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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Jack Dorsey says Trump ban was the right decision for Twitter, but reflects a “failure” to promote healthy conversation and sets a dangerous precedent — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained in a tweetstorm that the company faced an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat says it will permanently ban Trump's account on January 20 in the interest of public safety and based on repeated violations of Snapchat's guidelines — Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump's account on Jan. 20, Axios has learned, after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram weeks beforehand — Fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram in the days and weeks beforehand
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak — Following surge in reports of violent content ahead of Capitol attack, executives took their most aggressive steps yet to rein in the president and his supporters
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
In an interview, Parler CEO John Matze says he is not sure whether the social network will ever return after being cut off by service providers — (Reuters) - Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Airbnb says it is canceling and blocking reservations made for the week of Biden's inauguration in the Washington, DC metro area — - Airbnb is canceling and blocking future reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the company said Wednesday.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it's removing posts of fliers promoting events leading up to Biden's inauguration, echoing warnings from law enforcement about another attack — - Company says it's working with officials to flag gatherings — Terrorism, cyber experts helping find images calling for harm| The Guardian: |
Audio and chat logs of walkie-talkie app Zello reveal some Capitol rioters communicated via the app; Zello says it has now deleted 2K+ militia-related channels — Audio and chat logs show insurrectionists communicated via the app, which has avoided proactive content moderation
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Global VC report 2020: overall funding rose 4% YoY to ~$300B, despite a slow Q1, with ~$13.6B seed, $88.4B early-stage, and $198.4B late-stage and growth — Startups closed out 2020 in a much stronger position than the one they started the year in, with global venture funding up 4 percent year over year to $300 billion.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Crypto startup Anchorage says it has received a federal bank charter, making it easier for big banks to use Anchorage to offer cryptocurrencies to customers — A startup called Anchorage announced on Wednesday that it has become the first cryptocurrency company to receive a federal charter …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event: Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with S Pen support, Galaxy Buds Pro, SmartTag, and more — Three new phones, new earbuds, an item tracker, and more — Samsung's next Unpacked event is less than a day away, kicking off on January 14th at 10AM ET …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform — Microsoft's new retail cloud bundle is its second vertical cloud offering, following on the heels of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
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| John Callaham / Android Authority: |
Asus announces Chromebook Flip CX9 for enterprises, with Titan C security, and CX5 for students, both equipped with Intel 11th-gen Core i7 and Iris Xe graphics — - Asus announced new Chromebook Flip models today as part of CES 2021. — The Chromebook Flip CX5 Chromebook is targeting students … | Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
Grab raises $300M led by Hanwha Asset Management for its financial services business, which spun out of Grab in 2018 and is now valued at $3B — New firepower comes as group faces an increasingly competitive landscape in south-east Asia — Grab, the south-east Asian ride-hailing and food delivery app …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Poshmark is pricing its IPO at $42 per share, raising $277M, up from its $35-$39 price initially noted in an earlier filing — - Online marketplace is raising $277 million in share sale — Poshmark IPO follows trading debut by consumer lender Affirm
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques — New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.
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9to5Mac, securephones.io, and Johns Hopkins University
Tweets: @wired, @z3r0trust, and @matthew_d_green
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Ring says it is adding opt-in end-to-end encryption for eight cameras in technical preview for US users — Starting today in a ‘technical preview’ — Ring is starting to add support for end-to-end encryption to its cameras. The feature will keep video streams encrypted from the camera … | Shaun Walker / The Guardian: |
After denouncing the deactivation of Donald Trump's social media accounts, Poland plans to make it illegal for tech companies to take similar actions there — Following Trump's Twitter ban, Polish government wants to protect posts that do not break nation's laws
Tweets: @monicalewinsky and @visegrad24
| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Swedish startup Minna, developer of a subscription management app, raises €15.5M Series B round led by Element Ventures, bringing its total funding to €23M+ — Swedish startup Minna, creator of an eponymous subscription management app, has raised €15.5 million in a Series B round led … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Xentral, which develops enterprise resource planning software for online SMBs, raises $20M Series A led by Sequoia Capital — Small enterprises remain one of the most underserved segments of the business market, but the growth of cloud-based services — easier to buy, easier to provision — has helped that change in recent years.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Sana Labs, which uses AI to personalize training courses for professionals, raises $18M Series A led by EQT Ventures — Sana Labs, a startup that's using machine learning to personalize training courses for professionals, has raised $18 million in a series A round of funding led by EQT Ventures.
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Berlin-based Sennder, which connects commercial businesses with freight carriers, raises $160M Series D at a $1B+ valuation — Sennder focuses specifically on the ‘full truck load’ market — or the movement of freight from A to B. Sennder wants to digitalise the processes of organising …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA's backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology — New approach to semiconductors, developed partly with the Pentagon's backing, could threaten Intel and Arm's dominance
Tweets: @farshchi, @jchengwsj, and @chinaplusnews
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lumiata, which provides AI-powered predictive analytics for managing health care costs, raises $14M Series B led by Defy.vc, bringing its total raised to $45M+ — Lumiata, a company providing AI-powered predictive analytics for managing health care costs, has raised $14 million.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
DecisionLink, which develops software for cost-benefit analyses of business services, raises an $18.5M round led by Accel Partners — DecisionLink, an Atlanta-based company that provides software for cost-benefit analyses of business services from a customer's perspective … Sponsor Posts
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