow bezels and two Thunderbolt ports leaks ahead of Microsoft's event on Wednesday
Microsoft is holding a Surface hardware event on Wednesday — Microsoft is preparing to launch a new Surface Pro 8 model next week …
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups
Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day. Tweets: @willoremus , @ruchowdh , @ethicsoftech , @bostonjoan , @clancynewyork ,...
A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard
In January 2019, Kosta Eleftheriou had every reason to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges.
Saudi-based customer communications service Unifonic raises $125M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Sanabil, which is owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF
- Japanese conglomerate leads $125 million round for Unifonic — Sanabil, wholly owned by Saudi wealth fund, co-led the round Source: unifonic .
Google to bring an Android 11 feature that auto-resets permissions granted to apps that haven't been used in months, to phones running Android 6 and above
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Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools
In a “dystopian nightmare” internet, Ismail Fahmi holds a strange monopoly on debunking false facts. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Tweets: @rosstapsell , @timmerman91 , @cengizyar , @anupkaphle , @restofwo...
Report: India's antitrust authority found that Google abused the dominant position of Android in the country to illegally hurt competitors
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LA-based Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raises $67M Series D led by Foris Ventures, the family office of John Doerr
Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raised $67 million in Series D funding led by Foris Ventures, John Doerr's family office.
A look at how the withdrawal of Google and others from London's decade-old Silicon Roundabout may be proof the UK's startup scene has expanded and matured
Nearly a decade after David Cameron launched Tech City, Shoreditch has been dramatically transformed. But what is the initiative's legacy? Tweets: @oscwilliams , @christianhern , @sarahdrinkwater , @...
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market
Madrid-based Seedtag has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round. $35 million of this round arrives via Oakley Capital, a figure that provides the investment firm … Source: PR Newswire and See...
Pagaya, whose AI-powered service makes financial transactions like lending more efficient for banks, is going public in a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$9B
Pagaya would combine with the SPAC EJF Acquisition and uses artificial intelligence to improve lending and other financial processes Source: Business Wire .
Amazon says it has closed 3,000 seller accounts backed by about 600 Chinese brands for review fraud
Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post :
CreatorIQ, which helps brands with influencer marketing by providing e-commerce and campaign measurement tools, raises $40M from investors including TVC Capital
Influencer marketing company CreatorIQ announced that it closed a new $40 million funding round, looking to enhance tools … Source: Business Wire and CreatorIQ .
GitLab files for a US IPO and says its revenue in the latest quarter grew 69% to $58.1M, while net losses grew to $40.2M from $9.4M a year ago
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A review of US laws governing the corporate use of biometric screening finds Illinois stands out in banning biometric data collection without consent
Michael Berens / Reuters : Tweets: @john_j_howard , @caitlin_reports , @iwillleavenow , @reuters , @mjberens1 , @reuters , @reuters , and @reuterslegal Tweets: John J. Howard, Ph.D. / @john_j_howard ...
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies
Brian X. Chen / New York Times : Tweets: @glenngabe , @ohmdee , @carnage4life , @carnage4life , @pt , @joefav , @nytimes , @brave , @marshacollier , @nytscience , and @rob See also Mediagazer Tweets:...
Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic
Tom Krazit / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol and @protocol . Thanks: @colegarry2 Tweets: @protocol : “Is this really what's best for developers? I think if we truly are always putting developers first t...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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