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US says Bird received a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $5M-$10M, but Bird, which recently laid off 400+, says it neither applied for nor received said loan — Scooter companies, AV startups, LIDAR manufacturers among companies receiving PPP loans — Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Overview of US gov't data on Paycheck Protection Program loans received by 40+ blockchain firms, led by ConsenSys, which allegedly received $5M-$10M in April — More than 40 companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry collected at least $18 million in payroll loans from the U.S. government.
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| Benjamin Wallace / Vulture: |
Inside Quibi's implosion, aided by the divisive management styles of Katzenberg and Whitman, compounded by a failure to understand its digital-native audience — The Emmy race has begun! Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13.
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Facebook, Telegram, and Twitter say they have suspended requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China — The social network said it would review the city's punitive new national security law, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by a large American tech company.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal — - Uber agreed to buy Postmates, the fourth-largest U.S. delivery food service, for $2.65 billion in stock. — Uber had attempted to acquire GrubHub last month but talks failed.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its TikTok rival, Reels, to India in the wake of the country's ban on Chinese apps — In the wake of India's decision to ban TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps over privacy concerns, Instagram has expanded its TikTok rival, known as Reels, in the region.| Varsha Bansal / WIRED UK: |
India's shutdown of TikTok has dealt a devastating blow to the careers of many influencers as some say it has “erased the last two years of their lives” — TikTok built an influencer base of over a million people in India in less than two years. Now, it's crumbling down| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
SCOTUS strikes down a law amended in 2015 to allow robocalls by debt collectors — Collectors of US-backed debt no longer allowed to make robocalls to cell phones. — The US Supreme Court today struck down a provision in US law that let debt collectors make robocalls to cell phones … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Ex-Yahoo engineer sentenced to five years of probation and home confinement for hacking into 6,000+ Yahoo Mail accounts to search for sexually explicit content — Hacker sentenced to five years probation, with home confinement condition. — A former Yahoo engineer was sentenced to five years …
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| Gene Park / Washington Post: |
AAA games for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will likely be priced at $69.99, the first rise since 2005, when Activision released COD: 2 for $59.99 — Video games have been $60 for as long as many of you can remember, but price listings for the upcoming “NBA 2K21” titles for PlayStation 5 …
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| Ilya Banares / Bloomberg: |
Canadian privacy watchdog says Clearview AI will cease offering facial recognition tech in Canada and suspend its contract with RCMP — Canada's privacy watchdog said facial recognition software provider Clearview AI Inc. will no longer offer its services in the country … | Malkia Devich-Cyril / The Atlantic: |
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
Investment firm Arca has registered the Ethereum token-based Arca US Treasury Fund with the SEC, after seeking approval nine times over two years — Digital asset-focused investment firm Arca has obtained a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
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Amazon's Twitch, Facebook, Nvidia, and others contend with allegations of sexual misconduct in the game streaming world, as dozens of women accuse 150+ people — - About 150 online players are accused of a range of misconduct — Corporate sponsors rethink vetting of streamers they work withSponsor Posts
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