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Q&A with Twitter’s senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to summarize and how to contextualize them, more (Will Oremus/OneZero)

Will Oremus / OneZero:Q&A with Twitter's senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to…

2 years ago

Internal data shows only 11.3M US households regularly watch NBCU’s Peacock; sources: NBCU has pitched ViacomCBS about bundling their streaming services (The Information)

The Information:Internal data shows only 11.3M US households regularly watch NBCU's Peacock; sources: NBCU has pitched ViacomCBS about bundling their…

2 years ago

Bangalore-based Razorpay, which helps SMBs manage digital payments, raises $160M Series E led by GIC and Sequoia Capital India at a valuation of $3B (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:Bangalore-based Razorpay, which helps SMBs manage digital payments, raises $160M Series E led by GIC and Sequoia…

2 years ago

Q&A with Lambda School’s Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don’t have one (Antonio Garcia-Martinez/The Pull Request)

Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:Q&A with Lambda School's Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide…

2 years ago

Interview with Zapier CEO on Sequoia and Steadfast Financial’s January investment via secondary market, acquiring no-code education business Makerpad, and more (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

Alex Konrad / Forbes:Interview with Zapier CEO on Sequoia and Steadfast Financial's January investment via secondary market, acquiring no-code education…

2 years ago

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and working to make the city better (Heather Knight/San Francisco Chronicle)

Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude…

2 years ago

In Serious Incident, Software Glitch Miscalculates the Weight of Three UK Flights

A software mistake caused a flight on Tui airlines "to take off heavier than expected," according to The Guardian, citing…

2 years ago

Internal memo: Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth told staff in Dec. to build products prioritizing privacy, as the public’s expectations around privacy have shifted (Alex Kantrowitz/OneZero)

Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:Internal memo: Facebook's Andrew Bosworth told staff in Dec. to build products prioritizing privacy, as the public's…

2 years ago

California City Apologizes for Wrongly Accusing Bloggers of Criminal Hacking

To settle a lawsuit, the city of Fullerton California "has agreed to pay $350,000 and take back its accusations of…

2 years ago

IDC: Oculus device sales in 2021 are estimated to be between 5.3M and 6.8M units, up from ~3.5M units in 2020 (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:IDC: Oculus device sales in 2021 are estimated to be between 5.3M and 6.8M units,…

2 years ago