Tom Blomfield, founder and president of UK digital bank Monzo, is leaving the company at the end of Jan., says he’s been unhappy since it scaled beyond startup (Steve O’Hear/TechCrunch)
Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch:Tom Blomfield, founder and president of UK digital bank Monzo, is leaving the company at the end of Jan., says he’s been unhappy since it scaled beyond…
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Interview with Atari CEO Fred Chesnais on leveraging the Atari brand, including through hotels and virtual clothing, shipping the VCS console, more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:Interview with Atari CEO Fred Chesnais on leveraging the Atari brand, including through hotels and virtual clothing, shipping the VCS console, moreUnder CEO Fred Chesnais, Atari is…
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Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools, raises $100M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Chris O’Brien/VentureBeat)
Chris O’Brien / VentureBeat:Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools, raises $100M led by Lightspeed Venture PartnersAs enterprises build their modern data stack, preparing the data to be used…
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A peer-reviewed study finds UK’s NHS contact-tracing app reduced the second wave by roughly 25%, averting ~594,000 out of 1.89M cases from October-December 2020 (BBC)
BBC:A peer-reviewed study finds UK’s NHS contact-tracing app reduced the second wave by roughly 25%, averting ~594,000 out of 1.89M cases from October-December 2020The NHS contact-tracing app had a significant…
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Oxygen, a digital banking startup that focuses on helping freelancers and others with multiple revenue streams, raises $17M Series A led by Runa Capital (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:Oxygen, a digital banking startup that focuses on helping freelancers and others with multiple revenue streams, raises $17M Series A led by Runa CapitalDigital banking startup ReliefClub,…
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Automotive Startup Canoo Debuts a Snub-Nosed Electric Pickup
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Car and Driver: Canoo, an electric automotive startup based in California, has expanded its lineup of forthcoming electric vehicles by revealing this snub-nosed…
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Microsoft president Brad Smith defended the company’s political contributions in a meeting with employees after some questioned donations from its PAC (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC:Microsoft president Brad Smith defended the company’s political contributions in a meeting with employees after some questioned donations from its PAC- Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, said the…
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Susan Wojcicki says YouTube will lift the suspension on Trump’s account when it determines “that the risk of violence has decreased” (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:Susan Wojcicki says YouTube will lift the suspension on Trump’s account when it determines that the risk of violence has decreased- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday…
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Smaller services like Substack, Spotify, and Clubhouse are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation (Alex Kantrowitz/OneZero)
Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:Smaller services like Substack, Spotify, and Clubhouse are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderationSmaller services are coming under scrutiny now…
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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and working to make the city better (Heather Knight/San Francisco Chronicle)
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and…
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Senate confirms ex-NSA director Chris Inglis as national cyber director; Congress still has not funded his office, despite authorizing him to hire 75 employees (Eric Geller/Politico)
Eric Geller / Politico:Senate confirms ex-NSA director Chris Inglis as national cyber director; Congress still has not funded his office, despite authorizing him to hire 75 employeesInglis, a former NSA…
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An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa alienate non-native and non-standard English speakers (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:An adapted excerpt from the book Your Computer Is on Fire, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa alienate non-native and non-standard English speakersThe age of…
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