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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Facebook debuts tools to promote COVID-19 vaccinations: helping US users find slots, partnering with health authorities on WhatsApp, labeling all vaccine posts — Facebook said Monday it's releasing new tools to make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Internal docs: a Facebook study about US users' vaccine hesitancy finds “substantial harm” from content that doesn't violate the company's rules — Internal study finds a QAnon connection and that content that doesn't break the rules may be causing ‘substantial’ harm
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| Financial Times: |
Stripe raises $600M from Sequoia Capital and others at a valuation of $95B, becoming the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley — Payments provider becomes Silicon Valley's most valuable private company — Stripe has become the most valuable private company Silicon Valley has produced …
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| New York Times: |
After US intel agencies, FBI, and DHS missed Chinese and Russian hacks, White House is looking to overhaul cyber defenses, including new industry partnerships — The intelligence agencies missed massive intrusions by Russia and China, forcing the administration and Congress to look for solutions …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Microsoft stands to receive $150M in US cybersecurity spending, nearly 25% of cybersecurity funds from COVID-19 relief bill, angering some lawmakers — SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for U.S. cybersecurity defenders …
Tweets: @williamturton, @lanceulanoff, and @blmohr
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent shares fell 4% on Monday and 4.4% on Friday, wiping out $62B, as sources say China's regulators will focus on Tencent following Ant Group crackdown — - Its fintech, payments business worth $120 billion: Bernstein — Shares fall a second day on concern over regulatory scrutiny| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple AirPods 3 will not enter mass production until Q3 2021; AirPods shipments will decline from 90M in 2020 to 78M in 2021 due to increasing competition — Despite a flurry of leaks surrounding next-gen AirPods in the last couple of weeks, Ming-Chi Kuo this morning said that new AirPods …
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Tweets: @saranbyte, @apple_tomorrow, and @bzamayo
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Match Group invests in Garbo, a nonprofit that lets people run background checks with a first name and phone number, and will add the service to Tinder — Only a last name or phone number needed — Tinder and other Match Group-owned apps are going to let their users run background checks on possible dates.
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @ashleyrcarman, and @ashleyrcarman
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple says App Store supports over 330K jobs in the UK, up 10% YoY, with £3.6B in total earnings, up 22% YoY; App Store supports 1.7M jobs in Europe, up 7% YoY — Apple says its App Store now supports more than 330,000 jobs in the U.K., a 10% increase over the past year …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Clubhouse says it won't require access to users' phone contacts anymore, and announces a creator accelerator program that will initially accept 20 participants — The voice chat app will provide users with resources and help them monetize their shows — During Clubhouse's weekly town hall on Sunday …
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Engadget, Gizmodo, Techpoint Africa, MUO, The Economic Times, Social Media Today, and 9to5Mac
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Telegram owes creditors ~$700M by the end of April and plans to sell $1B to $1.5B in company debt to cover the bill — Messaging tool is selling more than $1 billion of debt to fund operations and repay existing creditors, as it races to attract ads — Telegram is riding high, adding tens of million of users this year.
Tweets: @samschech
| Reuters: |
Deliveroo says it plans to sell around £1B worth of new shares during its IPO in London, expected to value the company at over £5B — LONDON (Reuters) - Deliveroo said on Monday that it plans to sell around 1 billion pounds ($1.39 billion) of new shares in its upcoming initial public offering … Sponsor Posts
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