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Marc Andreessen blocked Jack Dorsey on Twitter following his tweets that were critical of a16z and Web3; Dorsey then tweeted “I'm officially banned from web3” — The venture capitalist blocked the former Twitter CEO, and Dorsey said he's now ‘banned from Web3’
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Jack Dorsey's tweet sparks uproar: “You don't own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It's ultimately a centralized entity” — Fresh off relinquishing the chief executive reins of Twitter Inc., Bitcoin enthusiast Jack Dorsey …
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Survey of 1,058 US internet users: 72% distrust Facebook, 63% TikTok, 60% Instagram, 53% WhatsApp, and 53% YouTube; 53% trust Amazon, 48% Google, and 44% Apple — You'll find all the usual technology suspects inside Mary Veselka's Pearland, Tex., home. There's her iPhone … | Reuters: |
Tencent plans to issue nearly all of its shares in JD.com worth $16.37B to shareholders as a dividend, reducing its stake from 17% to about 2.3% — Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent (0700.HK) will hand a $16.4 billion JD.com (9618.HK) stake as a dividend to its shareholders …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
In a letter, 13 Democratic senators ask Mark Zuckerberg why Facebook removed misinformation safeguards ahead of January 6, citing Frances Haugen's leaked docs — A group of 13 Democratic senators led by Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Jack Reed of Rhode Island has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Labor group seeking to organize workers at four Amazon warehouses in Staten Island refiles its union petition with the NLRB, after withdrawing it in November — - A group of Amazon warehouse workers on New York's Staten Island refiled a request for a union vote, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed Wednesday.
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The US CFPB orders online payday lender LendUp to shutter lending operations after finding it repeatedly lied to and illegally cheated its customers — WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - (This December 21 story corrects date of LendUp wind-down from 2020 to 2022)
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
In a note to employees, Bosworth envisions Meta's deep compatibility with blockchain, says it could have “profound impacts on our industry over the next decade” — Meta, Facebook's parent company, is aiming for “deep compatibility” with blockchain technology, according to an internal post on Tuesday from a top executive.
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| The Economic Times: |
India bans 20 YouTube channels and two websites for alleged “anti-India” propaganda from Pakistan, invoking its new IT Act's emergency powers for the first time — India banned 20 YouTube channels and two websites on Monday for allegedly running anti-India propaganda from Pakistan … | FinSMEs: |
HyperScience, which uses AI to extract data from business forms, raises a $100M Series E led by Global Founders, Tiger, Stripes, and Bessemer — Hyperscience, a NYC-based human centered automation company, raised $100m in Series E funding. — The round was led by existing investors Global …
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Bengaluru-based Jumbotail, a B2B e-commerce company that supplies groceries to mom-and-pop stores, raises an $85M Series C led by Artal Asia — The funding was led by Artal Asia Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of Invus, a global equity investment firm with over $10 billion of evergreen capital under management.
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Bengaluru-based B2B online seafood marketplace Captain Fresh raises a $40M Series B co-led by Tiger Global and Prosus Ventures at a $200M post-money valuation — Post this funding, Bengaluru-based Captain Fresh has seen its valuation jump four times to around $200 million.Sponsor Posts
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