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European Commission says it has opened an antitrust investigation into whether Google favors its own display ad tech over rivals — Brussels to examine whether US group broke rules by giving an advantage to its own services — The EU has announced a formal investigation …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
After agreeing to be Facebook's first VR ad test partner, Resolution Games says it won't move forward with the test in its paid VR game Blaston — Resolution Games won't be moving forward with a Facebook advertising test in its paid VR game Blaston. — The studio may still consider testing ads in its free fishing game Bait!
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Current and former Google execs say the company suffers from both its size and Sundar Pichai's leadership, marked by delayed decisions and raging culture fights — Despite record profits, a number of them are worried that the company is suffering from both its size and leadership from its C.E.O., Sundar Pichai.
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| Elad Gil / Elad Blog: |
CB Insights data: US added 154 new unicorns since October 2020, 67%+ of the global total, while Europe added 25 unicorns, India added 11, and China added just 9 — I have previously written about Unicorn Market Cap and Industry towns in 2019 and 2020. Over the last 8 months the number … | Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
UK government says it will test its new national Emergency Alerts system, starting with Android devices today before a smaller, regional iPhone test next week — The U.K. government on Tuesday will perform its first national test of a new Emergency Alerts system, but only Android users …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
London's mayor says the Underground will have mobile coverage by the end of 2024 across the entire network, with some popular stations by the end of 2022 — Popular stations like Oxford Circus, Euston, and Bank will connected by end of 2022 — By the end of 2024, passengers …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
TikTok launches TikTok Jump to let creators enhance their videos by adding mini-app integrations from select partners including Whisk, Wikipedia, Quizlet, more — TikTok creators may no longer need to add a “link in bio,” at least to certain kinds of content. Today,
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Amazon has ordered 1,000 autonomous driving systems from self-driving truck startup Plus and acquired the option to buy up to a 20% stake in the startup — - U.S. e-commerce giant could buy up to 20% of Plus shares — Plus is planning SPAC listing via merger with Hennessy Capital
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
A timeline of Google's long list of mostly-defunct messaging apps and services, starting in 2004 with Gmail and progressing to Google Talk, Hangouts, and Allo — What a decade and a half of confusing services can tell us about the future — Over the past 15 years, Google has introduced … | Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin drops below $30,000, its lowest level since January 28 after a $64,000 peak in mid-April, as China continues to crackdown on mining — The decline brings the year-to-date gain down to just 3%, according to CoinDesk 20 data. — Bitcoin dipped below the long-held support at $30,000 on Tuesday …
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| Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: |
Survey of 37 tech giants: $3.8B committed to diversity efforts in 2020 and 2021, ~2/3 had made some kind of DEI policy change after the summer 2020 protests — One year after protests against police brutality shook much of the corporate world awake to the problems of racial equity in the workplace …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amsterdam-based Mollie, which offers developers plugins and APIs to integrate payments, raises $800M at a $6.5B valuation led by Blackstone Growth — A payments startup whose backend was originally built by the founder while still living with his parents and bootstrapping the company … | Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Transmit Security, which is building a biometric-based authenticator, raises $543M Series A at a $2.2B pre-money valuation — Transmit Security, a Boston-based startup that's on a mission to rid the world of passwords, has raised a massive $543 million in Series A funding.
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
Elliptic report: US regulators, led by SEC, have levied $2.5B against various crypto projects since 2009, mostly from unregistered securities offerings — A new report from Elliptic shows that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leads U.S. regulators in monetary penalties against crypto firms by a wide margin.| TechCrunch: |
Vienna-based GoStudent, which connects K-12 students with online tutors, raises $244M Series C led by DST Global at a $1.7B valuation — Online teaching came into the spotlight for many students and parents in the last year, and today one of the companies that saw a big lift during that rush …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU Court of Justice says YouTube and other platforms are not liable for copyright-infringing content uploaded by users under certain conditions — Europe's top court on Tuesday said that Google's (GOOGL.O) YouTube and other online platforms are not liable for copyright-infringing works uploaded …
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| Laurens Cerulus / Politico: |
In a draft plan, the EU outlines a Joint Cyber Unit, which would let countries hit by cyberattacks request help, including rapid response teams — Barrage of cyberattacks pushes EU to pool powers to fight hackers. — PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE
Tweets: @jamesliamcook, @laurenscerulus, @gazthejourno, and @loumariehsd
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google quietly pushed Massachusetts' MassNotify COVID tracking app to Android phones in the state; after debuting last week, the app has 1M to 5M installs — Massachusetts launched a COVID tracking app, and uh, it was automatically installed?! — Over the weekend, Google and the state …
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The Verge, 9to5Google, Reclaim The Net, Android Police, The Boston Globe, MUO, Android Central, and Input. Tweets: @grummz
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
G2, which crowdsources enterprise software reviews and helps paying customers glean insights, raises $157M Series D at a $1B+ valuation — Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. — Business software review marketplace G2 (formerly known as G2 Crowd) … | Kait Bolongaro / Bloomberg: |
Canadian lawmakers pass a controversial bill that would subject tech giants to the same requirements as traditional broadcasters; bill now heads to the Senate — - Move would prioritize Canadian content, echoing broadcast law — But critics say it threatens free speech on user-driven sites
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| Golan Hazani / CTech: |
Source: Israel-based JoyTunes, which helps users learn guitar and piano using AI, raises $50M at a $1B valuation led by GV — The Israeli startup's revenue in 2020 surged to around $100 million, although the company is still believed to not be profitable. Once that happens …
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