Tech
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China may kill TikTok’s U.S. operations rather than see them sold
The controversial push to force Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance to divest part or all of its smash-hit TikTok social media service to...
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Facebook launches poll worker recruitment push in the News Feed
With the election looming and a pandemic still raging through the U.S., a shortage of poll workers is just one of many...
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TikTok fixes Android bugs that could have led to account hijacks
TikTok has fixed four security bugs in its Android app that could have led to the hijacking of user accounts. The vulnerabilities,...
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Willo, a freemium video interview SaaS, scores ~$320k during the remote work boom
Glasgow, Scotland-based video interview startup Willo has scored a £250,000 (~$320k) seed round of funding after watching demand for its asynchronous Q&A...
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Santander spins out its $400M fintech venture capital arm, now called Mouro Capital
Santander, the Spanish multinational banking giant, is announcing that its fintech venture arm is to be spun out and will be managed...
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Trump says deadline for TikTok sale won’t be extended
The United States government will not extend the September 20 deadline for Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok, President Donald Trump said on...
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Anduril launches a smarter drone and picks up more money to build a virtual border wall
The company building the virtual border wall has a new version of its stealthy fast-flying drones — and a fresh contract with...
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Report: One of Social Capital’s newest blank-check companies is looking to reverse merge with Opendoor
Some people may have slowed down in 2020, amid a pandemic that has shut down much of the world. Not Chamath Palihapitiya...
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VC Josh Kopelman isn’t so sure about SPACs, but he thinks so-called rolling funds could prove powerful
Yesterday, we had a chance to catch up with Josh Kopelman, cofounder of the now 16-year-old early-stage venture firm First Round to...
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609Daily Crunch: Facebook launches a college-only network
Facebook returns to its college roots, Alexa gets a printing feature and we take a deep dive into Unity’s business. This is...