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After Facebook bans seven extremists, Trump, in a series of tweets, complains about the ban, retweeting extremists' tweets, and issuing vague threats — New York (CNN)Facebook barred seven users from its services earlier this week, citing its policies against “dangerous individuals and organizations.”| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Sources: FTC commissioners remain divided along the party lines on whether to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally liable for Facebook's future privacy violations — The F.T.C. chairman seems to have the votes to approve a settlement. One of the biggest issues has been whether to hold Mark Zuckerberg liable for future violations.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Some Git source code repositories, including at least 392 from GitHub, have been wiped and replaced with a ransom demand in a possible coordinated attack — Hacker wipes Git repos and asks for Bitcoin. Gives victims 10 days and threatens to release the code.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
A look at Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as Uber prepares to go public; source: CEO decided Travis Kalanick isn't welcome on the NYSE balcony for next week's IPO — The C.E.O. wants to prove that the start-up has evolved past a raucous, and profligate, tech-bro culture. But Uber's past is simply not that far gone.
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| Celia Wan / The Block: |
Bitfinex is trying to raise $1B via initial exchange offering of LEO tokens to provide liquidity as it seeks access to $850M it says were frozen by governments — Bitfinex will issue an initial exchange offering (IEO) that aims to raise $1 billion, according to an excerpt …
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| Laura Bliss / CityLab: |
Innisfil, Ontario, which in 2017 decided to subsidize Uber rides in lieu of a public bus system, has been forced to raise fares and cap rides as adoption grows — Innisfil, Ontario, decided to partially subsidize ride-hailing trips rather than pay for a public bus system.
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
YouGov and Cambridge poll of 25,000+ people in 23 countries finds that UK citizens trust social media platforms less than any other nation surveyed — Majority in UK favour stronger regulation of tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter — Britons trust social media platforms less … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase says CTO Balaji Srinivasan is leaving; source: Srinivasan was not given enough freedom and had differing visions for the future product roadmap — Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is parting ways with its CTO Balaji Srinivasan, who joined the firm as part of one of its largest acquisitions, The Block has learned.
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| Mike Dudas / The Block: |
Report: Facebook seeks ~$1B from financial firms and e-commerce sites to back its stablecoin as it readies its payments network and rewards system for users — - Facebook is planning to launch a full payments network (rather than just remittances) and in discussions with payment networks Visa …
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| Forbes: |
A profile of Lemonade, a millenial-friendly discount insurance startup, which has raised $480M in five rounds, the last one at a $2B+ valuation, says source — In the summer of 2017, a Los Angeles man in his mid-20s put on a necklace, blond wig and makeup and made a cellphone video describing …
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Jack Dorsey has emerged as a lifestyle guru in Silicon Valley, raising demand for near-infrared saunas, meditation retreats, cryotherapy spas, and fasting tools — The Twitter chief executive is tech's foremost manfluencer, guiding his followers toward optimum cognitive performance. Or, at least, hunger.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook is taking the same self-assured approach to safety that it has with products, but it is strange to see the company be so proud of cleaning its own mess — Watch enough Facebook product rollouts, and you'll notice a certain consistency. The presentation is always polished … Sponsor Posts
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