Month: July 2021
Welcome to hot due diligence summer
Wow, that headline worked? A recent board fight at a digital health unicorn is a reminder to entrepreneurs that it’s important to set boundaries, even amid the dizzying volume and velocity of this summer’s deal frenzy. This week I published a scoop about how Bessemer Venture Partners replaced a board…
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Some accused in Capitol riot reportedly tried to scrub info from their phones and social media
Some 49 people accused of taking part in the January 6th riot at the US Capitol building have tried to erase images, videos, and texts from their phones and social media accounts, the Associated Press reported, citing a review of court records. Authorities told the AP that the people may…
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A new ‘digital violence’ platform maps dozens of victims of NSO Group’s spyware
For the first time, researchers have mapped all the known targets, including journalists, activists, and human rights defenders, whose phones were hacked by Pegasus, a spyware developed by NSO Group. Forensic Architecture, an academic unit at Goldsmiths, University of London that investigates human rights abuses, scoured dozens of reports from…
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Startups, culture and riding the meme wave
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Hey!…
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Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed
A court in Amsterdam ruled that privacy litigation against Facebook in the Netherlands can proceed, rejecting the social network’s bid to have the lawsuit from two non-profit groups thrown out. As TechCrunch reported, the Amsterdam-based Data Privacy Foundation and Dutch consumer advocacy organization Consumentenbond are suing Facebook on behalf of…
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Sony WF-1000XM4 vs Apple AirPods Pro: how the best wireless earbuds compare to the best AirPods the sony wf-1000xm4 and the airpods pro side by side
We’ve crowned the Sony WF-1000XM4 the best true wireless earbuds you can buy today – but how do they stack up against the best AirPods on the market, the Apple AirPods Pro? In some respects, these models are evenly matched, with both offering active noise cancellation, similar battery lives, wireless…
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