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Sources: Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing to buy the company in April, discussing potential layoffs, moderation, and more — Tesla Inc. Chief Executive officer Elon Musk discussed his stance on what types of content should be allowed on Twitter Inc.'s social network …
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
Sources: SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter calling Elon Musk's behavior “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment” — In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied.”
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Some employees say that Musk sounded genuinely enthusiastic about owning and running Twitter, but the meeting reinforced their mostly negative beliefs about him — Musk says he has big plans for the company. Employees wonder how he'll achieve them
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Snap is internally testing Snapchat Plus, a paid subscription service that will give users early access to exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features — It's currently in “early internal testing” — Snap is doing internal tests of a paid subscription called Snapchat Plus … | Financial Times: |
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some positions held by Three Arrows Capital, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend — BlockFi was among a clutch of firms that liquidated the Singapore-based group's positions — Three Arrows Capital failed … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft debuts Defender for Individuals, an online security dashboard for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, part of Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions — Microsoft is adding the Microsoft Defender for Individuals to its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Roku raises its revenue share for ad-supported streaming channels from 40% to 45% and forces linear channels to use its ad insertion technology and CDN services — In recent weeks, Roku began to send notices to many of its content partners, informing them that it would change a key distribution agreement.
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| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington are investigating Celsius Network's decision to suspend customer redemptions — State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating crypto lender Celsius Network's decision … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Prague-based online grocery delivery service Rohlik has raised a €220M Series D led by Sofina and says it had revenues of €500M in 2021 — The salad days are over for many startups in the online food delivery sector. Following a long period of cash injections …
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
HomeLight, which offers AI tools for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents, raised a $115M Series D at a $1.7B valuation, $60M in equity and $55M in debt — HomeLight said on Thursday it had raised $115 million in a late-stage funding round that valued the real-estate home technology platform at $1.7 billion.
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Reddit plans to acquire Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments founded in 2016 by a former Facebook engineer, for an undisclosed amount — Reddit announced Thursday that it would buy Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments, for an undisclosed amount.
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Sources: Klarna is in talks with investors about funding at a ~$15B valuation, down from its $45.6B valuation in June 2021; source: a deal could yield $500M+ — The SoftBank-backed, buy-now-pay-later startup is discussing raising cash at a valuation around $15 billion, down from 2021's near $46 billion valuation
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Tweets: @ryan_browne_, @bongcapital, and @alex
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
TikTok's global business solutions head says TikTok is an entertainment platform, not a social network like Facebook, and hasn't seen a slowdown in ad revenue — - Facebook is openly copying TikTok, and calling it out as a significant competitor. — But Blake Chandlee …
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Tweets: @ernestle, @sherman4949, @jyarow, @corinne_podger, @mattrosoff, @jbenton, @mgsiegler, and @alexeheath. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based FanClash, which lets users pick fantasy esports teams to compete with one another in its mobile app, raised a $40M Series B led by Alpha Wave Global — Millions of Indians each year assemble virtual sports teams, placing their hopes on the players they pick to perform exceedingly well in real-world matches.
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The Economic Times and Entrackr
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Blockchain.com data: bitcoin's hash rate fell 4% since the start of the week, as the value of revenues paid to miners fell to its lowest level in nearly a year — Share prices of companies that validate crypto transactions have tumbled over the past month — Bitcoin miners are scaling … | Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: |
VersusGame, a mobile app that lets content creators pose “prediction contests” to viewers for cash and prizes, has raised a $25M Series A — VersusGame announced it has raised $25 million in a new fundraising round. It plans to use the funding to develop its platform and staff, as well as augment its partnership efforts.| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Boston-based Vendr, which helps companies manage SaaS purchasing, raised a $150M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Craft Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — Vendr Inc., a firm that centralizes business software purchasing and management, announced it was valued at $1 billion …
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Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, Vendr, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @mvolpe, @ycombinator, @aaron_epstein, and @vendrhq
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