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Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives — A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Possible reasons Dorsey stepped down, including activist investors and disinterest in the role, and what to expect from Parag Agarwal, who has focused on crypto — Theories on why now, and what to expect from Parag Agrawal's Twitter — This story is part of a group of stories called
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigns, CTO Parag Agrawal takes over effective immediately; Dorsey to quit the board in 2022, Salesforce's Bret Taylor to become chair — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately.
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| Bloomberg: |
Twitter's new CEO has to steer a company that has underperformed the market, haltingly introduced new products, and struggled to moderate harmful content — - Technologist steps into high-pressure, high-profile role — Dorsey hands years-long business struggles to new leadership
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UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after finding the deal could harm social media users, rival platforms by denying access to GIFs, and UK advertisers — After its investigation found it could harm competition — The UK's competition regulator has officially ruled that Facebook parent …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, and will remove reported offending media — Twitter has expanded its private information policy to include media, banning users from sharing photos or videos of a private individual without their permission.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find Google Play apps with 300K+ downloads that stole bank credentials, posing as QR and PDF scanners, exercise apps, and cryptocurrency wallets — Crooks find new ways to prevent Google from detecting malicious packages. — Researchers said they've discovered a batch …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Citing “alleged serious breaches” of data protection laws, UK's ICO notifies Clearview AI of its provisional intention to fine the company £17M+ — Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is facing a potential fine in the UK.
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| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
Finland is working to stop millions of text messages spreading the FluBot malware via links, which started late last week, declaring a “severe alert” — Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware.| Charity L. Scott / Wall Street Journal: |
Adobe: online US consumers spent $7.1B by 9PM ET on Cyber Monday, below expectations and down from $10.8B in 2020, as many shoppers return to physical stores — Online retailers offered fewer discounts because of limited inventory, while more shoppers returned to stores
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Lessen, which offers a marketplace for property services, raises a $170M Series B at a $1B+ valuation led by Fifth Wall — The home services marketplace Lessen, which is geared towards facilitating the logistics for every stage of home services and repair for both residents and service professionals …
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| Sheelah Kolhatkar / New Yorker: |
Profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, as some longtime staffers worry she is underestimating the risks of pursuing aggressive antitrust cases that are likely to fail — As monopolies and other large companies gain increasing control of our daily lives, Khan is Joe Biden's pick to do something about it.
Tweets: @davidmwessel, @michaelluo, @sheelahk, @econliberties, @daviduberti, @lutherlowe, and @pkafka
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Fundbox, which offers lines of credit up to $150K to SMBs using AI to automate loan decisions, raises a $100M Series D at a $1.1B valuation — Fundbox, a company that offers loans to small businesses, announced today it has raised $100 million in a Series D round at a valuation of $1.1 billion.| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
South Korean company Naver, which runs the popular Zepeto metaverse platform for 3D avatars, raises a $150M Series B at a $1B valuation from Vision Fund 2 — Naver's Zepeto, boasting a base of young female users, attracts $150 million SoftBank investment, valuing it at more than $1 billion| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Mainframe Industries, which develops cloud-native MMOs, raises a $23M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total funding to $33.7M — Mainframe Industries, the startup behind the first cloud-native massively multiplayer online game, today announced it has raised $23 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
CloudTrucks, which helps truck operators manage cash flows, insurance, and more, raises a $115M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its funding to $142M — CloudTrucks wants to use technology to help trucking entrepreneurs operate their business: The California-based startup sells business …
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Via, which offers cities software and operations services to manage transit, raises $130M at a $3.3B valuation led by Janus Henderson — - Via raised $130 million in financing led by Janus Henderson — Cities are spending more on public transit programs now
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FIFA will use 10 to 12 cameras, collecting up to 29 data points per player 50 times per second, to make semi-autonomous offside decisions at the Arab Cup — The use of technology to help officials make more accurate offside decisions will be tested at the Fifa Arab Cup, which starts on Tuesday.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Developer productivity service Raycast, which helps manage SaaS tools, raises a $15M Series A led by Accel and Coatue — Developer-focused productivity tool Raycast has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Accel and Coatue. Also participating in the round were angel investors Johnny Boufarhat … Sponsor Posts
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