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A review of US laws governing the corporate use of biometric screening finds Illinois stands out in banning biometric data collection without consent
Investigation report shows India's antitrust authority found that Google abused the dominant position of Android in the country to illegally hurt competitors
Twitch's "hate raid" lawsuit raises questions about when tech platforms should unmask their own anonymous users and sue them for violating their speech policies
South Korea-based Upstage, which builds tech to help other companies adopt AI easily, raises $27M Series A led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and Company K Partners
AI-enabled personal finance app Bright Money emerges from stealth with $31M Series A from Sequoia Capital India, Falcon Edge Capital, and Hummingbird Ventures
Shanghai-based XTransfer, which provides currency and payment management services to 150K+ import/export SMBs, mostly in China, raises $138M at a $1B+ valuation
Caresyntax, an AI-powered platform that aims to reduce deaths from surgery-related complications, adds $30M to its Series C, bringing the round total to $130M
CEO of Exodus Intelligence, which provides info on 0-day bugs and tools to exploit them, says India used its Windows 0-day research to spy on China and Pakistan
Recording from a global Apple all-hands meeting reveals Tim Cook answered only two questions from staff about workplace and social issues
Amazon says it has closed 3,000 seller accounts backed by about 600 Chinese brands for review fraud
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GitLab files for a US IPO and says its revenue in the latest quarter grew 69% to $58.1M, while net losses grew to $40.2M from $9.4M a year ago
Sources: Google plans to add free, ad-supported streaming TV channels to Google TV and has held talks with media companies that provide the channels
Cameo launches Cameo Calls, a native experience in the app for fans to video chat with influencers and celebrities for up to 15 minutes
Report: Commure, which provides APIs for vendors and startups to build healthcare apps, raised $500M over two rounds of funding, valuing the company at $3.5B
Sources: US probe into Binance expands to include CFTC's review of alleged insider trading and market manipulation, following criminal probes by DOJ and the IRS
General Motors says it is building direct relationships with chip manufacturers to address shortages, following production halts at six assembly plants
Elon Musk says Tesla will use a week of personal driving data to determine whether owners who paid for "Full Self-Driving" can access its latest beta version
GitLab files for a US IPO; the company was valued at $6B after a secondary share sale in January
Grailed, a streetwear resale platform, raises $60M Series B led by competitor Goat Group with participation from Thrive Capital and Index Ventures
Roboflow, which provides tools for developers to build computer vision models, raises $20M Series A led by Craft Ventures
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Tencent now lets WeChat users link to rival services such as Taobao or Douyin for the first time, complying with demands by Chinese regulators
Apple and Google remove jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's app that coordinated protest voting, bowing to Russian pressure on the eve of an election
Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella sues to stop co-founder Dash from selling the copyright to Jay-Z's debut album as an NFT, saying he has no legal right to do so
Sources: Biden administration is preparing many actions to disrupt ransomware payments, including sanctions on some crypto wallets and exchanges next week
Google to bring an Android 11 feature that auto-resets permissions granted to apps that haven't been used in months, to phones running Android 6 and above
Rune Labs, whose software aggregates brain data from multiple sources into an integrated environment, raises $22.8M Series A led by Eclipse Ventures
Telegram has exploded as a hub for criminals to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools as it becomes an alternative to the dark web
Bigeye, whose data observability platform helps companies manage and improve data quality, raises $45M Series B led by Coatue, bringing its total raised to $66M
Glean, an enterprise search engine startup cofounded by Google and Facebook veterans, emerges from stealth with $55M in funding across two rounds
Omaze, a charity fundraising platform which offers celebrity meet-and-greets and other experiences, raises $85M Series C led by Moore Strategic Venture
DHS: American extremists used TikTok in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riots to recruit new members and share "tactical guidance" for terrorist and criminal activity
China is cracking down on pessimistic financial blogs and social media accounts, as well as fraudulent ones; analysts worry independent voices will be silenced
Internal report: Eastern European troll farms reached 140M US Facebook users per month before the 2020 election; 75% of the users didn't follow any of the Pages
Inside r/aznidentity, a subreddit that has become an unofficial hub of "Men's Rights Asians" subculture, which has gained notoriety by harassing Asian women
How law enforcement's ability to track people via commercially available data blurs the line between investigative due diligence and warrantless surveillance
Digital identity management firm ForgeRock closed up 46% in its NYSE debut for a market cap of ~$2.9B, after raising roughly $275M in its IPO
Adam Mosseri faces criticism after comparing social media to cars, saying "cars create way more value than they destroy", even though people die in accidents
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