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IAB: podcast ad revenue in the US grew 19% in 2020 to hit $842M, up from $708M in 2019 and $479M in 2018, and is set to reach $2B by 2023 (Peter White/Deadline)

IAB: podcast ad revenue in the US grew 19% in 2020 to hit $842M, up fr...

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Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide says it raised an undisclosed sum to complete its Series C at a $3B+ valuation, four months after its $310M Series B (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide says it raised an undisclose...

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Behind the online battle between notable tech figures including A16Z partners and Balaji Srinivasan, and the journalists who report, and tweet, on the industry (Benjamin Wallace/New York Magazine)

Behind the online battle between notable tech figures including A16Z p...

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Microsoft is shutting down its Azure Blockchain Service on September 10, six years after initial launch, and no new deployments are being supported as of May 10 (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Microsoft is shutting down its Azure Blockchain Service on September 1...

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Colonial Pipeline says it has restarted operations, after being shut down for five days due to DarkSide's ransomware attack (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Colonial Pipeline says it has restarted operations, after being shut d...

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Elon Musk says Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin for vehicle purchases, citing concerns about bitcoin mining's use of fossil fuels (Sean O'Kane/The Verge)

Elon Musk says Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin for vehicle purch...

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Some Apple workers are seeking an investigation into the hiring of Antonio García Martínez, an ex-Facebook PM, for past statements on women and people of color (The Verge)

Some Apple workers are seeking an investigation into the hiring of Ant...

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As part of its Q2 earnings, Sonos says a German court granted a preliminary injunction against a Google subsidiary over a patent dispute (Janko Roettgers/Protocol)

As part of its Q2 earnings, Sonos says a German court granted a prelim...

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Q&A with Unicode Consortium's Jennifer Daniel, the first woman leading the Emoji Subcommittee, on inclusivity, how emoji are perceived globally, and more (Tanya Basu/MIT Technology Review)

Q&A with Unicode Consortium's Jennifer Daniel, the first woman leading...

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Review of Asus' new ZenFone 8 flagship, available for $599-$799: thoughtful and compact design, robust build, and great performance, but battery life is average (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Review of Asus' new ZenFone 8 flagship, available for $599-$799: thoug...

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Stampli, which helps companies manage invoices and see how costs are allocated, raises $50M Series C led by Insight Partners and says it has ~1,000 customers (Jordan Crook/TechCrunch)

Stampli, which helps companies manage invoices and see how costs are a...

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FBI warns cybercriminals are abusing search ads to promote phishing sites, often targeting banks, a growing trend since at least mid-2020 (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

FBI warns cybercriminals are abusing search ads to promote phishing si...

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VMware names COO of products and cloud services Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO, after Pat Gelsinger left to become Intel's CEO in January (Natalie Gagliordi/ZDNet)

VMware names COO of products and cloud services Raghu Raghuram as its ...

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Researcher details an exploit for Apple's Find My network that allows packets of arbitrary data to be transmitted by simulating a Find My broadcast (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Researcher details an exploit for Apple's Find My network that allows ...

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Epic v. Apple is shining a light on Apple's anti-steering rules, which prevent developers from pointing users to better deals on their website or elsewhere (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Epic v. Apple is shining a light on Apple's anti-steering rules, which...

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Research: Rumble, a video-sharing site popular with conservatives, is more likely than not to recommend videos with misinfo for "vaccine", "election" searches (Wired)

Research: Rumble, a video-sharing site popular with conservatives, is ...

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Big Time Studios, started by ex-CEO of Decentraland, comes out of stealth with $21M to let game studios offer NFTs in their games (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Big Time Studios, started by ex-CEO of Decentraland, comes out of stea...

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Handshake, a diversity-focused recruitment network aimed at college students, raises $80M Series E at a $1.5B+ valuation co-led by Lightspeed and Spark Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Handshake, a diversity-focused recruitment network aimed at college st...

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Bird agrees to go public via a SPAC, at an implied value of around $2.3B; the deal includes a $160M investment led by Fidelity (Dan Primack/Axios)

Bird agrees to go public via a SPAC, at an implied value of around $2....

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Instagram and Twitter apologize for deleting pro-Palestine posts, blaming technical errors, but critics say their "discriminatory" algorithms are to blame (Maya Gebeily/Reuters)

Instagram and Twitter apologize for deleting pro-Palestine posts, blam...

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Amazon wins appeal over $300M EU tax bill, as EU court in Luxembourg annuls a 2017 decision from the European Commission (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal)

Amazon wins appeal over $300M EU tax bill, as EU court in Luxembourg a...

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Profile of Robinhood, whose goal of democratizing finance stems from t...

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Vinted, an online marketplace for used clothes and home goods, raises €250M Series F led by EQT Growth at a €3.5B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Vinted, an online marketplace for used clothes and home goods, raises ...

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Location tracking tax apps like TaxBird, which aim to shield users from audit risks due to residency status, have become popular with the rise of remote work (Paul Sullivan/New York Times)

Location tracking tax apps like TaxBird, which aim to shield users fro...

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A look at the fight over using differential privacy techniques in the US Census, which anonymizes datasets but some argue lowers the quality of the datasets (Todd Feathers/The Markup)

A look at the fight over using differential privacy techniques in the ...

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Cycode, which focuses on helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines, raises $20M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $24.6M (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Cycode, which focuses on helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipel...

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Researcher discovers a series of vulnerabilities, known as Frag Attacks, impacting Wi-Fi devices from the past 24 years, even when WEP and WPA are activated (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Researcher discovers a series of vulnerabilities, known as Frag Attack...

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Acquco, a NY-based startup founded by former Amazon employees that buys and scales Amazon third party sellers, raises $160M Series A in debt and equity (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Acquco, a NY-based startup founded by former Amazon employees that buy...

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Online mortgage service Better.com to go public via a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp. at $7.7B valuation; deal includes $1.5B SoftBank-led investment (Riley de León/CNBC)

Online mortgage service Better.com to go public via a SPAC merger with...

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Panaseer, whose platform helps companies correlate data from all available security tools to check assets, control gaps, and more, raises $26M Series B (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Panaseer, whose platform helps companies correlate data from all avail...

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UK-based Huma, which uses AI and biomarkers to monitor patients at home and for medical research, raises $130M Series C that it can extend with a $70M debt line (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

UK-based Huma, which uses AI and biomarkers to monitor patients at hom...

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Unity reports Q1 revenue of $234.8M, up 41% YoY, and raised full year guidance by $50M, but maintained that Apple's IDFA would reduce 2021 revenue by $30M (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Unity reports Q1 revenue of $234.8M, up 41% YoY, and raised full year ...

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Jamf will acquire Wandera, a provider of cloud-based software for zero trust security, to bridge consumer and enterprise needs, in a $400M cash and debt deal (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)

Jamf will acquire Wandera, a provider of cloud-based software for zero...

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Coinbase reaches #1 on the US iOS App Store for first time since 2017, after reaching the #2 spot on April 14, the day of its IPO (MK Manoylov/theblockcrypto.com)

Coinbase reaches #1 on the US iOS App Store for first time since 2017,...

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Coinbase to ban pay negotiations in hiring and will offer the same pay to new hires in the same position and location; top performers to still get "multipliers" (The Coinbase Blog)

Coinbase to ban pay negotiations in hiring and will offer the same pay...

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Deep dive on the DarkSide ransomware gang, which pressures victims into paying via phone calls by affiliates, DDoS attacks, and threats of tipping short sellers (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Deep dive on the DarkSide ransomware gang, which pressures victims int...

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WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new privacy policy, including losing access to calls, messages, and notifications (Anna Cooban/Insider)

WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new p...

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HTC announces the Vive Focus 3 headset for businesses, with 5K resolution, 120-degree FoV, and a swappable battery, shipping June 27 for $1,300 (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

HTC announces the Vive Focus 3 headset for businesses, with 5K resolut...

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San Jose-based edge AI chipset developer Sima.ai raises $80M Series B led by Fidelity, bringing its total raised to date to $120M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

San Jose-based edge AI chipset developer Sima.ai raises $80M Series B ...

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Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to and from US vaccination sites until July 4, in a partnership with Biden's admin that provides site data to Lyft and Uber (Wall Street Journal)

Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to and from US vaccination sites u...

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HTC unveils the Vive Pro 2 VR headset with a 5K resolution display, 2448×2448 pixels per eye, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 120-degree FoV, coming June 4 for $799 (James Vincent/The Verge)

HTC unveils the Vive Pro 2 VR headset with a 5K resolution display, 24...

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Apple's restrictive and inconsistent App Store policies are harming the millions of creators that could be earning more money and connecting with their fans (Every)

Apple's restrictive and inconsistent App Store policies are harming th...

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Mythic, which makes energy-efficient analog chips for AI, raises $70M Series C, bringing its total raised to $165.2M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mythic, which makes energy-efficient analog chips for AI, raises $70M ...

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Sources: TikTok is launching a tool for brands to recruit employees that it's currently beta testing with a group of companies (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sources: TikTok is launching a tool for brands to recruit employees th...

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Apple's ATT privacy policy is a commercial land grab dressed up as a moral crusade and it will ultimately subvert the open web and the freemium business model (Eric Benjamin Seufert/Mobile Dev Memo)

Apple's ATT privacy policy is a commercial land grab dressed up as a m...

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Facebook ordered to stop collecting German users' WhatsApp data by regulator, starting with a a three-month emergency ban on the data collection (Karin Matussek/Bloomberg)

Facebook ordered to stop collecting German users' WhatsApp data by reg...

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Intel unveils 11th-gen Core Tiger Lake-H 10nm mobile processors for high-performance desktop and gaming, with five consumer chips and five commercial ones (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech)

Intel unveils 11th-gen Core Tiger Lake-H 10nm mobile processors for hi...

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Starting today, we're testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles. If you go to share a news article link you haven't opened, we'll show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it, before sharing it with others. https://twitter.com/... (@fbnewsroom)

Starting today, we're testing a way to promote more informed sharing o...

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Uber and Lyft, which have set a 2030 deadline to transition entirely to EVs in the US, are providing little to no capital to help drivers transition to EVs (Bloomberg)

Uber and Lyft, which have set a 2030 deadline to transition entirely t...

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Overview of the major uptick in spending on lobbying in the US by crypto organizations like Coinbase, Ripple, and trade groups like the Blockchain Association (Eric Lipton/New York Times)

Overview of the major uptick in spending on lobbying in the US by cryp...

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