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A look at the fight between six rapid grocery delivery startups in NYC, which raised $5.5B+ since 2020; sources: some are averaging a loss of $20+ per order — Jokr, Getir and Buyk are piling on freebies to build up a customer base in New York City — Since Hayoung Park moved to Manhattan last year … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The FCC announces $1.2B+ in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband service across 32 states, provided by 23 telecom companies — The FCC plans to deploy broadband service in one million new areas — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
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| Stephanie Clifford / Elle: |
Profile of Ann Lai, who settled a harassment lawsuit against Justin Caldbeck's Binary Capital in 2020, as she talks about her ordeal publicly for the first time — She quit her high-profile job and sounded an alarm about bad behavior in tech—and she was nearly forced from the industry.
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| Samantha Hissong / Rolling Stone: |
Profile of artist Seneca, who says she is the lead designer behind the original Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and has seen relatively little compensation — The Bored Ape Yacht Club lit up the internet — but its lead designer, Seneca, has been watching from the shadows
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
NFT marketplace LooksRare, which launched on Jan. 10, had $9.5B+ in trading volume, $8.3B+ of which seems to be users “wash trading” between their own wallets — CryptoSlam says the vast majority of the hot NFT marketplace's sales are illegitimate trades made to manipulate the token rewards model.| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
A look at Google's history with tablets; Android co-founder Rich Miner's LinkedIn page says he has been working as Google's Android tablets CTO since March 2021 — This wild Android tablet concept could have completely changed the way we interact with our devices. Ready to pop the red pill?
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| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
Blockdaemon, which provides blockchain infrastructure for node management and staking, raises a $207M Series C at a $3.25B post-money valuation — Sapphire and Tiger Global led the latest round, which follows a $155 million Series B last September. — The unicorn valuations are still … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Lina Khan's FTC is using “monopsony”, a market where one buyer is pre-eminent, to reshape antitrust regulation to protect businesses using Big Tech platforms — Federal Trade Commission chief Lina Khan has developed an innovative way to frame the issue.
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| Bloomberg: |
Many China-based sellers who were kicked off Amazon for rule violations have turned to Walmart's online marketplace to reach US consumers — Ever since Amazon.com Inc. began kicking tens of thousands of Chinese merchants off its platform last April for faking customer reviews … | Claire L. Evans / The Verge: |
Profile of Susan Headley, an influential hacker of the 1980s, who specialized in social engineering and now leads a quiet life in a large US Midwestern city — She was known, back then, as Susan Thunder. For someone in the business of deception, she stood out: she was unusually tall …
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Protocol, Engadget, Newser, and I shaved my legs for THIS?
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| Arijit Sarkar / Cointelegraph: |
China tests using blockchain across 15 cities and 164 organizations in manufacturing, energy, government data sharing, law enforcement, taxation, and more — Some of the key areas of blockchain development include manufacturing, energy, government data sharing and services, law enforcement … | Brian Fung / CNN: |
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