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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.”
Tweets: @aaaj_la, @kristina_wong, @aasian, @phillyinquirer, @yingyi_ma, @alivelshi, @moorehn, @protocol, @protocol, @meganrosedickey, @caro, @yosub, @protocol, @hari, @issielapowsky, @mikechenwriter, and @owenthomas
| 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 … | 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:
| 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.
Tweets: @sarthakgh, @akothari, @joshelman, @guruchahal, @sarthakgh, @sarthakgh, @besvinick, @micah, @alexcaluza, @robk, @marvinliao, @lpolovets, @semil, @lucasbagnocv, and @bznotes
| 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 …
Tweets: @guyverhofstadt, @marietjeschaake, @stefsimanowitz, and @katymfallon
| 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.| 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.| Financial Times: |
A record 76 companies suspended their IPO applications for Shanghai's Star Market in March, more than doubling since February, as tech regulatory scrutiny rises — Companies cancel plans to sell shares on Shanghai's Star Market as regulatory scrutiny rises
Tweets: @pkedrosky and @kanghexin
| 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 …
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