How Facebook went from a Silicon Valley startup to an advertising juggernaut
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Scener Hosts Comic-Con@Home Social Screenings, Adds Disney+ To Expanded Roster
Click here to read the full article. Scener, a Seattle-based startup that enables social viewing, has teamed with Comic-Con to become the exclusive co-viewing partner for its upcoming online event. The company will host two tracks of library films and…
The American founder of a Nigerian bike-hailing startup has been gruesomely murdered in New York
Fahim Saleh, the Bangladeshi-American tech investor and founder of Nigerian startup Gokada, was found dead and dismembered in his New York apartment in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday (July 14). Local police discovered Saleh’s decapitated body,…
Peter Thiel-Backed Surveillance Startup Anduril Is Valued at $1.9 Billion
(Bloomberg) — Anduril Industries Inc., a Southern California startup that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance, said it raised a new funding round nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $1.9 billion. Silicon Valley…
What Does the Twitter Hack Mean for Bitcoin? Crypto Reacts
For five hours, all of Twitter became Crypto Twitter. Yesterday, one of the biggest digital hacks in recent memory went down. A hacker, likely a Bitcoiner, gained access to Twitter’s administrative functions and began a crypto-scam campaign. Some of the…
News from around our 50 states
Alabama Montgomery: The state’s elections chief said Friday that he is telling local officials they cannot require voters to wear masks at polling places during this week’s election. The direction conflicts with local mandates, approved in several cities…
Google Couldn’t Help This Chinese Games Startup Beat Tencent
(Bloomberg) — Once high-flying Chinese game-streaming platform Chushou TV has shuttered, becoming the latest casualty in a market increasingly dominated by Tencent Holdings Ltd. The mobile-focused streaming network’s demise on July 2 comes just two…
The anatomy of a fake news headline
As confrontations between Black Lives Matter protesters and police erupted across the country earlier this month, some Oregonians, mostly older people, saw a Facebook ad pushing a headline about how a Republican politician “Wants Martial Law To Control…
Everything to know about Quibi, the short-form video startup that raised $1.75 billion before launch but has struggled to break through
Sophie Turner stars in “Survive” on Quibi. Quibi It’s a moment of truth for Quibi, the mobile-video startup that launched in April after raising $1.75 billion to try and revolutionize TV for smartphones. Quibi’s early sign ups are…
Secretive data startup Palantir has confidentially filed for an IPO – TechCrunch
Secretive big data and analytics startup Palantir, co-founded by Peter Thiel, said late Monday it has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. Its statement said little more. “The public listing is…