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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me” — Meta. Metamates. Me. — At a virtual all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Facebook escalated its attempts …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Google announces early access to Chrome OS Flex, a version of Chrome OS for businesses and schools that is designed to run on old PCs and Macs — It's made for schools and businesses — Google has announced early access to a new version of Chrome OS called Chrome OS Flex.
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Tweets: @kdrag0n, @sundarpichai, @dsccross, @suka_hiroaki, @film_girl, @conpower, @mishaalrahman, and @googleforedu
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years — The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared.
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| DKB: |
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and “smart” AI, prompting people to append “reddit” to queries to get more authentic results — Reddit is currently the most popular search engine. The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft rolls out the Amazon Appstore Preview, offering over 1,000 Android apps, in the Microsoft Store, alongside other tweaks to Windows 11 — Last October, Microsoft began testing Android apps on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store.
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Windows Experience Blog, ZDNet, developer.amazon.com, BetaNews, Gizchina, Tom's Guide, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Pocket-lint, gHacks Technology News, Android Headlines, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Android Central, CNET, BleepingComputer, AFTVnews, Engadget, Neowin, Android Police, Tom's Hardware, iTnews, Gizmodo, Thurrott, and Ars Technica
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Roblox misses with Q4 revenue of $568.8M vs. $604M est., up 83% YoY, average DAUs of 49.5M, up 33% YoY, and average bookings per DAU of $15.57; stock down 14%+ — Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the fourth quarter ended December 31 were $770.1 million …
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| IEEE Spectrum: |
Blind patients with Second Sight's electronic retinal implants are in danger of losing their artificial vision as the tech becomes obsolete and unsupported — Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark — Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands a beta test of Safety Mode, which temporarily blocks accounts using harmful language in replies, to 50% of users in the US and 5 other markets — Twitter is broadening access to a feature called Safety Mode, designed to give users a set of tools to defend themselves …
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PhoneArena, Waivly, The Verge, Sobre Startups, Engadget, BGR India, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @twittersafety and @twittermktgau
| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Akamai says it will acquire cloud hosting company Linode, which positions itself as an AWS alternative for SMBs and independent developers, for $900M — Akamai Technologies announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform provider Linode …
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DCD, Silicon Republic, Linode, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Protocol, ZDNet, iTnews, Slashdot, and IT Management
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| Keerthi Vedantam / dot.LA: |
Terray Therapeutics, which specializes in AI-enabled drug discovery, emerges from stealth with a $60M Series A led by Madrona Venture Group — After three years in stealth mode, a Pasadena biotech startup has emerged with $60 million and, it believes, a new way to create drugs.
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PR Newswire, Madrona Venture Group, FinSMEs, MedCity News, and GeekWire
| Cissy Zhou / Financial Times: |
Chinese online streaming service Bilibili plans to hire 1,000 censors after the death of a 25-year-old worker; Bilibili had 2,413 censors at the end of 2020 — Content monitoring team to be increased 40% amid debate on overwork — Chinese online video streaming service Bilibili plans … | Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Canadian startup Paper, which offers educational tools to K-12 schools in the US and Canada, raises a $270M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$391M — Paper doubled the number of students on its platform to two million since last year. — On a mission to “democratize access” …
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PR Newswire, Sapphire Ventures, Paper Blog, and FinSMEs
| Rafaela Lindeberg / Bloomberg: |
Ericsson CEO says the company might have made payments to ISIS to gain access to transport routes in Iraq in 2018, causing shares to drop by over 8.5% — Ericsson may have made payments to the ISIS terror organization to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq …
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Reuters, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, ICIJ, and Reuters
Tweets: @daniburgz, @nicfildes, @aggichristiane, and @tbraithwaite
| Farah Elbahrawy / Bloomberg: |
Digital security company Elm, owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, rises 30% in its Riyadh trading debut to $44.30 after raising $820M in its IPO — Elm Co., a digital security firm owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, surged 30% in its trading debut.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Next-day package delivery startup Veho raises a $170M Series B led by Tiger Global at a $1.5B valuation, two months after raising a $125M Series A — Two months after taking on a monster $125 million Series A that propelled the company into unicorn territory, package delivery company Veho …
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PR Newswire, PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, FreightWaves, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Crunchbase News, and PitchBook
| Oliver Smith / AltFi: |
UK-based mobile-only bank Atom Bank raises £75M+ at a £435M valuation, after raising £40M in April 2021, as the startup plans its IPO — Round sees the bank valued at £435m ahead of listing. — After shifting to a 4-day working week last month, lender Atom Bank has raised … | Neil Munshi / Financial Times: |
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital — Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent's scene — Nigerian payments company Flutterwave has raised $250mn …
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TechCrunch, Finextra, Reuters, Flutterwave Blog, Disrupt Africa, and TechCabal
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Funding Societies, a digital financing platform for SMBs in Southeast Asia, raises a $144M Series C+ led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and $150M in debt — Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia's economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don't have …
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Finextra, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, DealStreetAsia, Tech in Asia, and Tech in Asia
| Andy Bounds / Financial Times: |
The European Commission approves plans for a €6B satellite internet system to rival SpaceX and others, despite previous objections from its internal watchdog — Brussels seeks standalone coverage despite internal watchdog previously raising doubts over proposals| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Docs updates, including a pageless format announced in May 2021, AI-powered summaries, and Maps embedded previews — One of the first major announcements at I/O 2021 was Google's initiative to offer a more integrated and interactive Workspace experience.
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Fast Company, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, and Engadget
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Sources: the SEC is probing if Binance properly disclosed to consumers the relationship between its US arm and two market makers with ties to Binance's founder — Regulator is interested in trading firms with links to Binance's founder, people familiar with the probe say
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