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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Facebook says the leaked 533M records are a different data set that attackers created by abusing a flaw in a Facebook contacts import feature, not by hacking — The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
Ahead of its April 14 direct listing, Coinbase reports a record quarter, with estimated profits of $730M-$800M in Q1 on revenue of ~$1.8B and 56M verified users — Coinbase announced its 2021 first quarter earnings on Tuesday, revealing that the crypto giant made a profit of between $730 million …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Signal says it has added support for privacy-focused cryptocurrency MobileCoin to let users send and receive money, starting in the UK on iOS and Android — The encrypted messaging app is integrating support for MobileCoin in a bid to keep up with the features offered by its more mainstream rivals.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Jeff Bezos says Amazon supports a rise in the corporate tax rate and making bold investments in US infrastructure, but stops short of supporting Biden's plan — - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday voiced support for raising the corporate tax rate but stopped short of saying he supports President Joe Biden's plan for the increase.
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| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Patreon raises $155M Series F led by Tiger Global Management at a $4B valuation, up from $1.2B in September, bringing its total raised to $411M — Online company raises $155 million in latest round, led by new investor Tiger Global Management — Patreon Inc., an online platform …
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Clubhouse is in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business at about $4B, following its reported valuation of ~$1B in January — Clubhouse, the buzzy audio-based social network, is in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business …
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Max Schrems' non-profit Noyb files a complaint with the French privacy watchdog, claims Google's Android Advertising Identifier violates EU's ePrivacy Directive — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
A first person narrative on the persistence of digital memories and how social media and photo apps that surface old photos make painful memories hard to forget — In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
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| Politico: |
Data of EU privacy chief Didier Reynders, Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel, and dozens of EU officials found among Facebook's leaked data set of 533M records — Didier Reynders, Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel among European leaders whose data was leaked online. — EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
YouTube says that 18 out of every 10K views in Q4 2020 were of videos that violate its policies, down from 72 out of every 10K views in Q4 2017 — ‘Violative View Rate’ fell steeply after 2017 — YouTube wants the world to know that it's doing a better job than ever of enforcing its own moderation rules.
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| Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
UK launches the Digital Markets Unit, a watchdog with limited powers, initially tasked with stopping big tech companies from exploiting market dominance — Digital Markets Unit to police how largest global technology firms wield their market power — LONDON—The U.K. launched …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Grab is set to go public in the US through a SPAC merger that will value it at ~$35B, as soon as this week — Deal with Altimeter Capital's blank-cheque vehicle will value technology start-up at $35bn — Grab, south-east Asia's most valuable start-up, is set for the largest merger between … | Bloomberg: |
BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes turns himself in to US authorities six months after BitMEX was accused of trying to avoid implementing money laundering controls — - Hayes and his co-founders are accused of flouting banking laws — BitMEX was a pioneer in opening crypto to smaller investors
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| Evan Selinger / OneZero : |
Interview with researcher Luke Stark on the promises and pitfalls of emotion-sensing AI, and social media's attempt to translate emotive expression into data — A conversation with the professor who just turned down a $60,000 grant from Google — Emotion A.I., affective computing …
Tweets: @evanselinger, @evan_greer, and @dorotheabaur
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Plaid, which helps connect users' bank accounts with fintech apps, raises $425M Series D led by Altimeter Capital, sources say at a valuation of ~$13.4B — Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers' bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning.
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| Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: |
API Holdings, the parent company of Indian online pharmacy Pharmeasy, raises $350M; sources say the deal gives Pharmeasy a post-money valuation of $1.5B — Bengaluru: Prosus Ventures and US-based private equity firm TPG Capital are leading an investment of $350 million (about Rs 2,570 crore) …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based Groww, which lets users invest in mutual funds, gold, stocks, and more, raises $83M Series D led by Tiger Global, at a valuation of $1B+ — More than 200 million people in India transact money digitally, but fewer than 30 million invest in mutual funds and stocks.| Amplifi Media: |
Apple podcast data indicates that there are 2M podcasts, but of those, 26% only have one episode, 44% have three or fewer, and only 36% have 10+ episodes — Today's post breaks down the numbers of how many podcasts you're actually up against. — It seems everyone has a podcast. Or do they?
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| Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers: |
New software update for the Google Pixel lineup reportedly dramatically boosts Pixel 5's GPU performance, which had been poor for a Snapdragon 765G-based phone — The latest software update for the Google Pixel lineup recently started rolling out to users.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches an app for enterprises to test devices that work with Apple's Find My network, ahead of its expected launch of its own new AirTags accessory — Apple has launched a new app, Find My Certification Asst., designed for use by MFi (Made for iPhone) Licensees …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google open sources Lyra in beta, an audio codec that uses ML to create high-quality voice calls for low-bandwidth networks or archiving large amounts of speech — Google today open-sourced Lyra in beta, an audio codec that uses machine learning to produce high-quality voice calls.
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