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Facebook pulled ads from Sen. Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, citing policy violations, but is now restoring them — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Senator Warren's proposal would create massive new problems, have significant unintended consequences, and not address the issues she is concerned about — Senator Elizabeth Warren deserves credit: I have been writing about antitrust, particularly in the context of Aggregation Theory …
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| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Mozilla's free encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send is now available to all Firefox users and has its own Send Android app in beta — Mozilla has made privacy Firefox's calling card, while lambasting companies it believes don't meet the bar on security.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a special event on March 25 at the Steve Jobs Theater where it is expected to announce a streaming video service and a news subscription service — The rumors were true: Apple will hold its next special event on March 25th at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.
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| Bloomberg: |
Lawsuit claims Larry Page personally approved a $150M stock grant to Andy Rubin without getting board approval, despite sexual harassment allegations — - Company co-founder bypassed board, revised investor suit says — Tech giant accused of covering up executive sexual misconduct
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Facebook's VP of public policy and France's technology minister talk about Facebook's ongoing cooperation with the French government in fighting hate speech — PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron decided to combat hate speech online he turned to the very person many blame for its rapid spread …
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| Byrne Hobart: |
The Bay Area is no longer the best place to start tech companies, as rising housing costs push workers to join established companies with market salaries — California is hard to beat. There are richer places with worse weather, there are (a few) nicer climates with worse economies …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Investing app Stash raises $65M Series E, partners with Green Dot to debut banking and “stock-back” rewards, which go to users spending money from Stash account — Stash, the fintech startup and app that aims to introduce new people to the world of investing … | Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan; offer available to new and existing users in the US until June 10 — This is the best deal in music streaming — Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan.
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
F5 Networks, which offers cloud and security application services, to acquire rival NGINX, which powers some of the busiest websites in the world, for $670M — F5 Networks says it is acquiring NGINX, one of the most popular web servers on the internet today, for $670 million.| Kim Zetter / Motherboard: |
Researchers find a severe flaw in the new Swiss online voting system, slated to roll out this year, which they say would allow someone to alter votes undetected — Researchers have found a severe issue in the new Swiss internet voting system that they say would let someone alter votes undetected.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Amazon drops the price of Eero bundles by $100 and pledges to keep Eero's network data private, as its acquisition of the company officially closes — Eero will be run independently inside Amazon — Amazon's deal to acquire mesh Wi-Fi router company Eero has officially closed … | USA Today: |
A look at the emergence of Atlanta as the nation's black tech capital, where about 25% of tech workers were reported to be African American in 2016 — ATLANTA — Over an iPad and a cup of tea, Marcus Blackwell Jr. is talking up his mobile app that uses music to help kids learn math.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Web performance and security company Cloudflare raises $150M round led by Franklin Templeton ahead of a rumored IPO — Cloudflare, a web performance and security platform, has raised $150 million in a round of funding led by Franklin Templeton. — Founded in 2009, Cloudflare offers a range …
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