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Facebook’s oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?
Facebook’s oversight board, which on Wednesday upheld the company’s ban of former President Donald Trump, also had some harsh words…
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Vida Health, a virtual care app for patients with chronic conditions, raises $110M Series D led by General Atlantic, Centene, and AXA Venture Partners (Mallory Hackett/MobiHealthNews)
Mallory Hackett / MobiHealthNews: Vida Health, a virtual care app for patients with chronic conditions, raises $110M Series D led…
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Sources: Tencent is in talks with CFIUS to negotiate agreements that would allow the company to keep its ownership stakes in Riot Games and Epic Games (Reuters)
Reuters: Sources: Tencent is in talks with CFIUS to negotiate agreements that would allow the company to keep its ownership…
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Una Brands, which acquires and consolidates third party sellers across e-commerce platforms in the Asia-Pacific region, launches with $40M in debt and equity (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Una Brands, which acquires and consolidates third party sellers across e-commerce platforms in the Asia-Pacific region,…
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Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook's handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the Oversight Board handed it back to Facebook (New York Times)
New York Times: Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook’s handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the…
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Finnish mobile games company Metacore raises $180M in a debt round from Tencent's Supercell to scale its first game Merge Mansion, which has 800K+ DAUs (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Finnish mobile games company Metacore raises $180M in a debt round from Tencent’s Supercell to scale…
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SpaceX launches, lands Starship in 1st successful flight
SpaceX has finally launched and successfully landed its futuristic Starship By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer May 5, 2021, 11:46…
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Zynga to acquire Chartboost, a mobile programmatic ad service reaching 700M+ MAUs, for $250M in cash; Zynga says deal will help it grow as IDFA changes roll out (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Zynga to acquire Chartboost, a mobile programmatic ad service reaching 700M+ MAUs, for $250M in cash;…
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Billboard says it will publish a ranking of the most popular songs in the US based on Twitter conversations; the chart will be updated daily (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Billboard says it will publish a ranking of the most popular songs in the US based…
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Twilio reports Q1 revenue of $590M, up 62% YoY, vs. $533.4 est., with loss of $206.5M, up from $94.8M last year, and 235K active customer accounts, up 23.6% YoY (M. Corey Goldman/TheStreet)
M. Corey Goldman / TheStreet: Twilio reports Q1 revenue of $590M, up 62% YoY, vs. $533.4 est., with loss of…
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