DTC health insurance service Oscar Health files S-1 for its IPO, reports 2020 revenue of $1.67B, up from $1.04B in 2019; David Plouffe joins board
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Profile of Acronym, a progressive nonprofit that, with the help of ex-Facebook staffer James Barnes, is looking to use Trump's online ad tactics against him
A former Facebook employee is using a tool he employed to help President Trump win to conduct tests for a progressive group … Tweets: @nytpolitics , @chillywillers , @conorjrogers , @anthony , @fishbo...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. Tweets: @kashhill , @nytimes ,...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hires David Plouffe, ex-Obama adviser and Uber board member, as president of policy and advocacy, as firm seeks political influence
Quartz Queenie Wong / SiliconBeat : Chan Zuckerberg Initiative taps former Obama, Bush campaign managers to lead policy, advocacy Jessica Guynn / USA Today : Chan Zuckerberg adds political heavyweight...
How Uber used its lobbying force, one of the largest and most successful in the US, to start operating legally in Portland
This Is How Uber Takes Over a City … Charlie Hales, the mayor of Portland, Ore., was running a zoning hearing last December when he missed a call on his cell from David Plouffe …
Google's policy and communications head Rachel Whetstone takes same role at Uber; David Plouffe, who held that position at Uber, joins board in advisory role
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