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Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees — A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups — Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day.
Tweets: @willoremus, @ruchowdh, @ethicsoftech, @bostonjoan, @clancynewyork, @rcmeg, @mdekstrand, @aektakapoor, @kateo, @histoftech, @bostonjoan, @katura_art, @econproph, @hackylawyer, @erikashimizu, @provisionalidea, @kate_sonka, @carolinesinders, @daniellecitron, @savasavasava, @upfromthecracks, @hypervisible, @tsimonite, @evanselinger, @moonalice, @karlbode, @dangillmor, and @ethanz
| New York Times: |
Apple and Google remove jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's app that coordinated protest voting, bowing to Russian pressure on the eve of an election — The app, from the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, vanished from online stores as polls opened in the parliamentary election it was designed to sway.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard — In January 2019, Kosta Eleftheriou had every reason to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges.
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| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market — Madrid-based Seedtag has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round. $35 million of this round arrives via Oakley Capital, a figure that provides the investment firm … | Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Report: India's antitrust authority found that Google abused the dominant position of Android in the country to illegally hurt competitors — Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its “huge financial muscle” to illegally hurt competitors …
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| Oscar Williams / New Statesman: |
A look at how the withdrawal of Google and others from London's decade-old Silicon Roundabout may be proof the UK's startup scene has expanded and matured — Nearly a decade after David Cameron launched Tech City, Shoreditch has been dramatically transformed. But what is the initiative's legacy?
Tweets: @oscwilliams, @christianhern, @sarahdrinkwater, @rsohoni, @dougall, and @jpwiseuk. Thanks:@oscwilliams
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
CreatorIQ, which helps brands with influencer marketing by providing e-commerce and campaign measurement tools, raises $40M from investors including TVC Capital — Influencer marketing company CreatorIQ announced that it closed a new $40 million funding round, looking to enhance tools … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
LA-based Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raises $67M Series D led by Foris Ventures, the family office of John Doerr — Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raised $67 million in Series D funding led by Foris Ventures, John Doerr's family office.
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Pagaya, whose AI-powered service makes financial transactions like lending more efficient for banks, is going public in a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$9B — Pagaya would combine with the SPAC EJF Acquisition and uses artificial intelligence to improve lending and other financial processes| Matthew Martin / Bloomberg: |
Saudi-based customer communications service Unifonic raises $125M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Sanabil, which is owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF — - Japanese conglomerate leads $125 million round for Unifonic — Sanabil, wholly owned by Saudi wealth fund, co-led the round
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| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic — An astonishing amount of the code that runs the world's software spends at least part of its life in GitHub.| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies — As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.
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