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46,000+ people have reported losing $1B+ cumulatively to crypto scams from January 2021 through March 2022, 24% of dollar losses in fraud reported to the FTC — From Super Bowl ads to Bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrency seems to be everywhere lately. Although it's yet to become a mainstream payment method …
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Clubhouse eliminated “a handful of roles” as part of a broader restructuring; leaving staff include the heads of news partnerships, community, and international — Clubhouse, the social audio app that became a big hit during the early days of the pandemic, laid off multiple employees this week …
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Amazon says Dave Clark, CEO of its Worldwide Consumer division, will step down after 23 years with the company; his last day in the office will be July 1, 2022 — Amazon today announced that Dave Clark, CEO of the company's worldwide consumer division, will step down after 23 years in the position.
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A House and Senate bipartisan data privacy bill would let users opt out of targeted ads and sue internet companies that improperly sell their data, and more — The proposal, considered a step forward, still lacks the support of some key members — A bipartisan group of legislators …
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The New York State Assembly passes the first right-to-repair bill in the US covering electronics; Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measure — ‘Repairs should become less expensive and more comprehensive’ because of the new measure, says iFixit
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| Melia Russell / Insider: |
Tiger Global-backed email service Superhuman lays off 23 employees, or about 22% of its workforce; Superhuman was most recently valued at $825M in August 2021 — - Email app Superhuman laid off 22% of its workforce on Friday, the CEO said in a tweet. — Superhuman makes a premium email app for power users.| Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker: |
A look at the presentiment that social media is bad for society, as some researchers find the fears are overstated and others warn about effects on individuals — There's a general sense that it's bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers.| Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every: |
Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and more — Think of any meme. It could be the scribbled image of party goers and one man—off alone to the side …
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Q&A with Pocket VP Matt Koidin on the 50M links people save per month, longform content, the “algotorial” approach to the Pocket Hits newsletter, and more — Over the past decade, Pocket has endured as an unusually pleasant way to consume the internet.| Jim Hagerty / USA Today: |
In April, Google settled an Illinois lawsuit accusing it of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act with its Photos face regrouping tool, for $100M — ROCKFORD, Ill. — Illinois residents are eligible to receive part of a $100 million class-action settlement after Google was accused of violating privacy laws in the state.| Nikhil Patwardhan / Moneycontrol: |
Customer engagement service MoEngage raises a $77M Series E led by Goldman Sachs and B Capital; MoEngage has raised close to $140M over the past 12 months — MoEngage says it has grown its annualised recurring revenue by more than 105 percent In the last 12 months, and has added 500 new customers.| PYMNTS.com: |
Cleveland-based Felux, an online B2B marketplace and supply chain management service for steel and other metals, raises a $19M Series A led by EquipmentShare — Felux, an online B2B marketplace and supply chain platform for steel and other metals, has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round …
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Denmark-based ZeroNorth, which develops software tools to help the global shipping industry cut emissions, raises a $50M+ Series B from PSG Equity and others — The new funding will allow the Danish startup to ramp up operations and invest in product innovation to expand its customer-facing teams and pursuing M&A deals
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FarmWise, which builds a weeding robot that uses cameras, sensors, and AI to identify and cut down weeds without harming the crops, raises a $45M Series B — FarmWise sells its AI-powered weeding robots as a service to major commercial farms. — Weeds, the enemy of gardeners and farmers everywhere … Sponsor Posts
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