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Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022 — For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States … | Reuters: |
TikTok says it has completed migrating its US users' data to Oracle's servers in the US — TikTok has completed migrating its U.S. users' information to servers at Oracle Corp (ORCL.N), in a move that could address U.S. regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular video app, the company confirmed to Reuters.| Serena Ng / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital is exploring financial options, including asset sales and a rescue by another firm, and says it invested ~$200M in Luna — Firm's founders say they still believe in the future of cryptocurrencies — Cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
A group of Senate Democrats calls on the US Commerce Department to follow the EU and create a strategy to require a common charging port for all mobile devices — No more Lightning ports? — A group of Senate Democrats is calling on the US Commerce Department to follow Europe's lead …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK publishes its final response to a data reform consultation to diverge from EU rules, including replacing cookie consent pop-ups with browser opt-outs — The UK government has published its final response to a data ‘reform’ consultation it kicked off last year, laying out how it intends … | Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Some employees say that Musk sounded genuinely enthusiastic about owning and running Twitter, but 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
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Snap is internally testing Snapchat Plus, a paid subscription service that will give users early access to exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features — It's currently in “early internal testing” — Snap is doing internal tests of a paid subscription called Snapchat Plus …
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
Sources: SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter calling Elon Musk's behavior “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment” — In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied.”
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| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
TSMC details its roadmap: a high volume 3nm chip production starting in H2 2022, with five 3nm-class N3 node iterations, and 2nm-class N2 introduction in 2025 — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday kicked off its 2022 TSMC Technology Symposium, where the company traditionally shares …
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| Freya Pratty / Sifted: |
Proximie, whose AR tech enables surgeons to virtually collaborate during surgeries, has raised an $80M Series C, bringing its total funding to $129M — Proximie, which was founded in 2016, states its mission as saving lives by creating a “borderless operating room”.
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Some UK creators say they abandoned TikTok Shop's e-commerce program due to poor pay, long hours, and having to take flak for limited stock and shipping issues — Content creators say ‘livestream’ model means they earn less and now take flak for limited stock and shipping issues
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New York-based Narmi, which lets small financial firms offer online and mobile banking services, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$60M — The banking industry isn't always welcoming to startups, depending on the market's outlook. As inflation rises and companies brace …
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| Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter: |
Roku unveils an e-commerce deal with Walmart, letting TV viewers use their remotes during a shoppable commercial to select a product and check out with Roku Pay — The pact could make TV streaming the next frontier in e-commerce shopping by blending entertainment and instant product purchases.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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