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Zipline, Flytrex, and Alphabet's Wing, which have started commercial drone deliveries in the US, say they are encouraged by the FAA's evolving regulation — Drone companies have been cleared to expand their operations across the U.S., in cities as well as rural areas, at the same time their tech …
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How Binance, which trades on its own exchange and plays several roles that may pose conflicts of interest, remains mostly unaccountable to its customers — On May 19, 2021, Francis Kim thought he had hit it big. The Australia-based entrepreneur had been dabbling in derivatives trading …
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| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
Apple's hardware categories are now gaining record new users after a 2017/2018 strategy change that let product groups independently update major product lines — During Apple's “Peek Performance” event held last month, the company announced not only a brand new Mac category with the Mac Studio …
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.25B valuation; PrimeBlock generated $24.4M in Q4 2021 revenue — The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. — Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock confirmed its plan to go public through a merger …
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A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk — Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Workers at Amazon's Staten Island facility secure enough votes to unionize, by a 2,654 to 2,131 margin, a first for an Amazon warehouse in the US — - Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.
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Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more mindful about spending and hiring — Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees … | Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
The Discord servers of some NFT projects, including BAYC, were compromised on Friday as part of a phishing scam seeking to trick users into “minting” fake NFTs — This isn't the first hack of Discord-based crypto communities, and it's not likely to be the last.
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| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Twitch stops its Boost Train test, which let viewers boost a channel by purchasing subscriptions and bits, after users pushed porn to the site's front page — It was bound to happen. — Audio player loading... In October 2021, Twitch began testing a new feature that enabled viewers …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft moves Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, Microsoft Launcher, and other teams to a new dedicated Android division under EVP and CPO Panos Panay — A new ‘Microsoft Android’ division houses Duo, SwiftKey, Launcher, and more. — What you need to know
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A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine — SAN FRANCISCO — Five years ago, an up-and-coming venture capitalist with an unusual past was raising money to invest in hot Silicon Valley start-ups.
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Interview with GoPuff co-founder Rafael Ilishayev, on why the startup acquired BevMo, breaking into the California market, responding to drivers' demands, more — When an East Coast startup called Gopuff paid $350 million for BevMo in November 2020, it wasn't immediately clear … Sponsor Posts
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