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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
a16z raises new $2B fund and says the firm's 150 employees are being registered as financial advisors, so they can go deeper on riskier bets, like buying crypto — Emerging from the financial crisis in 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz laid out their campaign to take on Silicon Valley.
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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook says it removed over 800 Indian and Pakistani Pages, accounts, and Groups for spreading misinformation and propaganda, ahead of India's election — NEW DELHI — Facebook and Instagram removed more than 800 political pages, accounts, and groups in India and Pakistan for spreading misinformation …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube execs ignored internal warnings, concerns about the spread of toxic videos, and proposals to change recommendations, in favor of engagement — A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube. Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott: |
Microsoft closes the Microsoft Store's ebook category, offering to full refunds on ebook purchasers and a $25 credit to those who annotated their ebooks — I guess the only surprise here is when this would happen. But Microsoft is indeed shutting down the ebook functionality in its Edge web browser and in the Microsoft Store.
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart will let customers order groceries by voice through Google Assistant beginning this month, expanding the service to other platforms in the coming months — - Prior purchase data will help identify preferred brands, size — Retailer to expand service to more platforms in coming months
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Readdle brings popular free email app Spark to Android with features aimed at power users and promises no ads or tracking — Twelve years after its inception, Readdle is finally venturing beyond Apple's ecosystem with the launch today of its Spark email app for Android.
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| Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph: |
Report: data provided by TokenData shows about $118M has been raised via ICOs in Q1 2019, compared to $6.9B raised during the same period in 2018 — About $118 million has been raised via initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Q1 of 2019, over 58 times less than $6.9 billion …
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| Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web: |
WhatsApp debuts a fact-checking tip line in India to combat fake news, will work with startup Proto to help review text, photos, links, and video sent by users — WhatsApp has launched its next weapon in the fight against misinformation on its platform in India: a tip line to which you can send forwards …
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Rajan Anandan, Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving to join Sequoia Capital India as a managing director — Rajan Anandan, the Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving the company after more than eight years with the firm, the company said on Tuesday.| Donna Fuscaldo / Forbes: |
Palo Alto-based digital business payments company Bill.com raises $88M at a $1B+ valuation and announces a strategic partnership with Mastercard — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Google Assistant does not always disclose that some audio recommendations in search results are connected to a paid program — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On stage at an investor conference last month, Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler identified a vexing challenge for the company's … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Sqreen, which helps developers monitor and protect their web apps from vulnerabilities and attacks, raises $14M Series A led by Greylock Partners — Sqreen, a cybersecurity startup that helps developers monitor and protect their web apps from vulnerabilities and attacks … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils new mid-range 13-inch Surface Book 2 with Intel quad-core i5 processor, 256GB storage, and 8GB RAM for $1,499 — Microsoft is quietly refreshing its Surface Book 2 base model today. The software giant is introducing Intel's latest 8th Gen quad-core i5 processor …
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| Tanya Klich / Forbes: |
London-based Elvie, which develops connected tech for new and expectant mothers, raises $42M Series B led by IPGL, Octopus Ventures, and Impact Ventures — Elvie, a London-based tech company that develops health devices for new and expectant mothers, announced it has raised $42 million in Series B funding.
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| Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed: |
YouTube is removing UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson's videos from search results and prohibiting him from live streaming, stopping short of an outright ban — The video platform is removing the far-right activist's videos from search results and stopping him live-streaming.
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Segment, which helps companies manage customer data streams, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $1.5B valuation, co-led by Accel and GV — Segment Inc., a startup that helps companies manage the ever-growing streams of data they collect about their customers, raised $175 million in venture funding …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Source: Slack plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in June or July, taking the same path as Spotify for its direct listing — The workplace messaging company Slack Technologies Inc. plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in June or July, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Valve confirms its Index VR headset with integrated headphones and new controllers will ship on June 15, plans full reveal for May 1 — You won't have to wait until May to learn more about Valve's Index VR headset. Valve briefly posted (and promptly removed) unfinished pages for the Index …
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The Verge, Road to VR, Variety, Neowin, VRFocus, Firstpost Tech, TechCrunch, SlashGear, GamesIndustry.biz, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and Ars Technica
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft teams up with BMW on the Open Manufacturing Platform, a new initiative for collaborative IoT development in manufacturing — Car companies are making big investments in technology to help ensure that they are not cut out of the next generation of transportation and automotive manufacturing … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
1,300+ Googlers sign a petition demanding Google remove Kay Coles James, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, from its external AI advisory board — ‘They think that some of our colleagues either do not or should not exist’ — When Google announced an external advisory board …
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| Gintautas Dumcius / Boston Business Journal: |
CollegeVine, a college guidance platform that predicts a student's chance of acceptance and helps families manage the application process, raises $24M Series B — CollegeVine, the Cambridge-based education technology startup, has raised $24 million as it eyes offering its services to employers as an employee benefit.
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