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The WikiLeaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more — The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.
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CoinDesk, Insider, HackRead, The Register, and Crypto Briefing
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| Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: |
Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL — - ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lime says it will it will spend $50M to expand its network, doubling the number of cities in which it operates, and roll out a new e-bike — The scooter company is also rolling out a new model of e-bike — Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike …
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| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Swedish payments startup Klarna raises $1B at a valuation of $31B, triple its valuation in its last funding round in September — - Swedish firm raised $1 billion in new funding from investors — Klarna to donate 1% of new funds to climate change initiatives
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TechCrunch, CNBC, Sifted, Tech.eu, Reuters, Financial Times, Silicon Canals, cryptodaily.co.uk, and Finextra
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Verizon support advised its users in a now-deleted tweet to “turn on LTE”, which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life — This, despite the carrier's relentless promotion of its 5G network — Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent …
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The Register, PCMag, KnowTechie, TechRadar, Telecoms.com, The Desk, phonearena.com, Gizmodo, MUO, Slashdot, Mashable, and Huawei
Tweets: @vzwsupport, @whiskeypete8, @matthewkeyslive, @mashable, @tony_sutton, @karlbode, @jayblackisfunny, @tmobile, @tomwarren, and @reckless
| Mark Serrels / CNET: |
Escort sex workers, from countries where their profession is legal, say they are being banned from sites like OnlyFans that are bound by the US FOSTA-SESTA law — Editors' note: This story contains sexually explicit language and descriptions not suited for younger readers.
Tweets: @njnp_dc
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Axonius, a security startup developing an end-to-end device management platform, raises $100M Series D led by Stripes, at a $1.2B post-money valuation — Remote work has become the norm for many businesses in the last year, and today a startup that has built a cybersecurity platform …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Sydney-based HR software developer Employment Hero raises $45M AUD Series D at a $250M+ AUD valuation led by SEEK — Businesses, and the tech platforms that support their operations, had to adapt quickly to the pandemic. Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer … | Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC — Combined efforts in semiconductors, artificial intelligence seen as way to thwart Beijing's ambitions
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @lingling_wei, @tanvi_madan, @ajwsmall, @bobdavis187, @justinhendrix, @baldingsworld, and @jchengwsj
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Online reviews site Trustpilot unveils plans for London IPO with plans to raise $50M and hopes for a market value of ~£1B — Online review site looks to take advantage of booming demand from investors — Trustpilot has unveiled plans to list in London, handing the UK …
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Silicon Canals, Press Association, Reuters, CNBC, BloombergQuint, and CityAM. Tweets: @scott_sage
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users — Products like Clubhouse and Twitter's “Super Follows” offer a new kind of engagement — Open Facebook, Instagram, TikTok …
Tweets: @ggreenwald, @cnyari, @willoremus, @parismarx, @ozm, and @joshchapdelaine
| Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request: |
Q&A with Lambda School's Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don't have one — Austen Allred and the class escalator — Austen Allred is the CEO and founder of Lambda School, a unique coding school …
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