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| Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: |
The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public — In more than 1,400 posts from Jan. 1, 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump used Facebook to spread false information with devastating consequences for the country.
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| New York Times: |
Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook's handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the Oversight Board handed it back to Facebook — Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister, has shaped the company's handling of Donald Trump at every turn.| Oversight Board: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is rolling out improved prompts that discourage “harmful” language, first to iOS and then Android, after studies showed prompts were effective — A year ago, Twitter began testing a feature that would prompt users to pause and reconsider before they replied to a tweet using …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Google relaxes WFH rules to let more staff work remotely, expecting 20% to be fully remote, 20% to move sites, 60% to return to offices a few days a week — Google is giving its employees more flexibility to work from different locations or entirely from home, taking a more lenient policy …
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| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
Jeff Bezos beat the National Enquirer by bypassing media and appealing directly to regular people, retaliating with the brutal efficiency used to build Amazon — When a gossip rag went after the CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire.| Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent is in talks with CFIUS to negotiate agreements that would allow the company to keep its ownership stakes in Riot Games and Epic Games — Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) is negotiating agreements with a U.S. national security panel that would allow it to keep its ownership stakes … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
As Netflix prepped limited tests to drop Apple's IAPs, Apple told Netflix these tests would “limit co-marketing opportunities, including on-store featuring” — New internal emails and presentation documents revealed as part of the Epic vs. Apple show how Apple attempted …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber Q1: $2.9B revenue, below estimates, as net loss shrinks to $108M from $968M QoQ due to self-driving unit sale; delivery gross revenue up 166% YoY to $12.5B — - Uber reported first quarter results after-the-bell on Wednesday. — Overall, Uber's net loss was $108 million …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Una Brands, which acquires and consolidates third party sellers across e-commerce platforms in the Asia-Pacific region, launches with $40M in debt and equity — One of the biggest funding trends of the past year is companies that consolidate small e-commerce brands.
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| Danielle Partis / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Following the departure of Google Stadia's head of product John Justice, a further six employees have left Stadia to work at Haven Studios, founded by an ex-VP — Former Stadia general manager Sebastien Puel is a co-founder of Jade Raymond's new venture — A further six members of staff …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
French startup Shift Technology, which uses AI to help insurance providers detect and prevent fraud, raises $220M Series D at a $1B+ valuation, led by Advent — While insurance providers continue to get disrupted by startups like Lemonade, Alan, Clearcover, Pie and many others applying tech … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Interview with Shopify President Harley Finkelstein on creating a centralized retail OS, why DTC isn't a fad, partnering with Instagram Checkout, and more — Today I'm talking to Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify. Shopify is one of those companies that makes the modern internet go …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Oslo-based edtech company Kahoot says it is acquiring Clever, a portal for educators and students to build digital learning classrooms, for up to $500M — Kahoot, the popular Oslo-based edtech company that has built a big business out of gamifiying education and creating a platform for users … | Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
PayPal beats with Q1 revenue of $6.03B, up 31% YoY, with record $285B in total payments volume, up 50% YoY, and added 14.5M new active accounts — Company increases full-year revenue, earnings forecasts — PayPal Holdings Inc. saw a record amount of volume flow through its platform …
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| Mallory Hackett / MobiHealthNews: |
Vida Health, a virtual care app for patients with chronic conditions, raises $110M Series D led by General Atlantic, Centene, and AXA Venture Partners — General Atlantic, Centene and AXA Venture Partners led the Series D round. — Vida Health, a virtual chronic condition care platform … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Finnish mobile games company Metacore raises $180M in a debt round from Tencent's Supercell to scale its first game Merge Mansion, which has 800K+ DAUs — Metacore, a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing ‘relationship’ with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga to acquire Chartboost, a mobile programmatic ad service reaching 700M+ MAUs, for $250M in cash; Zynga says deal will help it grow as IDFA changes roll out — Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here! — Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad …
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