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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 …
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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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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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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
With Meta handicapped by Apple's ATT privacy changes, Shopify should build an advertising business to complement Shop Pay and the Shopify Fulfillment Network — Tobi Lütke, who famously started Shopify when he realized that the software he built to run his snowboard shop …
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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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Alloy Automation, a no-code service for e-commerce companies that automates workflows across applications, raises a $20M Series A led by a16z — Alloy Automation, a Y Combinator graduate focused on connecting different e-commerce tools, announced this morning that it has closed a $20 million Series A led by a16z.
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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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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Spotify says Car Thing is now on sale in the US for $90, after its April 2021 announcement; in a few weeks, a software update will add Audible support and more — Two million raced onto a waitlist for Spotify's first hardware. Now that it's on sale, Spotify's real road test must prove Car Thing's more than a goofy name.| 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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| 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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| Philip Russo / Commercial Observer: |
Funnel, which offers CRM software and online property management tools for apartment operators, raises a $36.5M Series B led by RET Ventures — RET Ventures leads funding for the renter-centric proptech leasing platform — Looking to create an innovative renter management platform … Sponsor Posts
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