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Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up front” in exchange for followers he would bring (Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal)
Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up front” in exchange for followers he would bring — CloutHub and Skylab Apps are among companies vying to work with the former president, who was sidelined by Facebook and Twitter Source
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Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned political ads in 2019 (Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post )
Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned political ads in 2019 — TikTok has one of the strictest bans on political advertising in the tech industry. But partisan influencers are flying under … Source
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Facebook says there were 1.4B+ voice and video calls on WhatsApp on NYE 2020 globally, up 50%+ YoY, and 55M+ live streams across Facebook and Instagram (About Facebook)
Facebook says there were 1.4B+ voice and video calls on WhatsApp on NYE 2020 globally, up 50%+ YoY, and 55M+ live streams across Facebook and Instagram — Like all of 2020, last night’s New Year’s Eve was different. There were fewer crowds celebrating in the streets around the world. Source
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Frankfurt, Germany-based CLARK, which searches for the best insurance rates for its users, raises €69M Series C led by Tencent (FinSMEs)
Frankfurt, Germany-based CLARK, which searches for the best insurance rates for its users, raises €69M Series C led by Tencent — Clark, a Frankfurt, Germany-based digital insurance manager, raised €69m in Series C funding. — The round was led by Tencent with participation … Source
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Five senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ask Amazon about its use of AI-equipped cameras to monitor delivery drivers, after a Feb. report (Annie Palmer / CNBC)
Five senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ask Amazon about its use of AI-equipped cameras to monitor delivery drivers, after a Feb. report — – Five senators wrote a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday, demanding more context around the company’s recent deployment … Source
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Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated $112,000 to 44 tech workers in $2,500 increments, with the goal of supporting labor organizing efforts (Chase DiFeliciantonio / San Francisco Chronicle)
Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated $112,000 to 44 tech workers in $2,500 increments, with the goal of supporting labor organizing efforts — Otavio Camargo’s luck had run out, a few times. Working as a mover for the startup Lugg, the cargo van he relied on for work was stolen. Source
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Troy Hunt claims that Carding Mafia, a forum for trading stolen credit card data, has been hacked, exposing emails, usernames, and passwords of ~300K hackers (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE)
Troy Hunt claims that Carding Mafia, a forum for trading stolen credit card data, has been hacked, exposing emails, usernames, and passwords of ~300K hackers Source
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Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch)
Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more — Twitter Spaces, the company’s new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it’s making …Source
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A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers expansion abroad, and tries to grow paid subscriptions; sources: 20% of Peacock’s 14M MAUs pay for it(Gerry Smith / Bloomberg)
A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers expansion abroad, and tries to grow paid subscriptions; sources: 20% of Peacock’s 14M MAUs pay for it — Inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York last month, NBC executives revealed their long-awaited plan to use the Olympics to supercharge their streaming service, Peacock. Source
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1Password acquires secrets management service SecretHub and launches Secrets Automation, a tool for companies to safeguard enterprise credentials (Paul Sawers / VentureBeat)
1Password acquires secrets management service SecretHub and launches Secrets Automation, a tool for companies to safeguard enterprise credentials — Password-management platform 1Password is expanding into the “secrets management” space, helping developer teams across the enterprise safeguard … Source
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