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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Facebook has done nothing but behave badly from inception, yet it has received only slaps on the wrist by authority figures, while being rewarded by the market — Facebook gets away with it again — Facebook's stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today.
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| Mark Dent / Wired: |
A look at Rockdale, Texas, where Bitmain planned to build the world's largest bitcoin mining facility, and how it all went wrong after bitcoin prices plunged — In 1952, The Saturday Evening Post christened Rockdale, Texas, “The Town Where It Rains Money.”| Adam Walser / WFTS: |
Florida DMV earned $77M+ in fiscal 2017 from sales of driver and ID cardholder information to 30+ private companies, including data brokers like Acxiom — LAKELAND, Fla. — A local woman is blaming the state government for an onslaught of robocalls and direct mail offers … | Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Microsoft Word for Android has been installed over 1B times; Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive each have 500M+ installs on Android, and Outlook has 100M+ — Other Microsoft Apps have hit 500 million installs — Microsoft recently hit a particularly notable milestone … | Josh Kaplan / Slate: |
A look at how surveillance is becoming more prevalent with almost nothing restricting how it is used, as automatic license plate reader software becomes cheaper — Cheap surveillance software is changing how landlords manage their tenants and what laws police can enforce.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
How Avast, an antivirus company founded in 1988 in Czechoslovakia, survived competition with McAfee and Symantec, to become a global cybersecurity powerhouse — On the rooftop terrace of the five-star Hotel U Prince, Pavel Baudis surveys the city he's lived in for most of his 59 years.
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| Joshua Franklin / Reuters: |
Sources: Vista Equity Partners raises $850M for a second fund focused on early-stage enterprise software companies — (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has raised $850 million for a second fund dedicated to investing in early-stage enterprise software companies …
Tweets: @trengriffin
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Real estate computer vision startup Matterport to acquire AI startup Arraiy, which automates special effects processing and has raised $13.9M — Real estate computer vision platform startup Matterport is set to acquire Arraiy, an AI startup aiming to automate special effects processing in film.| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese bike-sharing startup Hellobike is challenging Ofo and Mobike with a focus on smaller cities and a $145M joint venture for battery-swapping stations — Shanghai-based firm will offer a range of two-wheeler options, including bicycles as well as electric bikes and scooters Shanghai-based Hellobike …
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| Kalev Aasmae / ZDNet: |
A look at Estonia's four and half year old e-residency program, which now has 55,000 e-residents and is unlikely to attain its original goal of 10M by 2025 — Instead of the goal of gaining 10 million e-residents by 2025, Estonia is now focusing on security and usability.| Bloomberg: |
Source: James Murdoch has invested $20M in The Void, a startup that has launched immersive, interactive VR venues in 11 cities around the world — - Mogul is building diverse portfolio after leaving Fox empire — James Murdoch, heir to billionaire media magnate Rupert Murdoch …
Tweets: @caseynewton, @newsynick, @charliefink, and @business
| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
China Internet Report 2019 shows the scale of 5G infrastructure plans across the country, huge untapped potential for e-commerce in lower-tiered cities, more — The China Internet Report 2019 offers insight into key China technology trends, with deep dives into 11 key sectors and expert commentary … Sponsor Posts
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The staffing formula for India's 10-minute gig economy — Leaving for an early morning meeting, but the dog ate your toothbrush? That's how the quick commerce market was born in the post-COVID era.
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