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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says it will spend $20B on two fabs in Ocotillo, Arizona and will reconfigure its external Foundry Services to serve new chip customers — The new CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, has today outlined his vision for Intel over the coming years.
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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin in the US and later this year outside the US — - The automaker last month revealed that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. — People outside the U.S. will be able to buy a Tesla with bitcoin “later this year.”
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @scottmelker, @martinsfp, @heygleb, and @brianroemmele
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Leaked moderator docs say Facebook users may call for death of public figures, so long as the individual is not tagged or “purposefully exposed” to such calls — Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show
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The Guardian, Insider, and Reclaim The Net
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
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| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Medium offers buyouts to everyone on its editorial staff, as it shifts focus from its own publications to supporting independent writers on its platform — After what workers describe as a successful union-busting campaign, Ev Williams has announced to journalists who work for him that they should feel free to go.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Hundreds of free software advocates sign open letter seeking removal of Richard Stallman and entire FSF board saying he “has no place” in their community — Open letter signed by hundreds: RMS “has no place” in free software community. — Richard Stallman's return … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Amazon announces to employees that the next AWS head will be Adam Selipsky, the CEO of Salesforce-owned Tableau and formerly VP of AWS Sales, Marketing, Support — Amazon has chosen to Adam Selipsky, currently CEO of Salesforce-owned Tableau, to run its Amazon Web Services division.
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| Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says it has filed confidentially for an IPO with the SEC — Robinhood Markets Inc., the popular trading app, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Firefox 87 launches with Smart Block feature, which improves the rendering of pages when blocking third-party tracking scripts by using local “stand-in” scripts — An improved referrer policy also trims URLs from embedded images and scripts. — Mozilla released Firefox 87 …
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Mozilla Security Blog, ZDNet, XDA Developers, MacRumors, The Register, and SlashGear
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| Taylor Lyles / The Verge: |
Amazon says it's opening a new game studio in Montreal which will create original AAA games and that the studio will be led by the creators of Rainbow Six Siege — It's Amazon's fourth studio — Amazon is illustrating its commitment to game development with a new studio opening …
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Amazon Games, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, MUO, Stevivor, and GamingBolt
Tweets: @crecenteb, @wwwjim, and @jasonschreier
| Avaaz: |
Study of US election misinfo shows Facebook could have prevented 10.1B views from Pages that spread misinfo; these Pages saw interactions rise 3x YoY — How Facebook Failed Voters and Nearly Set Democracy Aflame — Section One - From Election to Insurrection: How Facebook Failed American Voters
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Qualcomm plans a console for Q1 2022 similar to Nintendo's Switch, with detachable controllers, SD card slot, Android 12, and display-out capabilities — Qualcomm plans its first foray into the consumer electronics market in years — with a device that bears a strong resemblance …
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BGR, Pocket-lint, XDA Developers, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Guide, BGR India, TechRadar, The Next Web, and The Verge
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Amazon is forcing delivery drivers to sign a “biometric consent” form that lets Amazon use AI-powered cameras in its efforts to detect distracted driving — The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.
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The Verge. Tweets: @motherboard, @hypervisible, @jason_koebler, @markghuneim, @vice, and @andyjayhawk
| Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
Coaching and mental health startup BetterUp says Prince Harry has joined as chief impact officer — The Duke of Sussex is going to work for the unicorn employee coaching and mental health startup in his latest foray into business — No longer a working member of the royal family …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Verizon Media Group to rebrand most of its media franchises as Yahoo products and sell subscriptions to those products via Yahoo+, a new subscription platform — Verizon Media Group, the media division within Verizon, has 3 million people that pay for subscriptions across its portfolio …
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TechCrunch. Tweets: @reckless, @sarafischer, @nixxin, @caro_milanesi, @tonyromm, @emilystewartm, @nirave, @jacksondame, @mattrosoff, @oliveremberton, @tomcoates, @peterrojas, @nateknox, @lucasmtny, @rustybrick, @chiraag_deora, @tolles, @alexwilliams, @ceonyc, @markghuneim, @speirin, @bdsams, @judmackrill, @panzer, @arrington, @kylegrantham, @paulbradleycarr, @mmasnick, @kvox, @jason_kint, @chrismessina, @niemanlab, @tinch, @harrymccracken, @mathewi, @sfiegerman, @rushthewriter, @sub8u, and @alex
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
YC's W21 batch featured 43 Indian startups, a new record, and had 350 startups in total, of which 50% were based outside the US, the highest percentage to date — Y Combinator's latest batch — W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. Fifty percent of the firms, the highest percentage to date …
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Tweets: @braytonkey, @anuhariharan, @ycombinator, @sarthakgh, and @ycombinator
| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Blockchain.com, which provides cryptocurrency services to retail and institutional clients, raises $300M at a $5.2B valuation — The investment round gave the company a $5.2 billion valuation — Blockchain.com, a London-based firm that provides a variety of cryptocurrency services to retail …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it has acquired API integration platform Reshuffle, along with its seven member team, to help it accelerate its own API efforts and tools — Twitter today is announcing what the company calls a “strategic acquihire” of the API integration platform Reshuffle.| Janice Min / TIME: |
Former Pinterest COO Françoise Brougher and two former employees, Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, reflect on sexism and racism at the company — The day Françoise Brougher was fired from Pinterest began like so many of her workdays. It was April 2, 2020 …
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Fortune. Tweets: @jessicalessin, @joannelipman, @erikashimizu, @emmajune, @rightsxtech, @nilofer, @logophilicmind, @sesmith, @sososoohoo, @janicemin, and @janicemin
| Aayushi Pratap / Forbes: |
AppliedVR, which provides VR-based therapeutics to patients with chronic pain, raises $29M Series A led by F-Prime Capital, bringing its total raised to $35M — Matthew Stoudt had just sold off his digital media firm in the fall of 2014, and wasn't sure what he wanted to do next.| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based social gaming startup Rec Room raises $100M led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures at a $1.25B valuation, bringing its total raised to $149M — Seattle-based Rec Room has raised $100 million in new funding. The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 billion … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Travel booking app Hopper raises $170M Series F led by Capital One and launches a new B2B platform called Hopper Cloud — Hopper CEO Fred Lalonde looks back on customer service hell, and forward to building a fintech — Canadian travel startup Hopper has raised a $170 million Series F round, led by Capital One.
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Bloomberg and PhocusWire
| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Google says FLoC, its tool for advertisers to perform behavioral targeting, might not be compatible with GDPR and hence is stopping its testing in Europe — Google will not make FLoC-based cohorts available for testing in countries where GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive are in effect.
Tweets: @carnage4life, @jason_kint, @micshasan, @eric_seufert, and @cpokane
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
FourKites, which provides a real-time view of supply chain and carrier performance for shipments, raises $100M Series D, bringing its total raised to $200M+ — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Chicago, Illinois-based supply chain … Sponsor Posts
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