The London-based VC firm recently sold its first two funds to Draper Esprit, and today is announcing the first close of a new £41 million fund, double the size of its last. This year the VC is also celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Read More
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The “front page of the internet” has lit up in red, with sub-reddits devoted to everything from books to NASCAR all protesting net neutrality.
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If the FCC’s refusal to acknowledge the vast public outcry against its plan to gut net neutrality isn’t enough of an outrage, its total disinterest in investigating how that same comment system may have been gamed by fake users posing as real Americans adds a bit more insult to injury. Suspicions arose earlier this year that a person or an organization of some kind was… Read More
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Data on 57 million drivers and riders was hacked in 2016, but new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he only learned of the breach recently.
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Allegations of sexual harassment surface as the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation takes a six-month leave of absence.
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The Oscar-winning animator will take a six-month leave of absence, according to a leaked memo.
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It’ll be even easier to open this cool camera feature.
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The travel recommendation site was found to be censoring reports of rape and assault from users’ reviews of resorts.
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The story of AppLovin‘s acquisition has taken another turn. We first reported that the mobile ad startup was in acquisition talks in August of last year, and the announcement came a month later: AppLovin would sell a majority stake Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital. Today, however, CEO Adam Foroughi revealed that the deal is (sort of) off. Instead of an outright… Read More
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Today’s stories: FCC highlights plan to kill net neutrality, Android secretly sending location data, Bitcoin just passed $8,000 and Toyota’s new robot can be controlled in VR. Read More
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