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Source: Twitter's board plans to comply with Elon Musk's demands for internal data on bots, offering its full “firehose”, after a weeks-long impasse — The billionaire is in a protracted battle with the company over information about spam and fake accounts
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
After leaving Amazon on July 1, Dave Clark will join supply chain software startup Flexport as co-CEO starting September 1, becoming sole CEO six months later — Former Amazon consumer chief Dave Clark has a new job: co-CEO, and eventually sole CEO, of $8 billion-valued supply chain software startup Flexport.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Source: Citadel Securities is building a “cryptocurrency trading ecosystem” in partnership with Virtu, Sequoia, Paradigm, and others — The effort also includes Citadel Securities' recent venture capital (VC) backers, Sequoia and Paradigm, with more trading firms to come, according to a source familiar with the plans.
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok Shop in the UK is in turmoil after losing at least half its staff, or 20 people, since its launch in October, many citing a toxic workplace — Chinese-owned social media group launches investigation into ‘toxic’ working practices at London offices
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal email: Microsoft splits its HoloLens group as its leader Alex Kipman leaves the company; a recent Insider report described Kipman's “toxic” behavior — Microsoft is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Alex Kipman, the leader of the group …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to “significantly scale down our operations in Russia”, impacting 400+ staff, while continuing “to fulfill our existing contractual obligations” — Microsoft Corp. is substantially reducing its business in Russia, joining the list of prominent technology firms cutting …
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| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Shared micromobility company Bird confirms plans to lay off 23% of its staff, or about 138 out of 600 workers, spanning across the organization and regions — Shared micromobility company Bird plans to layoff 23% of its staff, according to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the NSA, CISA, and the FBI reveal China-backed hackers exploited publicly known vulnerabilities to snoop on network traffic — Several US federal agencies today revealed that Chinese-backed threat actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI and IRS led an international operation taking down online marketplace SSNDOB that sold the names, SSNs, and dates of birth of about 24 million US people — SSNDOB, an online marketplace that sold the names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 24 million US people … | Odanga Madung / Mozilla Foundation: |
An analysis of political TikTok content in Kenya ahead of the August 9 general election shows hate speech and other problematic content is spreading widely — 2. Extensive Disinformation and TikTok Policy Violations — 3. Looking Back: Familiar Terrain for Kenyans
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| Anton Wilen / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia's PIF-backed Savvy Gaming Group acquires an 8.1% stake in Sweden's Embracer for ~$1.05B, following similar deals with Modern Times and Nintendo — Saudi Arabia's wealth fund has made its second $1 billion foray into the Swedish gaming industry this year as part of a drive … | J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter: |
Spotify says it had “close to” $215M in podcast revenue in 2021 and is still in “investment mode”; Spotify has spent about $1B for its podcast expansion — The audio giant, which has spent $1 billion on podcasts, says it is still in “investment mode.”| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Stock advisor Delphia, which offers an algorithm-based service via its app, raises a $60M Series A led by Multicoin Capital and plans its Delphia Data token — Investors will earn Delphia Data tokens for sharing personal shopping and social media data. — Algorithm-backed stock advisor Delphia …
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| Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Brooklyn-based Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that works across blockchains, raises a $25M seed led by a16z, following a $1.95M pre-seed in January — Tux Pacific isn't your average tech founder. They're a self-taught cryptographer who dropped out of college …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Paige Thompson, an ex-Amazon employee accused of stealing 100M+ Capital One customer details, stands trial; her lawyers say she was a “novice white-hat hacker” — A woman is accused of downloading data of more than 100 million Capital One customers.| Rolling Stone: |
Sources: Twitter is fighting a request by the House January 6 committee for its internal Slack conversations, including on moderating tweets about the attack — Exclusive: The tech giant is refusing to hand over internal communications about how it moderated tweets about the Capitol Insurrection, sources tell Rolling Stone
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Immuta, which offers cloud-native data governance tools, raises a $100M Series E led by NightDragon at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $267M — Data security startup Immuta Inc. today said it has raised a $100 million late-stage funding round that pegs the company's valuation at $1 billion.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Crayta, a service built on Unreal Engine 4 that lets players create, share, and play games with friends, is coming to Facebook Gaming — The Roblox-meets-Fortnite platform lets you build games with friends — Crayta, a platform that lets players create, share …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Multiverse, which lets companies like Cisco find candidates for tech apprenticeships, raises a $220M Series D, following a $130M Series C in September 2021 — We've been tracking a worrying trend of layoffs in the technology industry, but that is not the full story.
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Forbes, FinSMEs, PR Newswire, and Sifted
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Fruitful, a financial planning app in beta that offers advice for $98/month, emerges from stealth with a $25M Series A and $8M seed — As inflation continues to grow persistently higher, millions of Americans are struggling financially. — With that struggle comes a whole lot of financial stress.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Twitter begins testing Product Drops, letting brands tease items ahead of their sale, starting on iOS in the US with select partners — Shoppers can opt in to receive notifications ahead of releases — Twitter is testing a new shopping feature for previewing upcoming product releases.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple adds the ability in iOS 16 to transfer eSIMs via Bluetooth while setting up an iPhone's cellular service — iOS 16 introduces a useful new feature that allows an eSIM to be transferred between iPhones via Bluetooth while setting up cellular service. — In the Settings app …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce announces NFT Cloud, a service for buying and selling NFTs, available in a closed preview — Who knows whether it's FOMO or actual customer demand for such a thing, but Salesforce announced today that it's launching a pilot of NFT Cloud, a new platform for buying and selling these crypto assets.
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Vanta, which offers enterprise data security compliance tools, raises $100M led by Craft Ventures at a $1.4B valuation — In some ways, Vanta Inc. looks like a startup from a frothier era. It's run by a 35-year-old entrepreneur in San Francisco and sells software primarily to other startups.Thanks:@mariesdiamond
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