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Amateur digital sleuths have joined massive crowdsourcing efforts on social media to track violent Capitol rioters, passing the evidence to authorities — The digital sleuths take to their computers in the moments when they can peel away from their real-world responsibilities — jobs …
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung Electronics heir Jay Y. Lee was sentenced to 30 months in prison over bribery charges; Lee still faces a second prosecution related to succession — - Lee sentenced to two and a half years in jail after court case — Samsung succession scandal has rocked South Korea for years
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| Washington Post: |
Tech giants are bracing for tougher regulation under Biden's administration, as Democrats' calls for regulation have become more urgent after Capitol attacks — The Democratic Party's calls for regulation have grown more urgent in the days since Biden won the presidency …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Social media algorithms amplify the reach of incendiary, misinformation-filled conspiracy theories, and users have no control over them — What you see in your feeds isn't up to you. What's at stake is no longer just missing a birthday. It's your sanity—and world peace.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Twitter has partnered with Dailyhunt to bring Moments to the Indian news app to showcase curated tweets pertaining to news and other events in India — Five years after its launch, Twitter Moments is growing beyond the American social networking platform. — On Monday, Twitter …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: as German car trading service Auto1 plans its IPO, Sequoia and Lone Pine will each buy ~€50M in shares from existing investors and put €50M+ in its IPO — - Lone Pine also purchases stock from early backer DN Capital — Both funds want to buy more shares in Auto1's planned IPO| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK-based Bloom & Wild, an online florist that delivers flowers sourced directly from growers, raises $102M Series D led by General Catalyst for expansion in EU — Bloom & Wild, a London-based startup that takes an updated and online approach to the very traditional business of ordering … | Reuters: |
Sources: in a flurry of parting actions against China, Trump's admin has notified Huawei suppliers including Intel that it's revoking licenses to sell to Huawei — NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel …
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| Sebastian Sinclair / CoinDesk: |
Maps.me, an offline mobile map for travelers, raises $50M in a funding round led by Alameda Research, aims to launch “yield earning” DeFi tools inside the app — The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet on Maps.me, enabling decentralized finance (DeFi) features for 140 million users.
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Tweets: @kylesamani, @coindesk, and @jerallaire
| Varsha Bansal / Rest of World: |
Inside India's digital crime unit leading the effort to catch groups on WhatsApp and Telegram that create and spread content promoting child sexual abuse — October 4 was a big day for police in the southern Indian state of Kerala. After a months-long investigation, officials launched …
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NBC News. Tweets: @cengizyar, @varshaabansal, @varshaabansal, @varshaabansal, @varshaabansal, @varshaabansal, and @varshaabansal
| Anshuman Daga / Reuters: |
Sources: Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is considering an IPO in the US this year that could raise at least $2B — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States this year …
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PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Crowdfund Insider, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
proSapient, a research service helping customers gather insights from experts via interviews and surveys, raises $10M Series A led by Smedvig Capital — For several years there has been talk about how to leverage ‘experts’ online. How do you ‘suck their brains’ for information in an efficient manner … Sponsor Posts
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