https://ift.tt/2ZJN8Xy Manish Singh / TechCrunch : India-based grocery delivery startup Zepto emerges from stealth with $60M from Glade B...
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Sunday, October 31, 2021
YouTube's mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara Media draws criticism over the company's power as a content regulator (Adam Satariano/New York Times)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/3BuyBMl Adam Satariano / New York Times : YouTube's mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara ...
A look at "creepypasta", ghost stories such as Slender Man that spread online, and how decentralized myth-making can explain the rise of meme stocks and QAnon (Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan/Financial ...)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/3Cx81mZ Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times : A look at “creepypasta”, ghost stories such as Slender Man that ...
After a three-day outage, Roblox says it has begun incrementally restoring service to some players (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/3jTiToh Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : After a three-day outage, Roblox says it has begun incrementally restoring service to some...
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenues so far (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/2ZLm76i Patrick McGee / Financial Times : Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebo...
Industry and government officials say Gaia-X, a project to reduce EU's cloud dependency on US tech giants, is hamstrung by infighting and bloated bureaucracy (Politico)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/3nNXDRV Politico : Industry and government officials say Gaia-X, a project to reduce EU's cloud dependency on US tech ...
Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times have ballooned to 22 weeks as of October (Wall Street Journal)
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October 31, 2021
https://ift.tt/2Y2h6p9 Wall Street Journal : Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, a...
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth has become its most back-ordered new product with shipments delayed until January; source: the company isn't surprised by the demand (Daisuke Wakabayashi/New York Times)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3EzCQrN Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times : Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth has become its most back-ordered new produc...
Beijing-based Huice, a SaaS provider that helps e-commerce businesses manage orders and more, raises a $312M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3BwPHcD Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia : Beijing-based Huice, a SaaS provider that helps e-commerce businesses manage orders...
BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management software, raises $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3GESGmO Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management s...
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3nI1Czd Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC : In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation ...
Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M in 2021 after raising $60M at a $750M valuation in July (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3q0fCXM Amy Feldman / Forbes : Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M i...
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain (Bloomberg)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3pMA8v8 Bloomberg : A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during l...
Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET Oct. 28, with some speculating that the outage may be related to a Chipotle promotion, but the company denies a link (Tom Warren/The Verge)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3muAdS2 Tom Warren / The Verge : Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET Oct. 28, with some speculating that the outage ma...
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more (Delia Cai/Vanity Fair)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3bnvM5l Delia Cai / Vanity Fair : Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advan...
How the rhetoric surrounding techno-globalism has shifted, from countries advocating for a free, open internet to imposing limits to protect national interests (Foreign Affairs)
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October 30, 2021
https://ift.tt/3BxifCC Foreign Affairs : How the rhetoric surrounding techno-globalism has shifted, from countries advocating for a free,...
Friday, October 29, 2021
Meta's promised metaverse is going to be boring and is meant to distract us from the world that Facebook helped break (Ethan Zuckerman/The Atlantic)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3bs7iYB Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic : Meta's promised metaverse is going to be boring and is meant to distract us f...
Meta is just playing catch-up as Roblox, Steam VR, VRChat, and other platforms have already developed metaverse-like experiences (Gene Park/Washington Post)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3CtoOaB Gene Park / Washington Post : Meta is just playing catch-up as Roblox, Steam VR, VRChat, and other platforms have ...
Analysis: Florida startups have raised about $1.3B in Series A and Series B funding so far in 2021, which is more than quadruple the $277M raised in all of 2020 (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3BsDd5J Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News : Analysis: Florida startups have raised about $1.3B in Series A and Series B fun...
Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years (Damon Beres/Wired)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3EtsHwT Damon Beres / Wired : Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be p...
Indian online beauty products retailer Purplle raises a $75M Series E led by Kedaara Capital at a $630M valuation (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3vYoxKi Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Indian online beauty products retailer Purplle raises a $75M Series E led by Kedaara Cap...
Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C from investors including state-backed Shenzhen Capital and China Telecom (Liya Su/DealStreetAsia)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3EvjLag Liya Su / DealStreetAsia : Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C from investors including...
Chinese ride-sharing startup T3 raises a $1.2B Series A led by state-backed conglomerate CITIC Group, as rival Didi faces a regulatory crackdown (Nikkei Asia)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3pQaQwf Nikkei Asia : Chinese ride-sharing startup T3 raises a $1.2B Series A led by state-backed conglomerate CITIC Group...
Meta acquires Within, the company behind VR fitness game Supernatural; Within will continue working on the game and help Meta improve future VR hardware (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3Etl7CC Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Meta acquires Within, the company behind VR fitness game Supernatural; Within will co...
Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on the IBM partnership, how new transistor architectures could help outpace Moore's law, and more (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)
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October 29, 2021
https://ift.tt/3CvMsDk Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware : Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on the IBM partner...