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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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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Apple and Google removed Kremlin critic Navalny's app in September after FSB agents came to top executives' homes and threatened to take them to prison — Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September …
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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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| 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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| 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: @_claireconnelly, @marielamensch84, @frankpasquale, @brendannyhan, @ekp, and @caseynewton
| Joel Khalili / TechRadar: |
Profile of Aleksandr Litreev, a Russian exile who made a popular app to let detained protesters find legal help and a blockchain-based VPN to bypass censorship — Aleksandr Litreev escaped trial in Russia and now he's a thorn in the government's side — Audio player loading...Thanks:@techradarpro
| James Corbett / Off The Pitch: |
Investigation: Socios, which partners with soccer clubs to offer fan tokens, has withheld crypto payments to staff to maintain the value of its chiliZ currency — - A five-month Off The Pitch investigation into Socios, which partners 55 football clubs and governing bodies … | 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.
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PR Newswire, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley Business …, and YouTube. Tweets: @qualcommventure
| 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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| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Mojo, an upcoming stock market-like app for professional athletes that will let fans buy and sell players at values based on performance, raises a $75M Series A — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez and his business partner, Marc Lore, are investing in a new company aiming to be a “stock market” …
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Tweets: @marclore, @readdanwrite, @kimbhasin, and @marclore
| 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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