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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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How SCOTUS overturning Roe could be used to curb online freedoms and surveil vulnerable populations, as happened to sex workers following FOSTA/SESTA in 2018 — FOSTA/SESTA—laws that deplatformed sex workers—helped build the gallows for overturning Roe v. Wade.
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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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| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
a16z's Marc Andreessen and Packy McCormick failing to coherently explain web3 use cases demonstrate the hollowness of the space, often obscured by boosterism — I cannot stop watching crypto profiteers get owned. … I cannot stop watching videos of Web3 boosters failing to explain the usefulness of the technology.
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| Bloomberg: |
After freezing withdrawals, crypto exchange CoinFlex plans to issue a Recovery Value USD token, offering 20% annual returns, seeking to repay a $47M debt — Cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlex plans to raise funds by issuing a new token that will offer a 20% annual return … | 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 …
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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
After Twitter gives Elon Musk access to its firehose and historical tweet data, experts doubt the data will provide conclusive answers on spam and bots — Billionaire has access to the company's fire hose of tweets, but data specialists say analyzing it isn't easy| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Paris-based Kaiko, which offers crypto analytics tools for institutional investors and businesses, raised a $53M Series B led by Eight Roads — Blockchain analytics firm Kaiko raised $53 million from new and existing investors in its latest financing round, even as crypto-exposed companies struggle through a rout in digital assets.
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| Shirley Zhao / Bloomberg: |
Netflix plans to grow its investment in the Asia Pacific, which has 15% of Netflix's subscribers and is forecast to be the biggest driver of further expansion — Netflix Inc. is looking to Asia after its shock first-quarter slowdown, seeking to both maintain growth in the one region …
Tweets: @financialreview and @shirleyzhaoxy
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Airbnb makes its ban on parties at rented properties, introduced in 2020, permanent, saying the ban “became much more than a public health measure” — But a 16-person cap on rentals has been removed — In 2020, Airbnb introduced a temporary ban on house parties and events …
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A look at Plural, a €250M early-stage fund led by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, Songkick co-founder Ian Hogarth, and others — Until recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”.
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| Reuters: |
A Moscow court fines Twitch, Pinterest, Airbnb, and UPS for refusing to store Russian citizens' personal data in Russia — A Moscow court said it had fined video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterestand United Parcel Service in three of several cases expected on Tuesday …
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Privacy advocates say the SmartLINK app, an alternative to ankle monitors, helped ICE increase the number of people it tracks from 6K to 230K within three years — ICE says the phone-based app is not meant to conduct “surveillance”—and a quick test didn't raise red flags.
Tweets: @themarkup, @documentedny, @giuliamcdnr, @documentedny, @funnymonkey, and @bgirledukate
| 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.
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