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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Facebook says the leaked 533M records are a different data set that attackers created by abusing a flaw in a Facebook contacts import feature, not by hacking — The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
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| Politico: |
Data of EU privacy chief Didier Reynders, Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel, and dozens of EU officials found among Facebook's leaked data set of 533M records — Didier Reynders, Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel among European leaders whose data was leaked online. — EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
T-Mobile launches its 5G home internet service, costing $60-$65/month with no data caps, hardware rental fees, or annual contracts — Once again putting Sprint's mid-band spectrum to work — After a long pilot period, T-Mobile is making its 5G home internet service a reality.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details two ad measurements technologies that advertisers can use without tracking users, ahead of imminent rollout of App Tracking Transparency feature — Starting with iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5, Apple will be requiring apps to receive a user's permission to track …
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
A first person narrative on the persistence of digital memories and how social media and photo apps that surface old photos make painful memories hard to forget — In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Jeff Bezos says Amazon supports a rise in the corporate tax rate and making bold investments in US infrastructure, but stops short of supporting Biden's plan — - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday voiced support for raising the corporate tax rate but stopped short of saying he supports President Joe Biden's plan for the increase.
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Max Schrems' non-profit Noyb files a complaint with the French privacy watchdog, claims Google's Android Advertising Identifier violates EU's ePrivacy Directive — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos Roam review: portable and rugged design, sound quality is good but bass is limited by form factor, charges wirelessly but battery life is not great — The tiny, lightweight speaker has a ton of functionality, but don't expect sound quality miracles — The Sonos Roam is the most focused, calculated product from Sonos yet.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces a virtual I/O from May 18 to May 20, with registration opening soon; the date was hidden behind a puzzle — After canceling entirely last year, Google today announced that I/O 2021 will be virtual and free to attend. The conference is historically held …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Plaid, which helps connect users' bank accounts with fintech apps, raises $425M Series D led by Altimeter Capital, sources say at a valuation of ~$13.4B — Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers' bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning.
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| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Patreon raises $155M Series F led by Tiger Global Management at a $4B valuation, up from $1.2B in September, bringing its total raised to $411M — Online company raises $155 million in latest round, led by new investor Tiger Global Management — Patreon Inc., an online platform …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Report: digital ad spending grew 12.2% YoY in 2020 to $139.8B, as H2 political ad spending offset the H1 falloff; top 10 companies held 78.1% share of revenues — - Despite an initial falloff due to the Covid pandemic, digital advertising spending grew 12.2% year over year in 2020 … | Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Facing a shortage of drivers, Uber will spend $250M on a one-time “stimulus” for US drivers and Lyft is offering $800 bonuses for referring former drivers — Ride-sharing apps turn to bonuses and extra pay as they struggle to meet a rebound in demand| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Alienware announces M15 R5, starting at $2,230, with AMD Ryzen 5000 H-series CPUs, the first Alienware laptop since 2007 to use AMD processors — Expect big performance boosts — Alienware has announced the latest revision to its flagship gaming laptop lineup, the 15-inch Alienware M15 R5.| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
Ahead of its April 14 direct listing, Coinbase reports a record quarter, with estimated profits of $730M-$800M in Q1 on revenue of ~$1.8B and 56M verified users — Coinbase announced its 2021 first quarter earnings on Tuesday, revealing that the crypto giant made a profit of between $730 million …
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| Bloomberg: |
How Intel's missteps let competitors surpass it in key areas, driven by cultural complacency, a manufacturing shift to Asia, and missed mobile opportunities — The statement, conveyed as the third bullet point of a quarterly earnings release, was both mind-numbingly technical and inscrutably terse … | Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Crunchbase data: global venture funding reached $125B in Q1, up 94% YoY, with an average of nearly two unicorns created every working day — In the first quarter of 2021, global venture investments reached $125 billion, a 50 percent increase quarter over quarter and a whopping 94 percent increase year over year, Crunchbase data shows.
Tweets: @crunchbasenews, @paulcimino, @christinemhall, and @benedictevans
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch — It's a major expansion of the platform's misconduct policy — Twitch will now ban users who harass members of its community — even when that harassment takes place off Twitch.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Grab is set to go public in the US through a SPAC merger that will value it at ~$35B, as soon as this week — Deal with Altimeter Capital's blank-cheque vehicle will value technology start-up at $35bn — Grab, south-east Asia's most valuable start-up, is set for the largest merger between …
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Internal memo: Huawei is closing its core cloud and AI business after only 14 months, splitting the group into two — Change mirrors struggle to transition from hardware maker to service provider — Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies is closing its core cloud and artificial … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Streamlit, which offers tools to help companies build machine learning-driven apps, raises $35M Series B led by Sequoia, bringing its total raised to $62M — As a company founded by data scientists, Streamlit may be in a unique position to develop tooling to help companies build machine learning applications.
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Apple podcast data indicates that there are 2M podcasts, but of those, 26% only have one episode, 44% have three or fewer, and only 36% have 10+ episodes — Today's post breaks down the numbers of how many podcasts you're actually up against. — It seems everyone has a podcast. Or do they?
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Bryter, which offers a no-code service to build enterprise apps, raises $66M Series B led by Tiger Global to expand in the US — No-code startups continue to see a lot of traction among enterprises, where employees — strictly speaking, non-technical, but still using software every day … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Pew: YouTube usage grew from 73% of US adults in 2019 to 81% in 2021, with 95% of 18- to 29-year-olds using the service; 69% use Facebook and 21% use TikTok — - YouTube saw the most significant growth of any social media app among American users during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.| Engadget: |
Pinterest says it is starting a Creator Fund, which will pay $500K in cash and media to small groups of influencers throughout 2021 — Of all the social media platforms, Pinterest might be the least reliant on the kind of influencer culture associated with Instagram, YouTube and others.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Interviews with three women working at NSA and Cyber Command highlight the progress made in gender equality in recent years and the work that still remains — WIRED spoke with three women working in cybersecurity in the US intelligence committee about the progress of recent years and the work that remains.
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