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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Interview with Niantic CEO John Hanke about Niantic's vision for the metaverse and how the metaverse could become a dystopian nightmare — The metaverse, the concept of an alternative, shared digital world that originated in sci-fi, has bubbled up to the surface of tech chatter during the later days of the pandemic.
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is changing the contrast of its new buttons, as users complain about headaches after its redesign that some experts say isn't very accessible — After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Facebook rolls out end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls on Messenger, and says it will begin testing opt-in e2e encryption for Instagram DMs — rolling out a host of features for Messenger users who switch on — end-to-end encryption (E2EE). You can now call Messenger contacts using voice or video
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details its CSAM detection system, says it expects to set a match threshold of 30 known CSAM images before an iCloud account is flagged for manual review — Apple today shared a document that provides a more detailed overview of the child safety features that it first announced last week …
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| Bill Hathaway / YaleNews: |
Study of 12.7M tweets shows social media amplifies expressions of moral outrage, as users learn that such language gets rewarded with more “likes” and “shares” — Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn …
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| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: VC-backed companies in the gaming space have raised $5.9B so far in 2021, already surpassing the total raised in 2020 and 2019 — A global pandemic, ripe market conditions, and more private capital availability have led to an increase in funding for gaming startups, and some notable exits over the past year or so.
Tweets: @gazerker and @crunchbasenews
| Samreen Ahmad / Tech in Asia: |
M-DAQ, a Singapore-based SaaS provider for ecommerce and tech companies to facilitate cross border transactions, raises ~$200M Series D from Affinity — Asian private equity giant Affinity Equity Partners has made an investment of US$200 million into M-Daq, a Singapore-based fintech company backed by Ant Group, in a series D round.| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Senate's $1T infrastructure bill includes $2B for cybersecurity programs, including $1B to provide federal cybersecurity assistance to state, local governments — A Senate bill intended to shore up the nation's roads, pipes and electric grid includes billions to protect that aging infrastructure from cyberattacks.
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| The Economic Times: |
Indian online travel app Ixigo files for an IPO in India to raise $200M+, sources say at a valuation of about $850M — Mumbai: Travel booking app ixigo is looking to raise Rs 750 crore through a primary fundraise and Rs 850 crore via an offer for sale (OFS) from existing investors as part …
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Chrono24, an online marketplace for new and pre-owned luxury watches, raises ~$118M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to ~$236M — Digital luxury watch marketplace Chrono24 announced on Wednesday (Aug. 11) that it has raised more than 100 million euro ($118 million) … | Tony Zerucha / Crowdfund Insider: |
Cloud-based bill payment tech provider Paymentus to buy Payveris, which provides software for money transfers and bill payments, for $152.2M in cash and stock — Cloud-based bill payment technology firm Paymentus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Payveris, itself a cloud-based bill payment software provider.| Chet Haase / Ars Technica: |
New book details Android's acquisition by Google, and how Android pitched its OS to Samsung, HTC, and East Coast VC firms before meeting with Larry Page — Enjoy a sneak peek from Androids: The team that built the Android operating system. … By mid-2005, Android was acquired and the future looked bright.Sponsor Posts
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