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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigns, CTO Parag Agrawal takes over effective immediately; Dorsey to quit the board in 2022, Salesforce's Bret Taylor to become chair — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately.
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| New York Times: |
Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives — A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter employees speculate why Jack Dorsey stepped down and what to expect from Parag Agarwal, who is among the company's most crypto-focused executives — Theories on why now, and what to expect from Parag Agrawal's Twitter — This story is part of a group of stories called
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| Bloomberg: |
Twitter's new CEO has to steer a company that has underperformed the market, haltingly introduced new products, and struggled to moderate harmful content — - Technologist steps into high-pressure, high-profile role — Dorsey hands years-long business struggles to new leadership
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find Google Play apps with 300K+ downloads that stole bank credentials, posing as QR and PDF scanners, exercise apps, and cryptocurrency wallets — Crooks find new ways to prevent Google from detecting malicious packages. — Researchers said they've discovered a batch …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Citing “alleged serious breaches” of data protection laws, UK's ICO notifies Clearview AI of its provisional intention to fine the company £17M+ — Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon debuts AWS IoT RoboRunner to simplify building apps for managing robot fleets and AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator to offer AWS credits and expert advice — At a keynote during its Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2021 conference today, Amazon launched AWS IoT RoboRunner …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Filing: HashiCorp aims for a valuation of up to $13B in its IPO, reveals $82.2M in revenue, up 49% YoY, and a $22M net loss in its latest quarter — - HashiCorp, a developer of software for managing cloud infrastructure, said on Monday that it plans to sell shares in its IPO for $68 to $72 each.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Quinyx, which helps companies with gig work scheduling, raises a $50M Series C led by Battery Ventures at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $89M+ — Quinyx, a platform for gig work scheduling and time reporting, today announced that it raised $50 million in funding led by Battery Ventures at a $550 million valuation.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union says the NLRB has authorized a new election for Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama — - The National Labor Relations Board has authorized a new union election at one of Amazon's Alabama warehouses, the labor union behind the effort said Monday.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Upbound, which created the open-source multi-cloud management project Crossplane, raises a $60M Series B led by Altimeter Capital — Companies today want to avoid the lock-in they faced in the past with a single vendor. As a result, they are hedging their bets with a multi-cloud strategy …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Endowus, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, raises $25.6M to bring its total funding to $49M, as it looks to speed up its hiring for geographic expansion — Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 million US) to its war chest.
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