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Open letter outlining Facebook's attempts to build a more inclusive community, including improving tools for reporting abuse, squashing misleading stories, more — On our journey to connect the world, we often discuss products we're building and updates on our business.
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Facebook just changed its mission, because the old one was broken — With great power comes long letters — Facebook used to repeat its mission statement so often that most tech reporters could recite it from memory: “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.”
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Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrested on charges of bribery, perjury, and embezzlement, after last month's arrest warrant request failed — Court accepts prosecutor's second request of Lee's arrest — Lee faces allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Beepi, a used car marketplace that raised $150M, shuts down and is selling off assets after efforts to sell the startup to Fair.com and DGDG broke down — Yet more developments for Beepi, the used car marketplace that had raised $150 million but then went bust … | Recode: |
Alphabet reduces the number of balloons needed to test Loon from 200-400 to 10-30 using AI and an improved system for altitude control and navigation — The Loon project says these advancements shorten their timeline for deployment. — Loon, the balloon project that aims to deliver internet …
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Sources: Apple will start assembling iPhone SE in India at contract manufacturer Wistron's plant in Bengaluru starting April — NEW DELHI: Apple will kick off its India manufacturing plans by initially assembling 3-4 lakh units of its iPhone SE model at the Karnataka plant being set … | Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
AT&T debuts $100/mo “unlimited” data plan that doesn't require DirecTV subscription, but speed is throttled after 22GB usage; additional lines cost $40/mo each — AT&T on Thursday announced an expanded version of its unlimited data plan that does not require an additional subscription to a pay-TV service.
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| Sam Shead / Business Insider: |
Niklas Zennström's London-based VC firm Atomico, which is focused on European tech startups, closes its fourth fund at $765M — Atomico has raised a $765 million (£613 million) fund to invest in European technology startups, shrugging off any concerns that Brexit has made it harder …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Lytro raises $60M Series D from Blue Pool Capital, Foxconn, Qualcomm Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, GSV, others to bring light field VR technology to Asia — Lytro may have had some setbacks in 2016, but it appears to be onto something. Investors have noticed the potential …
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Spotify-backed Soundtrack Your Brand, which streams music to businesses, raises $22M round led by Balderton Capital and Stockholm-based Industrifonden — A Swedish startup that wants to bring music streaming to businesses has raised $22 million (£17.5 million) in a round led …
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| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Airbnb buys Canadian company Luxury Retreats; sources say the price was about $300M in cash and stock, and Luxury Retreats rebuffed Expedia and Accor bids — Airbnb said to have been in talks to offer $300 million — High-end rentals encroach on Expedia and Priceline's turf| optics.org: |
TetraVue raises $10M Series A from Bosch, Samsung, Foxconn, others to bring high-density 3D flash LIDAR technology to self-driving cars — Series A funding led by Robert Bosch and Nautilus to bring high-density flash lidar to self-driving cars. — California-based TetraVue is the latest developer …
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