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Google updates its Passes API to let users store COVID vaccine cards on Android devices, starting in the US; Google will not keep a copy of the user's info (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)
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June 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/2UWri0v Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google : Google updates its Passes API to let users store COVID vaccine cards on Android devic...
Israel-based ironSource, provider of user acquisition tech for app devs, went public in the US on Tuesday via a SPAC merger that raised $2.15B at $11B valuation (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
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June 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3hru45t Krystal Hu / Reuters : Israel-based ironSource, provider of user acquisition tech for app devs, went public in the...
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Stop Social Media Censorship Act from going into effect, which was scheduled for Thursday (David Ingram/NBC News)
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June 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3Agn8kc David Ingram / NBC News : A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Stop Social M...
Content recommendation company Taboola closed down 2% in its first day of trading after going public via merger with a SPAC (Megan Graham/CNBC)
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https://ift.tt/2UjtUoY Megan Graham / CNBC : Content recommendation company Taboola closed down 2% in its first day of trading after goin...
Integral Ad Science, which helps keep digital ads non-fraudulent and "brand safe", closes up 14% in its debut after its IPO, valuing the company at ~$3.3B (Megan Graham/CNBC)
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https://ift.tt/3dv72JL Megan Graham / CNBC : Integral Ad Science, which helps keep digital ads non-fraudulent and “brand safe”, closes up...
Shares of Xometry, a marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, closed up nearly 99% at $87.39 in trading debut, after raising $303.6M in its US IPO (Luisa Beltran/Barron's Online)
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https://ift.tt/2ULJ7z4 Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online : Shares of Xometry, a marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, closed up near...
Adam Mosseri says Instagram plans to test video more broadly, calls TikTok and YouTube competitors, and says Instagram is "no longer a photo-sharing app" (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
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https://ift.tt/2ThpG0W Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC : Adam Mosseri says Instagram plans to test video more broadly, calls TikTok and YouTube...
Shares of LegalZoom, which helps customers create legal documents online, close up ~35% at $37.85 in trading debut, giving LegalZoom a market cap of $7.35B (Pia Singh/CNBC)
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https://ift.tt/3duNAwS Pia Singh / CNBC : Shares of LegalZoom, which helps customers create legal documents online, close up ~35% at $37....
SentinelOne closed up 21% at $42.50 per share in its debut, valuing the company at $10B+; SentinelOne had the highest valued cybersecurity IPO in history (Riley de León/CNBC)
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https://ift.tt/3dvHBaN Riley de León / CNBC : SentinelOne closed up 21% at $42.50 per share in its debut, valuing the company at $10B+; S...
Twitter and Facebook are fighting new Indian rules they say curtail privacy and free speech; the regulations include potential jail terms for executives (Bloomberg)
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https://ift.tt/2TnF2kf Bloomberg : Twitter and Facebook are fighting new Indian rules they say curtail privacy and free speech; the regul...
Clearview AI data shows GAO's recent report on government use of facial recognition overlooked usage by five agencies, including IRS, TSA, and US Capitol Police (BuzzFeed News)
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https://ift.tt/3h8vRO0 BuzzFeed News : Clearview AI data shows GAO's recent report on government use of facial recognition overlooked...
Hands-on with Apple's watchOS 8 public beta: a welcome focus on helping users reduce stress induced by gadgets with a rebranded Mindfulness app, Focus, and more (Victoria Song/Gizmodo)
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https://ift.tt/3AdH1by Victoria Song / Gizmodo : Hands-on with Apple's watchOS 8 public beta: a welcome focus on helping users reduce...
Tim Berners-Lee sells an NFT for $5.4M that represents time-stamped files of the source code for the world wide web and other items, via a Sotheby's auction (BBC)
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https://ift.tt/3AeKh6q BBC : Tim Berners-Lee sells an NFT for $5.4M that represents time-stamped files of the source code for the world w...
Google UK will only run ads for financial products from sources approved by UK's financial watchdog, from Sept. 6, after being threatened with legal action (Saqib Shah/Engadget)
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https://ift.tt/3y6kETA Saqib Shah / Engadget : Google UK will only run ads for financial products from sources approved by UK's finan...
Turkey-based Dream Games, which makes the popular mobile game Royal Match, raises $155M Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Makers Fund at a $1B valuation (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
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https://ift.tt/3y5MhMA Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Turkey-based Dream Games, which makes the popular mobile game Royal Match, raises $...
Gartner survey of public cloud services in 2020: AWS had $26.2B in revenue, up ~29% and a 41% share overall, followed by Azure with $12.7B in revenue, up ~60% (Jonathan Greig/ZDNet)
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https://ift.tt/3qybFrO Jonathan Greig / ZDNet : Gartner survey of public cloud services in 2020: AWS had $26.2B in revenue, up ~29% and a...
Shogun, which helps e-commerce businesses build their storefronts on platforms like Shopify, raises $67.5M Series C led by Insight Partners at a $575M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
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https://ift.tt/3AeiNxR Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Shogun, which helps e-commerce businesses build their storefronts on platforms like S...
Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, raises $60M Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing total raised to $85M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
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https://ift.tt/3x7vdWq Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, ra...
Sources: Didi raised at least $4B in its US IPO, giving it a market capitalization of at least $67B (Financial Times)
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https://ift.tt/3w3Wurn Financial Times : Sources: Didi raised at least $4B in its US IPO, giving it a market capitalization of at least $...
Seoul-based Mathpresso, maker of AI-based K-12 mobile learning app QANDA, raises $50M Series C from investors including GGV, bringing its total raised to $105M (Quynh Nguyen/DealStreetAsia)
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https://ift.tt/3y7g3jZ Quynh Nguyen / DealStreetAsia : Seoul-based Mathpresso, maker of AI-based K-12 mobile learning app QANDA, raises $...
Chinese grocery delivery app Dingdong closed at $23.52, up just 2 cents from its offer price in its trading debut, after raising ~$96M in a downsized US IPO (Luisa Beltran/Barron's Online)
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https://ift.tt/2SG67z0 Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online : Chinese grocery delivery app Dingdong closed at $23.52, up just 2 cents from...
Ably, a Pub/Sub messaging platform for devs to bring real time features in their products, raises $70M Series B co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)
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https://ift.tt/3y8cbzj Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Ably, a Pub/Sub messaging platform for devs to bring real time features in their prod...
Microsoft says Windows 11 will feature a new Dynamic Refresh Rate, designed to save laptop battery life and boost refresh rates when they're really needed (Tom Warren/The Verge)
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https://ift.tt/3hnCpa8 Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft says Windows 11 will feature a new Dynamic Refresh Rate, designed to save lapto...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Sources: amid escalating rivalry, neither Google nor Microsoft are keen to renew a recently expired truce to not use their lobbying firepower against each other (Bloomberg)
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https://ift.tt/2Uf8MQl Bloomberg : Sources: amid escalating rivalry, neither Google nor Microsoft are keen to renew a recently expired tr...