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GM, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, and others added optional features in their apps to rate people's driving in recent years, offering the data to brokers like LexisNexis — LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/cars, and r/business
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Filing: Reddit aims to raise up to $748M in its IPO, selling ~22M shares at $31 to $34 each, for a ~$6.5B valuation; Reddit set aside 1.76M shares for its users — - Reddit aims to raise up to $748 million as part of its upcoming IPO, according to a corporate filing on Monday.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Airbnb will no longer let hosts use indoor security cameras, staring April 30, citing renters' privacy; previously, cameras in common areas had been allowed — Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to use indoor security cameras, regardless of where they're placed or what they're used for.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU privacy watchdog EDPS says the European Commission using Microsoft 365 breached privacy rules and the EU didn't implement adequate data transfer safeguards — The European Commission's use of Microsoft (MSFT.O) software breached EU privacy rules and the bloc's executive also failed …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O'Nan sue Nvidia over allegedly using their work to train NeMo, saying the company “admitted” to using the books — Nvidia (NVDA.O), whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Pavel Durov says Telegram has 900M users, aims “to become profitable next year, if not this year”, was “offered $30B+ valuations” by VCs, and is weighing an IPO — In rare interview, Pavel Durov says secretive messaging app is making ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ from ads business
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| Fortune: |
Sources: a16z Crypto made a secret $100M investment in Kickstarter in 2021 that let staff and investors cash out and led to its later-abandoned blockchain pivot — In early December 2021, employees at the crowdfunding startup Kickstarter got news of a windfall: An investor group wanted to buy some of their shares.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says xAI plans to open-source Grok this week; xAI released Grok in November 2023, offering access to “real-time” data via X's $16/month subscription — Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X's AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Elizabeth G. Dunn / New York Times: |
A profile of food delivery app Wonder from Diapers.com and Jet.com co-founder Marc Lore, who invested $200M+ and is targeting a $30B IPO in three to five years — Marc Lore, the entrepreneur behind Diapers.com and Jet.com, would like to disrupt food delivery. But he really wants to build a brand that actually lasts.
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| Financial Times: |
Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker says the group has $8B to spend on AI acquisitions and investments, to transform its businesses of supplying professional data — Media and data group will develop its own technology and scoop up targets with AI capabilities| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Q&A with Yoel Roth, just named Match Group's head of trust and safety, 16 months after his public exit from Twitter following Elon Musk's acquisition — Yoel Roth suffered targeted harassment after quitting as top content cop at Elon Musk's Twitter. Now he's head of trust and safety … | Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: |
TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld — Current and former TikTok employees who criticize the company risk losing any stock they own—in some cases worth millions of dollars … | Financial Times: |
As chip companies seek a backup to China, Malaysia becomes a surprise investment destination, thanks to its background in packaging, assembling, and testing — Tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia
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