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Mozilla's analysis says Facebook's justifications for cutting off access to researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory project “simply do not hold water” — The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly?
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Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations — - Company says researchers of political ads were scraping data — NYU's Ad Observatory got cease-and-desist letter last October
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok says it is testing TikTok Stories; source says Stories are available in a handful of markets outside the US — Twitter may have shut down its Stories features known as Fleets, but the Stories format will continue to invade other social platforms. TikTok today confirmed it's piloting … | Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Senators Lummis, Wyden, Toomey propose amendment to infrastructure bill excluding crypto developers, miners, node operators, others from the “broker” definition — A trio of U.S. senators is proposing a legislative exclusion for crypto companies, including miners and software developers … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo misses in Q1 with $1.09B operating profit, down 17.3% YoY, on $2.94B revenue, down 9.9% YoY, as Switch sales decline by 21.7% YoY to 4.45M units — It was not exactly a normal quarter this time in 2020 — Nintendo has released its earnings for the April-June quarter …
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Source: ByteDance has laid off hundreds of employees working on its online education businesses, following China's crackdown on the sector — - It's shutting one service while pivoting others to comply — China's new online tutoring curbs include a ban on profits| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian digital bank Jupiter raises $45M Series B, led by Brazil-based Nubank, Global Founders, Sequoia, and Matrix Partners India, at a $300M+ valuation — Industry veteran Jitendra Gupta's neobank for consumers in India — Jupiter — has raised $45 million in a new financing round …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber beats estimates with record gross bookings of $21.9B, up 114% YoY, adjusted EBITDA loss of $509M, an improvement from $837M YoY; stock down ~5% — - Uber beat on both the top and bottom lines in its second-quarter earnings report Wednesday. — The company reported a net income of $1.1 billion for the quarter.
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Indian startup MindTickle, which offers tools to improve sales staff, raises $100M Series E led by SoftBank at a $1.2B valuation, bringing total raised to $281M — So-called sales readiness technology provider MindTickle Inc. is running with the unicorns today after landing a $100 million Series E round of funding.
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Etsy drops by 10%+ after reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, with revenue up 23.4% YoY to $528.9M, but Q3 guidance suggests pandemic sales boost is over — - Shares of Etsy slid in extended trading Wednesday after the company gave third-quarter guidance that suggested a sales slowdown.| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after she tweeted about sexism in the office — Ashley Gjøvik says the employee relations team implied she should stay off Slack pending an ongoing investigation — Apple has placed senior engineering program …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming service IMDb TV arrives on iOS and Android, more than two years after launching — More than two and a half years after IMDb launched its free, ad-supported streaming service, IMDb TV is now available on iOS and Android mobile devices.| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Amnesty International: of the world's 53 largest VC firms, only one meets UN human rights due diligence standards — Out of the 53 companies and accelerators surveyed, only one “potentially” set up a policy to investigate and stop contributions to human rights abuse. — EO
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is reportedly considering using on-device hashing algorithms to match photos with known child abuse material, a potentially problematic practice — Apple is reportedly set to announce new photo identification features that will use hashing algorithms to match the content of photos …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
European virtual events platform Hopin raises $450M led by Arena Holdings and Altimeter Capital at a $7.75B valuation — - Virtual events start-up Hopin is now worth $7.75 billion after raising $450 million in funding. — The company was founded in June 2019 and is already one of Europe's most valuable tech unicorns.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
SentiLink, which offers identity verification APIs to financial institutions, raises $70M Series B led by Craft Ventures with participation from a16z and others — SentiLink, an identity verification technology startup, has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Craft Ventures.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Kuaishou drops by over 15% in Hong Kong as its post-IPO lockup expired, highlighting widening fears about China's crackdown — - Shares plummet 15% after a post-IPO lockup on sales expired — Selloff underscores nervousness during the online crackdown
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Dataiku, which helps enterprises use AI for data analytics, raises $400M led by Tiger Global at a $4.6B valuation — - New York-based firm raises $400 million for expansion — Investors include Tiger Global, ICONIQ Growth, CapitalG — Dataiku Inc., a startup that helps businesses roll …
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| Chris McGreal / The Guardian: |
Report: 25 oil and gas organizations spent $9.5M+ on 25K+ Facebook ads in 2020, seen 431M+ times, potentially undermining Facebook's ban on oil and gas misinfo — Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solutionSponsor Posts
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