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Sources: Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing to buy the company, discussing potential layoffs, content moderation, and more — Tesla Inc. Chief Executive officer Elon Musk discussed his stance on what types of content should be allowed on Twitter Inc.'s social network …
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Some employees say although Musk sounded genuinely enthusiastic about owning and running Twitter, the meeting reinforced their mostly negative beliefs about him — Musk says he has big plans for the company. Employees wonder how he'll achieve them| Financial Times: |
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some positions held by Three Arrows Capital, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend — BlockFi was among a clutch of firms that liquidated the Singapore-based group's positions — Three Arrows Capital failed …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft debuts Defender for Individuals, an online security dashboard for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, part of Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions — Microsoft is adding the Microsoft Defender for Individuals to its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Roku raises its ad revenue share for ad-supported streaming channels to 45% from 40% and requires linear channels to use Roku's ad insertion technology and CDN — In recent weeks, Roku began to send notices to many of its content partners, informing them that it would change a key distribution agreement.| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
HomeLight, which offers AI-powered tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raised $60M in equity and $55M in debt at a $1.7B valuation — HomeLight said on Thursday it had raised $115 million in a late-stage funding round that valued the real-estate home technology platform at $1.7 billion.
| The Markup: |
Analysis: 33 of the top 100 US hospitals used the Meta Pixel tracker, sending to Facebook data including medical conditions, prescriptions, and appointments — Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers find a link between Indian police and hackers who planted evidence in 2018 on the PCs of human rights activists jailed on terrorism charges — New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.
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Hindustan Times, The Wire, Scroll.in, Amnesty International, BYJUS, Gizmodo, and The Citizen Lab
| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Securities regulators in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Washington are investigating Celsius Network's decision to suspend customer redemptions — State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating crypto lender Celsius Network's decision …
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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Andy Jassy's first year as Amazon CEO, as he seeks to reverse some of Jeff Bezos' aggressive pandemic investments, close physical stores, and more — Amid one of the worst stretches for financial performance in Amazon's history, the new CEO is working to cut back the excesses …
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| Katie Collins / CNET: |
The EU toughens its disinformation Code of Practice, covering deepfakes, bots, fake accounts, and more; Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, and others have signed up — What's happening The EU strengthens rules around how tech companies tackle problems such as deepfake videos, bots and fake accounts.
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| Ed Smith / PCGamesN: |
Activision Blizzard says its internal review found there is “no widespread harassment, pattern or practice of harassment, or systemic harassment” at the company — Following a series of lawsuits, and claims of misconduct, an internal investigation by Activision concludes there is “no widespead harassment” - at Activision
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Tweets: @nickstatt, @_jetbolt_, @duckvalentine, @pms_jordan, @migueldeicaza, @shobz, and @markmilian
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
TikTok's global business solutions head says TikTok is an entertainment platform, not a social network like Facebook, and hasn't seen a slowdown in ad revenue — - Facebook is openly copying TikTok, and calling it out as a significant competitor. — But Blake Chandlee …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Klarna is in talks to raise fresh funds at a ~$15B valuation, down from its $45.6B valuation in June 2021; source: a deal could yield at least $500M — The SoftBank-backed, buy-now-pay-later startup is discussing raising cash at a valuation around $15 billion, down from 2021's near $46 billion valuation| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Reddit will acquire Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments founded in 2016 by a former Facebook engineer, for an undisclosed amount — Reddit announced Thursday that it would buy Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments, for an undisclosed amount.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Adobe reports Q2 revenue of $4.39B, up 14% YoY vs. $4.34B est., Digital Media revenue of $3.2B, up 15% YoY, and Digital Experience revenue of $1.1B, up 17% YoY — - Like some other large software companies, Adobe pointed to foreign-exchange rates when it announced its latest forecast.| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
The White House launches a task force to examine whether existing federal laws are adequate to address online abuse and recommend changes by the end of 2022 — Group will create recommendations for governments, companies and schools to address the link between online harassment and violence in the wake of mass shootings
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Discord announces the widespread availability of its built-in autonomous moderation tool AutoMod, and expands Premium Memberships to more eligible US servers — AutoMod is getting a widespread rollout — Today, Discord is announcing widespread availability of AutoMod …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Vendr, which helps companies manage SaaS purchasing, has raised a $150M Series B co-led by Craft Ventures and Vision Fund 2 at a $1B valuation — Vendr Inc., a firm that centralizes business software purchasing and management, announced it was valued at $1 billion after a $150 million funding round …
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Business Wire, Vendr, and PYMNTS.com
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based FanClash, which lets users compete with one another with fantasy esports teams via its mobile app, raised a $40M Series B led by Alpha Wave Global — Millions of Indians each year assemble virtual sports teams, placing their hopes on the players they pick to perform exceedingly well in real-world matches.
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NYC-based Transfr, which offers businesses VR simulations for training workers, has raised a $35M Series B led by Lumos Capital Group — Transfr VR, a NYC-based company pioneering the use of virtual reality to simulate on-the-job training, raised $35 million in Series B funding.| Bloomberg: |
Canadian telecom Telus plans to acquire Toronto-based digital health care and wellness services provider LifeWorks for ~$1.8B — Canadian telecommunications company Telus Corp. said it will acquire digital-health provider LifeWorks Inc. for about C$2.3 billion ($1.8 billion) … Sponsor Posts
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