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Facebook says it has disabled the accounts, apps, Pages, and access to its APIs for researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory Project, citing TOS violations — - Company says researchers of political ads were scraping data — NYU's Ad Observatory got cease-and-desist letter last October
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Microsoft pauses free trials of its new Windows 365 service, which lets users stream Windows 10 or 11 via web browser, after “significant demand” — Windows 365 lets you stream a cloud PC to a web browser — Microsoft launched its new cloud PC Windows 365 service earlier this week …
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Sony beats estimates with Q1 operating profit of $2.6B and says the PS5 is no longer selling at a loss; PS Plus subscribers declined to 46.3M from 47.6M — - Sony expecting more from music streaming and digital cameras — PlayStation software sales and subscriber additions slowed
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Robinhood shares surged as much as 80% on Wednesday, reaching $85, with trading halted several times, bringing total gains across the week to up to 140% — Robinhood shares soared again on Wednesday, extending a wild rally in the newly public stock trading app's stock.
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Internal document: Google fired dozens of engineers between 2018 and 2020 for abusing their access to data and tools — Some allegations potentially center around accessing Google user or employee data. — Joseph Cox — Google has fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Activision Blizzard says that Blizzard's head of global human resources, Jesse Meschuk, has also left the company — Jesse Meschuk, SVP of global HR, has left — Blizzard president J. Allen Brack isn't the only executive leaving the company today after presiding over a culture now accused of fostering “constant sexual harassment.”
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WhatsApp is rolling out a View Once feature for photos and videos that disappear from the chat after the recipient opens it — There and gone — WhatsApp is rolling out its “View Once” feature today, which deletes photos or videos from your chat after they've been opened by the recipient.
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Instacart hires longtime Facebook ads chief Carolyn Everson, who left in June, as president, starting Sept. 7, following other high-profile hires from Facebook — - Weeks after poaching Facebook's Fidji Simo as CEO, Instacart hires Carolyn Everson as president.
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Email service Superhuman, which charges $30/month and hasn't formally launched, raises $75M Series C led by IVP, source says at a $825M valuation — Covering venture capital, software and startups — When Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra agreed to meet with former Dropbox CFO Ajay Vashee's …
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A look at a new labor force using microtask platforms like Remotasks to create and edit data sets for self-driving cars, located primarily in the Global South — To master the roads, autonomous vehicles need lots of data. Workers everywhere from Kenya to Venezuela are providing it.
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After a report showed Amazon destroying millions of unsold items in the UK, Amazon introduces two programs to reduce waste, including reselling used items — - The so-called Fulfilment by Amazon programs, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, will help to build a circular economy, the company said.
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Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that promises zero transaction fees, raises $200M at a $1B valuation, less than six months after its $55M Series C — Less than six months after raising $55 million in a Series C round of funding, SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest today announced … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
On-demand movie and TV service FandangoNOW has merged with video streaming service Vudu, which will become Roku's official movie and TV store — Last year, movie ticketing and discovery business Fandango, a division of NBCUniversal, bought the on-demand video streaming service Vudu from Walmart …
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| Kate Kaye / Digiday: |
California AG's case examples of CCPA enforcement seem to indicate that companies can't rely on trade groups' blanket opt-out tools not tailored to CCPA — For more than a year advertisers and publishers had few clues for detecting how California regulators would enforce the state's privacy law.
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Zeni, which offers AI-powered tools to startups to manage finances for a flat monthly fee starting at $299, raises $34M Series B led by Elevation Capital — Zeni, a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital.| Saniya More / The Block: |
NFT marketplace MakersPlace raises $30M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital; MakersPlace brought the $69M Beeple NFT to market — Quick Take — NFT marketplace MakersPlace has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital.
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A look at Amazon's dilemma around mandating vaccinations for workers, which could alienate the many virus skeptics in its ranks, amid a tight labor market — While much of Corporate America scrambled to adjust Covid-19 policies this summer in response to a surge of cases, Amazon.com Inc. was dismantling its coronavirus testing sites.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Atlanta-based FullStory, which offers analytics tools to improve user experiences, raises $103M Series D at a $1.8B valuation, bringing total raised to $170M — Even with all the years of work that have been put into improving how screen-based interfaces work, our experiences with websites … | Mike Dano / Light Reading: |
T-Mobile confirms that it will shut down Sprint's LTE network by June 30, 2022, following its decision to shut down Sprint's 3G CDMA network on January 1, 2022 — T-Mobile confirmed to Light Reading that it will shut down the Sprint LTE network by June 30, 2022.
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Elroy Air, which is building autonomous drones to transport cargo over long distances, raises $40M Series A from Lockheed Martin and others — Elroy Air has raised a $40 million Series A, including financing from Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm, to ramp up the build … | Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
After criticism from China, Tencent says it will limit playing time on flagship Honor of Kings for under 18s to one hour per day and not between 10PM and 8AM — Gamers under the age of 18 will have their playing time limited to one hour on regular days and two hours on public holidays Honour …
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Yellow.ai, which builds AI-powered conversational chatbot tools, raises $78.15M+ Series C, bringing its total raised to $102.15M, as it expands globally — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Conversational AI platform provider Yellow.ai today announced …
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