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Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more — All in the name of promoting competition in the US economy — The White House has issued a “fact sheet” listing the industries …
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Biden to sign an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions” — - The White House on Friday will announce a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anticompetitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Square announces it will build a hardware wallet for bitcoin, after Jack Dorsey had discussed the possibility of creating one in June — CEO Jack Dorsey said the company was considering one in June — Square is going to make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the company's hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker, announced on Thursday.
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Crypto exchange Bullish, unveiled in May as a subsidiary of Block.one, to go public via a SPAC merger at a $9B valuation — The deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. — Crypto exchange Bullish is set for a public listing through a merger with the special purpose acquisition company led …
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Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability — When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — AN UGLY TRUTH| New York Times: |
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| John Davidson / Australian Financial Review: |
Australia's Federal Court reverses earlier ruling and allows Epic's antitrust case against Apple's App Store to proceed; Apple says it will appeal the judgment — The maker of the smash hit game Fortnite can sue Apple in Australia for illegally wielding control over its iPhones and iPads, the Federal Court has found.
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Didomi, which helps companies manage user consent to run analytics and other digital marketing initiatives, raises $40M Series B, brings total raised to $46M — Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today.
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Sources: SoftBank Group plans to invest an additional $5B in Latin American companies, doubling its commitment to the region to $10B — - Total capital commitment to the region doubles to $10 billion — Investment scope to expand to include seed and Series A rounds| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft says its bug bounty program paid $13.6M to 341 security researchers in the past 12 months, down slightly from the $13.7M it paid a year ago — Microsoft said it awarded more than $13.6 million as monetary rewards to security researchers through its public bug bounty programs over the past 12 months.
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News Corp has shut down its news aggregation service Knewz after just 18 months of operation, citing lack of profits — News Corp shuttered its the aggregation site Knewz on Friday, just 18 months after its launch. Users who navigated to the site found an announcement declaring, “Knewz is no more.”| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
TikTok is testing automatic deletion at point of upload for content categories including minor safety, adult nudity and sexual, and violent and graphic content — TikTok is rolling out a new system that will allow the company to block videos that violate its policies automatically when they're uploaded.| Bloomberg: |
A look at TokenSniffer, a website tracking cryptocurrency scams that claims to have tracked 42,071 tokens and 2,250 scams or hacks as of June 16 — Billions are getting pilfered annually through a variety of cryptocurrency scams. The way things are going, this will only get worse.| Anshuman Daga / Reuters: |
Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak seeks to raise $1.1B in its IPO at a valuation of up to $5.6B, doubling the valuation from two years ago — Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to $1.13 billion IPO ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's biggest issue in over a decade amid …
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Researchers from Facebook, UC Berkeley, and CMU develop AI-controlled walking robots that adapt in real-time to changing terrain like rocks and stairs — Robots have a hard time improvising, and encountering an unusual surface or obstacle usually means an abrupt stop or hard fall.
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Indian used car marketplace Spinny raises $100M+ Series D led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $220M+ — Full-stack used car retailing platform Spinny has raised over $100 million in its Series D round led by Tiger Global. The fresh round has come after a small gap of three months … | Ray A. Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
How dating apps are increasingly used to start platonic friendships, with average time spent on Bumble's BFF growing 83% for men and 44% for women in Q1 2021 — Millennials and members of Generation Z increased their use of dating apps to make platonic friends during the pandemic; ‘now we all have these big life moments together’Sponsor Posts
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