Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:Germany’s data protection watchdog tells European Parliament that Germany had “sent 50+ complaints about WhatsApp” to the Irish DPC and none had been closed — Simmering tensions about alleged lack of enforcement by Dublin burst into public — Long-simmering tensions …
Matthew Leising / Bloomberg:Republic, which lets non-accredited investors invest as little as $10 in startups, raises $36M Series A led by Galaxy Digital; Republic has over 1M users — – Republic private investment has risen four times in last year — Broadhaven, Prosus also take part in latest funding round
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop:FBI says $4.2B in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud were reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2020, up about 20% YoY — American victims reported $4.2 billion in losses as a result of cybercrime and internet fraud to the FBI in 2020, a roughly 20% uptick…
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Bloomberg:Olo, a provider of food-ordering software for restaurants, closed up 39% in its trading debut, after raising $450M in an IPO, valuing the company at $4.93B — Olo Inc., the food-ordering software company whose board members include Shake Shack Inc. founder Danny Meyer …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:AT&T says it will no longer exempt HBO Max from mobile data caps starting March 25, after a US court upheld CA’s net neutrality law; change will apply beyond CA — – AT&T will no longer exempt viewing of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld…
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Audi is abandoning its development of combustion engines, Electrive reported. The article cited an interview that Audi’s CEO, Markus Duesmann held with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), where he confirmed that Audi is no longer developing internal combustion engines. This is great news! In the interview, Duesmann said, “We will no longer develop a new combustion…
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This story was originally published on JISEA.org. Since Samantha Reese was young, she loved to take things apart — toys, appliances, anything her parents would allow — and put them back together. Captivated by mechanics, she wanted to know where parts came from and how they worked together. This translated into a career as a clean…
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BMW made a couple of electric vehicle announcements today, letting us all know that it’s still alive even after the massive electric vehicle offensive Volkswagen rolled out this week. In particular, the company unveiled its two next-gen electric vehicles, the BMW i4 and the BMW iX. Below is info on range, power, and acceleration specs…
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Bitcoin bulls are making a renewed push toward $60,000 after the Federal Reserve and Morgan Stanley made announcements that could bode well for BTC price.
The new coin is named after a god in Irish mythology and will go by the ticker symbol EURL.