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Truth Social, like Parler and Gettr, looks to be structured for mostly one-way communication, broadcast primarily to an audience of Trumpist dead-enders — Conservative alternative social networks keep making the same mistakes — I. — Today, let's talk about some of the less obvious ways … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A look at nine Android spyware apps, installed on ~400K phones, which connect to servers controlled by Vietnam-based 1Byte and share a critical security flaw — A fleet of spyware apps share the same security flaw — Much of the spyware you hear of today are the powerful nation-state backed exploits …
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Despite letting some employees permanently work from home, tech companies are spending billions of dollars expanding their office spaces across the US — Even as they allow some employees to change how often they come into the office, tech companies are rapidly buying and leasing properties around the country.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon sues AppSally and Rebatest, alleging the sites had their combined 900K+ users post fake Amazon reviews to boost third-party sellers' product rankings — - Amazon on Tuesday filed lawsuits against two companies that allegedly acted as fake review brokers.
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Meta rolls out Facebook Reels to over 150 countries, following the feature's US launch in September 2021, alongside new creative tools and ad formats — After publicly launching in the U.S. this past September, Facebook Reels today is becoming globally available in over 150 countries.
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New York-based Timescale, which develops the open-source TimescaleDB time series database, raises a $110M Series C at a $1B+ valuation led by Tiger Global — Timescale, a New York-based creator of TimescaleDB, a relational database for time-series, raised $110M in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion.
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
A court grants Waymo a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the California DMV, letting it keep autonomous vehicle tech and safety details secret — Waymo, the autonomous driving arm of Alphabet, was granted a win on Tuesday when a California court ruled it could keep certain details regarding its AV technology secret.| Reade Pickert / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: 43% of West Coast tech company job listings were posted in Texas, Virginia, NY, Georgia, and others outside the region in 2021, up from 30% in 2019 — When West Coast tech firms are hiring, they're increasingly posting jobs in Texas, Virginia and Georgia.| Edd Gent / Singularity Hub: |
Researchers used a generative adversarial network to produce images of synthesized faces that survey participants found more trustworthy than real human faces — The proliferation of deepfake technology is raising concerns that AI could start to warp our sense of shared reality.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Minded, a psychiatry-focused telehealth startup that specializes in managing mental health medication for consumers, raises a $25M seed — Minded, a psychiatry-focused telehealth company specializing in managing mental health medication for consumers, has raised $25 million in seed funding.
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Sony reveals the PlayStation VR2's design: lighter, with a lens adjustment dial, new vent layout, and similar white-and-black color scheme — This is the PlayStation VR2 — Sony has finally revealed the design of its next-generation PlayStation VR2 headset, after it announced it in February 2021 …
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