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Google releases a Chrome update for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix a high-severity zero-day exploited in the wild, the second such patch for Chrome in 2022 — Google has released Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a high-severity zero-day bug exploited in the wild.
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Leapsome, a Berlin-based startup helping HR teams automate employee feedback and training processes, raises a $60M Series A led by Insight Partners — Bootstrapped since 2016, Berllin-based “People Enablement” platform Leapsome has raised $60 million in a Series A round as it sets out to dominate the American market.
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Social media platforms are hastily rewriting rules on hate and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them in the future — A month ago, praising a neo-Nazi militia or calling for violence against Russians could get you suspended from Facebook in Ukraine.| FinSMEs: |
Data Vault Holdings, which lets businesses monetize their data assets through its cloud-based exchange, raises a $30.5M Series A from undisclosed investors — Data Vault Holdings, a New York-based provider of a cloud-based platform for the delivery of branded data-backed cryptocurrencies, raised $30.5M in Series A funding.
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Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done pressured clinicians to use looser pandemic rules and prescribe stimulants, often via 30 minute online consultations — Digital companies such as Cerebral and Done seized on looser pandemic rules for prescribing ADHD drugs like Adderall.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Apple and Google criticize the newly unveiled Digital Markets Act that will force companies designated as gatekeepers to open up their platforms to competitors — Apple and Google criticise newly unveiled Digital Markets Act that will force a radical overhaul of their global operations
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Polish e-commerce locker service InPost is attracting takeover interest from CVC and others, as its stock is down 70%+ since its January 2021 IPO — InPost SA, the Polish operator of self-service lockers for e-commerce, is attracting potential takeover interest from private equity firms … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Transport for London grants Uber a 30-month license to continue operating in London, ending a years-long spat with the agency, which twice revoked its license — - Uber has been granted a 30-month license to operate in London, according to Transport for London.| Bloomberg: |
Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon employee who helped start Amazon Games and its current head, is stepping down to focus on his family — Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon.com Inc. employee who helped start Amazon Game Studios, is stepping down. The executive told staff Friday he was leaving …
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| MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Intrepid Response, an app the Minnesota police used to collect photos and data on journalists at protests and share across law enforcement agencies — In April of last year, a freelance photojournalist named J.D. Duggan was covering a protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Ukraine next week plans to start selling 54 NFTs chronicling the first three days of Russia's invasion; the funds will go to the country's “army and civilians” — Proceeds will go toward Ukraine's army and civilians — Ukraine's government is raising funds by selling non-fungible tokens …
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| Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
The EU and US reach a preliminary deal to store data about Europeans on US soil, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020 — Agreement could assuage concerns of companies with operations on both sides of the Atlantic — BRUSSELS—The U.S. and the European Union reached …
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