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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort
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Burnt Finance raises $8M led by Animoca Brands, launches DeFi-oriented NFT marketplace
Posted byIngrid Lunden
Turkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual mobile games
Posted byNatasha Lomas
After Dutch antitrust order, Apple starts letting local dating apps use alternative payment options

Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable

  • Posted inafghanistanbitcoinblockchainColumncryptocurrenciescryptocurrencydigital currenciesOpinionpeer to peerpolicyremittanceTalibanTCWorld Bank
  • Posted byAnnie Saunders
  • 10/09/2021

Crypto has already revolutionized remittances in unstable, conflict-ridden places. Afghanistan presents a textbook use case for cryptocurrencies in failed states.

Shareholders pressure Microsoft into expanding its right-to-repair efforts

  • Posted inmicrosoftpolicyright to repairTECH
  • Posted byAndrew Cunningham
  • 10/09/2021

The promises are vague, but we should know more by mid-2022.

There will soon be no more ads denying climate change on Google

  • Posted inAdvertisingClimate ChangeGooglemisinformationpolicyScience
  • Posted byEric Bangeman
  • 10/09/2021

Search giant nixes ads contradicting scientific consensus on climate change.

Where does Facebook go from here?

  • Posted inColumnFacebookFrances Haugengovernment regulationsOpinionpolicySection 230Socialsocial mediaTC
  • Posted byAnnie Saunders
  • 10/08/2021

Facebook should be charting a course of humility, introspection and transparency as their best and only strategy for sustaining growth. What does this look like? Well, it starts with an apology.

Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing websites, judge rules

  • Posted incloudflarecopyrightpolicy
  • Posted byJon Brodkin
  • 10/08/2021

Judge rules content-delivery service doesn’t “contribute” to copyright infringement.

Safeway spent $367M to prepare for Theranos tests that never came

  • Posted inclinical labscourtdiagnostic testsElizabeth Holmes criminal trialpolicySafewayTheranos
  • Posted byTim De Chant
  • 10/07/2021

Elizabeth Holmes’ charisma sealed the deal, but Theranos never delivered.

One America News founder claimed he started network at AT&T’s request

  • Posted inAT&Toanone america newspolicy
  • Posted byJon Brodkin
  • 10/07/2021

AT&T “told us they wanted a conservative network,” OAN founder said in court.

Algorithms shouldn’t be protected by Section 230, Facebook whistleblower tells Senate

  • Posted inalgorithmsFacebookFacebook whistleblowerFrances Haugenpolicysocial mediaUS Senate
  • Posted byTim De Chant
  • 10/07/2021

Section 230 reform is just a start, Frances Haugen says in Senate testimony.

Amazon wins record US tax breaks to expand delivery network

  • Posted inAmazoncorporate taxesmonopolypolicysubsidiestax subsidiesUS
  • Posted byFinancial Times
  • 10/06/2021

Online shopping giant wants incentives as it speeds up distribution in wake of pandemic.

Facebook misled investors about shrinking user base, ex-employee alleges

  • Posted inFacebookpolicy
  • Posted byJon Brodkin
  • 10/06/2021

Complaint to SEC: Facebook mishandling of duplicate accounts was “extensive fraud.”

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