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| Aaron Holmes / Insider: |
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019 — - The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population — Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / Protocol: |
A deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech, including going unheard, getting passed over for promotions, and stereotyped as passive and diligent — Going unheard. Getting passed over for promotions. Stereotyped as “passive” and “diligent.”
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| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
ACLU discloses that it shares personally identifiable info of its website users and donors with platforms like Facebook, Google, and others, for ad targeting — The American Civil Liberties Union revealed that it shares data with a company it regularly criticizes for privacy blunders: Facebook.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
How Big Tech firms rely on the interplay of collaboration and competition between each other in order to protect their market position — How the tech giants are both cooperating while competing in hardware, software and technology services — Once upon a time, Amazon. com Inc. only sold books … | The Guardian: |
Investigation into Palantir's activities in Europe amid COVID raises concerns over Palantir's work with public agencies and whether it can operate under EU laws — Daniel Howden, Apostolis Fotiadis, Ludek Stavinoha, Ben Holst — The 24 March, 2020 will be remembered by some for the news …
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| Sarthak Haribhakti / SarHaribhakti's Newsletter: |
Interview with Semil Shah, founding GP of Haystack, on getting rejected from jobs at VC firms, innovation in the VC industry, Miami as a “tech hub”, and more — Some real talk — Semil Shah has been a prolific writer for a decade. He has done a lot of interviews over the years.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Cresta, which offers a service that uses AI to mentor customer service agents in real time, raises $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Cresta, an AI-powered platform that gives real-time support …
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| Anil Dash / The Atlantic: |
The invention of NFTs was meant to give artists more control over their work, but that dream didn't come true and only led to commercially exploitable hype — The only thing we'd wanted to do was ensure that artists could make some money and have control over their work.| Dan Rose / @danrose999: |
[Thread] Coatue Management Chairman on building company cultures at Amazon and Facebook, based on his combined 20 years of experience working for both — What defines a great company culture? I worked for two iconic companies and founders with nearly polar opposite cultures. Amazon was heads-down, secretive, forthright. Facebook was open, transparent, collaborative. Here's what I learned about culture working for Bezos and Zuck:
| NRC: |
A look at a data center in the Netherlands run by Ecatel, which has faced little action despite being investigated for years for hosting malware and child porn — Hosting In the village of Wormer, there is a data centre run by two men from The Hague. For years they have been under investigation …
Tweets: @fborgesius
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
Profile of Bandcamp, profitable since 2012 without ads or major investors, which has paid out $196.3M to artists since March 2020, often foregoing its fees — Without advertisers or major investors, Bandcamp turned a profit helping musicians at all levels make a living.Sponsor Posts
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Copilot to autopilot: Why no single safeguard is enough — Microsoft designed a layered model that lets an AI agent resolve network incidents on its own within defined boundaries.
Copilot to autopilot: Why no single safeguard is enough — Microsoft designed a layered model that lets an AI agent resolve network incidents on its own within defined boundaries.
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Diwali 2026: Your festive planning checklist with Zoho Notebook — The Diwali countdown is on! From lighting up every corner of the house to going a little overboard with the festive shopping …
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