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Sources: the Trump admin has bought access to a database tracking locations of millions of phones in the US and is using it for immigration and border control — Commercial database that maps movements of millions of cellphones is deployed by immigration and border authorities
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Instagram has internally prototyped an Instagram Partner Program that will let IGTV creators earn money by showing ads alongside their videos — Instagram may finally let IGTV video makers earn money 18 months after launching the longer-form content hub. Instagram confirms to TechCrunch …
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Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 may end up raising less than half of the planned $108B, with nearly all of its capital coming from SoftBank itself — The new pool could end up being less than half its planned size, with nearly all of its capital coming from SoftBank itself
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For the first time, Netflix details the government takedown requests it's received, says it's removed 9 pieces of content around the world since it was founded — Netflix has taken down just 9 pieces of content around the world in response to written government requests since it was founded 23 years ago … | CNBC: |
Uber's stock is up ~10% after the company announced a Q4 loss that was narrower than expected and moved its profitability forecast forward — - Uber's revenue growth picked up in the quarter. — During the fourth quarter, Uber faced tighter regulations impacting its business in London and California and continued to slash costs.
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Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook account for ~18% of the S&P 500 index by market value — NEW YORK (AP) — Now that they've already taken over our lives, big tech companies are taking over the stock market. — The five biggest U.S. stocks — Apple, Microsoft …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Paystand, which is building a blockchain-based platform to make commercial B2B transactions as easy as Venmo payments are for consumers, raises $20M Series B — Paystand has raised $20 million to modernize commercial payments using its blockchain-based platform so that paying a corporate bill …
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The number of reported child sexual abuse videos surged to 41M in 2019, surpassing the number of reported illicit photos; Facebook reported 85% of the total — In a first, videos outnumbered photos in reports to the authorities last year. Facebook found the most imagery, the bulk of it on its Messenger app.| AnandTech: |
64-core AMD Threadripper 3990X CPU review: great for rendering and scientific computing but has the same performance as AMD's 32-core CPU for other applications — The recent renaissance of AMD as the performance choice in the high-end x86 market has been great for consumers, enabling a second offering at the top-end of the market.
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter workers contributed ~$270K to the Bernie Sanders campaign, more than any other presidential candidate, in Q4 2019 — Sanders, an avowed democratic socialist, has been highly critical of tech companies. Their employees don't seem to mind.
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NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange abandons potential eBay takeover deal after a backlash from investors — Investors had pushed back against move to acquire e-commerce company — The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange abandoned its pursuit of eBay Inc. EBAY 2.36% …
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LA-based ridesharing company HopSkipDrive raises $22M, says it now has deals with school districts in 13 markets across eight states — It's no secret that it's hard to make the economics work at rideshare companies. That may explain the success to date of HopSkipDrive, a six-year-old … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based education app Byju's raises a round from General Atlantic, which, source says, invested $200M, following a $200M raise from Tiger Global in Jan. — Indian education firm Byju's said on Friday that General Atlantic, an existing investor in the startup, has pumped additional money …
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Google says starting with Chrome 82 in April, it will gradually start blocking “mixed content downloads”, which are non-HTTPS downloads started on secure pages — Today we're announcing that Chrome will gradually ensure that secure (HTTPS) pages only download secure files.
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| Ben Lane / HousingWire: |
HouseCanary, which develops software to automate residential real estate valuations, raises $65M Series C, bringing its total raised to $130M — Series C funding round grows fintech's total funding to $130 million — It seems that investors have some interest in automating real estate appraisals.| Robert Stevens / Decrypt: |
Blockchain data management startup Fluree says it has signed a contract with US Air Force to securely share data within the military and with US allies — The US Air Force has signed a contract with blockchain data management company Fluree to more securely track and share information within the military.
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India-based baby product retailer FirstCry has raised $150M from Softbank, bringing the Japanese conglomerate's stake to ~40% and its total investment to $300M — India-based baby product retailer FirstCry has raised another $150 million from Softbank, bringing the Japanese conglomerate's total investment …
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