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Stardust's privacy policy said it may share “anonymized, encrypted” data to third parties “whether or not legally required”, before being changed after pushback — Stardust Period Tracker was the most-downloaded free app on iOS over the weekend. — Samantha Cole| TechCrunch: |
Analysis of Stardust period tracking app, the top free app on the US App Store on June 25, shows it shares users' phone numbers with analytics company Mixpanel — The app was found sharing users' phone numbers with an analytics firm — Period tracking app Stardust surged to the top …
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With Roe overturned, privacy advocates worry period tracking apps are sharing data, with partners or affiliates, that may become evidence of a crime — Privacy advocates fear that fertility data could fall into the wrong hands. — With a menstrual-tracking app, you can see when your periods and fertile days start and end.| Brian Kahn / Protocol: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX is exploring an acquisition of Robinhood; Robinhood's stock closes up 14% — Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto exchange is exploring whether it might be able to acquire Robinhood Markets Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Sam Bankman-Fried says there are no active talks for FTX to acquire Robinhood; Robinhood says no acquisition can go through without the founders' approval — SBF praises Robinhood, hints at possible partnerships — Crypto exchange FTX is open to partnering with Robinhood Markets … | Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
Voyager Digital issues a default notice to Three Arrows Capital for failing to repay a $650M+ loan; Voyager accessed $75M of credit from Alameda Research — - Voyager Digital has issued a default notice against Three Arrows Capital for failure to repay a loan worth more than $650 million.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says Hangouts will shut down in November as it begins prompting mobile Hangouts users to move to Chat — It'll start moving mobile Hangouts users to Chat today — After sunsetting Google Hangouts for Workspace users in February, Google's now beginning the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts users to Chat.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to host two Prime shopping events in a year for the first time, the second one set for Q4 2022, according to a notice sent to third-party merchants — - Amazon is planning to hold a “Prime Fall deal event” in the fourth quarter, according to a notice viewed by CNBC.| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon's Prime Day shopping event, set for July 12-13, appears to be more low-key than previous years, focused on discounting Amazon-made products — Sales growth for the shopping event has slowed as retailer contends with high inflation, consumers' shifting habits and cost cuts| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
T-Mobile launched App Insights, letting marketers target its wireless customers based on apps they have installed and engagement patterns; users can opt out — T-Mobile's advertising business is offering a new way for marketers to pry into your app-using habits.
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| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
As crypto markets melt down, hedge funds are increasingly shorting tether, as a bet against either the broader economy or the quality of the assets backing USDT — Professional investors got interested in shorting tether after the collapse of another stablecoin, TerraUSD
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CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, Ethereum World News, Newslit Daily, and Benzinga
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| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
London-based BNPL startup Hokodo raised a $40M Series B led by Notion Capital, following an £8.8M Series A in June 2021 — London-based BNPL startup Hokodo has raised $40 million in a Notion Capital-led Series B round, the company announced Monday. — Hokodo, which focuses …
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Taiwan-based GlobalWafers announces plans to build a $5B silicon wafer factory in Sherman, Texas, aiming to reach 1.2M wafers per month, covering all US demand — A GlobalWafers plant in Texas hinges on legislation pinned down in a partisan dispute — WASHINGTON—A Taiwan-based company …
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
CB Insights: global VC activity dropped 23% between Q1 2022 and June 23, 2022, after dropping just 1.4% between Q4 2021 and Q1 2022; total funding dropped 27% — Venture capital-backed startups raised far fewer rounds of funding during the past three months than they did during …
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