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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default — You won't be able to default to the chronological timeline — Twitter is rolling out a change that, frustratingly …
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| Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal: |
People are sending news about Ukraine to Russians using a website that randomly selects from a list of ~20M phone numbers and ~140M email addresses in Russia — Website developed by hackers is new initiative in West's battle to counter Russia's propaganda campaign
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Forbes. Tweets: @bopanc, @bopanc, @thomaschattwill, @cliffordlevy, @bopanc, @can, @thewebbyawards, @martinsfp, and @bopanc
| Rest of World: |
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs — Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition.| Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: |
Forto, which provides digitized freight forwarding and supply chain tools, raises a $250M Series D, nearly doubling its valuation to $2.1B in eight months — Forto said on Monday it raised $250 million in a funding led by technology investment firm Disruptive and including SoftBank's …
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stattimes, PR Newswire, Silicon Canals, Forto, and Tech.eu
| Benjamin Goggin / NBC News: |
A look at growing online meth communities on Zoom, Reddit, and others as they attract little attention from content moderators, worsening the addiction problem — In December, Paul went home for the holidays. Like many people, he hadn't seen his family for almost a year.
Tweets: @benjamingoggin, @kevin_raposo, @benjamingoggin, @benjamingoggin, @benjamingoggin, and @benjamingoggin
| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Mojo, an upcoming app for fans to buy and sell “stocks” of professional athletes at values based on performance, raises a $75M Series A led by Thrive Capital — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez and his business partner, Marc Lore, are investing in a new company aiming to be a …
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Mojo | LinkedIn, Bleacher Report, VegasSlotsOnline News, Front Office Sports, CBS Sports, SportsPro, TechCrunch, and Contemporary Idiot
Tweets: @marclore, @ravmike, @marclore, @readdanwrite, and @kimbhasin
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
AiFi, which offers computer vision-powered cashierless tech for retailers, raises a $65M Series B, bringing its total funding to $80M — Contactless stores are gaining traction, more so in Europe, but there are some trickling into the U.S., including Atlanta's Nourish + Bloom Market that opened in January.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Stilt, which offers financial services to immigrants, launches an API to help fintechs offer credit building tools and raises a $14M Series A and $100M in debt — Stilt, which started its life as a provider of financial services for immigrants, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led …
Tweets: @rohitdotmittal and @danbragiel
| Sarah Wu / Reuters: |
Taiwan is partnering with leading chipmakers to set up specialized “chip schools” that run year-round to train its next generation of semiconductor engineers — Taiwan is racing to set up specialised “chip schools” that run year-round to train its next generation of semiconductor engineers …
Tweets: @bb_hong_tw and @sarah_wu_
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Interview with CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up, including by doing and sharing their own research — CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up — Brandon Silverman knows more about how stories spread on Facebook than almost anyone.
Tweets: @marielamensch84, @frankpasquale, and @_claireconnelly
| Sharanya Pillai / The Business Times: |
Singapore-based Silent Eight, whose AI-powered tech lets financial institutions enforce economic sanctions and prevent financial crimes, raises a $40M Series B — SILENT Eight, a startup specialising in AI for economic sanctions enforcement and financial crime prevention, has raised US$40 million in Series B funds.
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Silent Eight, SecurityBrief Australia, Fintech Singapore, PR Newswire, PYMNTS.com, and FinSMEs
| Reuters: |
Sources: NSA and other agencies are investigating an attack that disabled Viasat's satellite internet service in Europe on February 24 as Russia invaded Ukraine — Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access …
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Insider, PCMag, and Wired
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