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After Facebook turned on political advertising for the Georgia election, partisan content elbowed out traditional news sites in users' news feeds — Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users' feeds
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| Saniya More / The Block: |
Square says US FinCEN's proposed cryptocurrency regulation will inhibit widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies and hinder current law enforcement efforts — Square is the latest company to go public with its opposition to proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it is buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 planes from Delta and WestJet, the first time the company has purchased aircraft for its air cargo operation — - Retailer will buy 11 767-300 planes from Delta, WestJet — Amazon expects fleet to have more than 85 jets by end of 2022
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| Daphne Leprince-Ringuet / ZDNet: |
As Brexit progresses, 81K .eu domains registered by 50,000 UK citizens are suspended, with three months given to transfer domains or demonstrate EU citizenship — The UK lost its right to a .eu website when it left the European bloc, leaving many domain name owners in limbo.| Rebecca Falconer / Axios: |
NYSE says it no longer plans to delist China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, but will continue to evaluate applicability of an US EO to the companies — The New York Stock Exchange announced late Monday it no longer plans to delist three Chinese companies.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
FBI, CISA, and ODNI, with support from NSA, say an APT “likely Russian in origin” is responsible for all or most of the recently discovered hacks of US agencies — Joint statement from the FBI, CISA, ODNI, and NSA says SolarWinds hack was “likely Russian in origin.”
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
OCC says banks and savings associations can now run crypto nodes and use associated stablecoins for “permissible payment activities” — National banks and federal savings associations can use public blockchains and stablecoins for settlement, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Source: Tile is aiming to launch a new tracker this year that includes ultra wideband technology and will add the ability to find items in AR in its app — Tile is preparing to introduce a new product this year that will serve as a rival to Apple's long-awaited AirTags and other lost-item trackers coming …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Cameo hires new CTO, CFO, COO, CPO and says it sold 1.3M personalized videos in 2020, had ~$100M in video transactions, and 150 personalities earned $100K+/year — Cameo, the app that lets fans pay for personalized videos from celebrities, has hired a slew of new C-suite executives from media … | Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China's regulators aim to force Ant Group, which owns Alipay, to share its consumer-credit data with China's central bank or an entity controlled by it — Request is part of Beijing's crackdown on what it believes is Ant's unfair advantage over other lenders| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global consumer spending in mobile apps reached a record $111B in 2020, up 30.2% YoY, of which $72.3B was spent on the App Store and $38.6B on the Play Store — 2020 was a record-setting year for both mobile games and non-game apps, and consumer spending on Apple's App Store and Google Play soared … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
iLobby raises $100M from Insight Partners to help enterprises manage on-site visitors, including mail management that uses AI to streamline package handling — Enterprise-focused visitor management software provider iLobby has raised $100 million in a round of funding from Insight Partners.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Boston-based iboss, which helps companies securely manage their networks and edge point devices, raises $145M led by NightDragon and Francisco Partners — Iboss announced today that the company has raised a $145 million round of venture capital as the rapid evolution toward remote workforces …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Chronosphere, the cloud native monitoring tool launched in 2019 by two former Uber engineers, raises $43.4M Series B, bringing its total raised to $54.4M — Chronosphere, the scalable cloud native monitoring tool launched in 2019 by two former Uber engineers, announced a $43.4 million Series B today.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Divvy, an expense management service for businesses, raises $165M Series D at a $1.6B valuation — Divvy, an expenses management platform for businesses, has raised $165 million in a series D round of funding at a $1.6 billion valuation. — The raise comes amid a growing battle to infiltrate … Sponsor Posts
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