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September 7, 2021

After years of inaction against adtech, UK’s ICO calls for browser-level controls to fix ‘cookie fatigue’

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In the latest quasi-throwback toward ‘do not track‘, the UK’s data protection chief has come out in favor of a browser- and/or device-level setting

August 28, 2021

CryptoPunks blasts past $1 billion in lifetime sales as NFT speculation surges

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Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week we dove into Bezos’s Blue Origin suing NASA. This week, I’m writing about

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August 5, 2021

Astra targets first commercial orbital launch for August 27

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Astra’s last test launch went better than expected, nearly achieving orbit — kind of a stretch goal for that specific mission. The company at

August 3, 2021

A Silicon Valley VC firm with $1.8B in assets was hit by ransomware

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Advanced Technology Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in assets under its management, was hit by a ransomware

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July 30, 2021

Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California

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Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to

July 8, 2021

Google faces a major multi-state antitrust lawsuit over Google Play fees

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A group of 37 attorneys general filed a second major multi-state antitrust lawsuit against Google Wednesday, accusing the company of abusing its market power

June 24, 2021

Zero trust unicorn Illumio closes $225M Series F led by Thoma Brava

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Illumio, a self-styled zero trust unicorn, has closed a $225 million Series F funding round at a $2.75 billion valuation. The round was led

June 17, 2021

US lawmakers want to restrict police use of ‘Stingray’ cell tower simulators

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Igor Bonifacic Contributor Igor Bonifacic is a contributing writer at Engadget. According to BuzzFeed News, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Ted Lieu will introduce