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South Korean financial super app Toss raised $405M Series G at a 9.1T won valuation, or ~$7B, after a 8.5T won valuation in June '21; Toss Bank has 5M users (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
Kate Park / TechCrunch: South Korean financial super app Toss raised $405M Series G at a 9.1T won valuation, or…
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TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as previous interactions or followed accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as…
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Amazon rolls out Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones (Stacey Higginbotham/Stacey on IoT)
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT: Amazon rolls out Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including…
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Tumblr adds support for livestreaming to its iOS and Android apps in the US; the service is powered by video platform Livebox, which lets users tip streamers (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Tumblr adds support for livestreaming to its iOS and Android apps in the US; the…
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Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids' online privacy rules and tricked users into making unintended purchases (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids’ online…
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Crypto.com's 2022 World Cup sponsorship, a symbol of how aggressively crypto companies spent on ads to gain users, was largely overshadowed by FTX's collapse (Carly Wanna/Bloomberg)
Carly Wanna / Bloomberg: Crypto.com’s 2022 World Cup sponsorship, a symbol of how aggressively crypto companies spent on ads to…
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Sources and analysis: Twitter's Community Notes doesn't address lies that are divisive; 30K+ or ~96% of notes contributed by community are not visible to users (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources and analysis: Twitter’s Community Notes doesn’t address lies that are divisive; 30K+ or ~96% of notes contributed by…
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Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and Nostr, and will remove tweets and accounts that do so (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge: Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and…
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Google starts testing client-side encryption for Gmail with some Workspace users, and plans to add it to its Android and iOS apps (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google starts testing client-side encryption for Gmail with some Workspace users, and plans to add…
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