Meta says a global community development head, who spoke about inappropriate communications with a 13 year old in a viral sting video, is no longer an employee
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has confirmed to TechCrunch that Jeren A. Miles, who had been a manager of global community development …
Internal documents: 400+ Salesforce employees signed an open letter objecting to its NFT plans, including helping other companies create and sell NFTs
After Salesforce announced a foray into the NFT market, hundreds of workers revolted, raising environmental and fraud concerns
Netflix announces four comedy specials to be hosted and produced by Dave Chappelle; the comedian's last special led to Netflix employee protests
The controversial comic will host and produce four comedy specials focusing on other veteran comedians.
Whistleblower Aid, representing Frances Haugen, files two SEC complaints claiming Meta misled investors about its work to fight misinfo on COVID-19 and climate
A pair of new whistleblower complaints filed the with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February allege Facebook misled investors …
A look at the decline of MySpace, which flailed around for over a year as it was overtaken by Facebook, and parallels with Meta as TikTok surges
Read to the end for the anti-NFT anthem — I want to open today's email with an apology!! I wrote about the map-based Wordle game Worldle on Monday and I …
Project Zero: Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, on average in 25 days, compared to Google in 44 days, Mozilla 46, and Apple 69
Linux programmers do a better job of patching security holes than programmers at Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
How advertisers are dealing with Meta's ad price increases prompted by Apple's ATT changes, with some shifting their ad budgets to Google, Amazon, and TikTok
and leaders above them signing off on it — has impacted everyone from Facebook and Shopify to small businesses and DTC brands. To the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars! Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe :...
A look at Microsoft's AI system in Argentina's Salta province to predict teenage pregnancies, which faced pushback from activists for being invasive and opaque
A government leader in Argentina hailed the AI, which was fed invasive data about girls. The feminist pushback could inform the future of health tech.
Tandem Diabetes Care says one of its apps got FDA clearance to program insulin delivery for the company's pump, the first such app to receive approval
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A look at Lyft and Uber's foray into the est. $3B non-emergency medical transportation business, where everyday drivers take patients to and from appointments
Within the first week that Austin Correll was driving for Lyft in the fall of 2021, he was sent to pick up passengers at an address that turned out to be for a hospital. Tweets: @johnlegere Tweets: Jo...
The EU files a WTO case against China, alleging Chinese courts lowered global tech licensing fees, leading to billions in losses for Ericsson, Nokia, and others
Legal challenge at WTO alleges patent infringements are costing European manufacturers billions of euros
Convictional, which offers a one-stop shop for retailers to source, onboard, integrate, and trade with suppliers, raises a $40M Series B led by YC Continuity
Retailers have traditionally onboarded their drop-ship, marketplace and wholesale suppliers using electronic data interchange …
Nick Clegg's promotion reduces Mark Zuckerberg's responsibility for tackling uncomfortable policy issues and obscures his enduring grip over voting shares
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Meta drops out of the top 10 most valuable companies globally, dropping five places since September 2021 as its market value declined by $513B to $565B
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Sources: Better.com is preparing for layoffs that could affect as much as 40% to 50% of staff, as more senior executives depart including its finance VP
Things are getting worse at Better. — More executives have resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage …
Toronto-based Cohere, which lets companies add NLP to chatbots and other tools, raises a $125M Series B led by Tiger Global, five months after raising $40M
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Kubecost, whose open source tools help businesses monitor, manage, and optimize Kubernetes spend at scale, raises a $25M Series A led by Coatue Management
In the past year, Kubernetes adoption exploded, with over 5.6 million developers using the cloud-native tools — an increase of 67% from the year prior.
Source: Helium, a decentralized network of 500K+ cryptocurrency-mining hotspots that offer free p2p networking, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.2B valuation
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China asks food delivery services to cut fees for restaurants; Meituan's stock fell 15%+ to a 19-month low, wiping $26B off its market value, now at ~$148B
> Meituan shares sink as much as 11% after China issues new guidelines asking food delivery platforms to cut fees for restaurants to reduce business costs https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
Coast, which makes expense management software to help companies control fuel and fleet spending, raises a $27.5M Series A co-led by Accel and Insight Partners
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Tweets: @amitku , @addielerner , @bayareawriter , and @pitdesi . Thanks: @bayareawriter Tweets: Amit Kumar / @amitku : It's incredibly rare to meet someone as fintech-...
Source: Tiger Global told investors earlier this month that it will no longer focus on large, late-stage startups preparing to go public
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Ireland's data protection authority is expected to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers soon, dealing a potential blow to Meta and Google
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg : Tweets: @pt , @deutschjill , and @scmpnews Tweets: @pt : I keep saying we should just block EU IPs from the cool parts of the internet until they shit together and peop...
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.
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.