Year: 2023
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News
The founder of Joker’s Stash, one of the most popular marketplaces for stolen credit card and identity data, has allegedly retired with a fortune of $1B (Dr. Tom Robinson/Elliptic Blog)
The founder of Joker’s Stash, one of the most popular marketplaces for stolen credit card and identity data, has allegedly…
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Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger downloads fell from Dec. 2020 (Julia Chan/ Sensor Tower Blog)
Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger…
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Chris Sacca on his move to climate investing, Jack Dorsey’s inability to confront big questions, and Travis Kalanick’s weakness in managing company culture (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
Chris Sacca on his move to climate investing, Jack Dorsey’s inability to confront big questions, and Travis Kalanick’s weakness in…
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Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give startups advice on surviving the downturn; Lightspeed: “boom times of the last decade are unambiguously over (Wall Street Journal)
Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give startups advice on surviving the downturn; Lightspeed: “boom times of the last…
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Business
Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at storage company Spectra Logic, on the resurgence of tape for archival storage, DNA storage, more (Desire Athow/TechRadar)
Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at storage company Spectra Logic, on the resurgence of tape for…
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YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer riders and 35% fewer trips in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2019 (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)
YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer…
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Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo)
Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may…
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A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that lets users sell their tweets as non-fungible tokens in exchange for Ethereum (Scott Chipolina/Decrypt)
A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that lets users sell their tweets as non-fungible tokens in…
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A look at Tattle Life, a gossip forum where users dox celebrities and influencers, dissect their personal lives, and target them with vicious comments (Sarah Manavis/New Statesman)
A look at Tattle Life, a gossip forum where users dox celebrities and influencers, dissect their personal lives, and target…
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Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year (Shubham Agarwal/Fast Company)
Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed…
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