The Markup: A database on Microsoft’s Xandr containing 650K+ “audience segments” shows how data brokers classify consumers by surveilling their online and offline activity — A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr’s website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rahat Sandhu / Reuters: Binance.US suspends USD deposits and notifies customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat withdrawal channels as early as June 13 — Binance.US on Thursday said the company is suspending USD deposits while notifying customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: DocuSign reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $661.4M, vs. $642M est., subscription revenue up 12% YoY, and net profit of $539K, vs. a $27.4M net loss a year ago — Shares of the e-signature company DocuSign Inc. are trending higher today after it delivered a solid first quarter earnings … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Granica, which helps data-centric AI companies optimize their cloud object storage in Amazon S3 and Google Cloud, raised $45M from NEA, Bain, and others — Data management is under the spotlight again as companies seek to out-innovate competitors with large language models Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: A group of about 120 Google contract workers from Accenture is seeking to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union, saying Alphabet is a “joint employer” — A group of Alphabet Inc. contract workers are launching a unionization campaign, saying they need a greater voice … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EvenUp, which uses AI to generate legal documents for personal injury cases, raised a $50.5M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $325M valuation — Millions of personal injury cases are settled in the U.S. every year, as few go to trial — but the vast majority are kept under wraps. Lees verder op Tech Meme
John Perrino / Tech Policy Press: Six US senators reintroduce a bipartisan bill to boost social network transparency, requiring companies to share ad libraries, content moderation stats, more — John Perrino is a policy analyst at the Stanford Internet Observatory. — The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Blackpoint Cyber, which offers managed cybersecurity detection and response services, raised a $190M Series C led by Bain Capital with participation from Accel — Blackpoint Cyber, a startup that provides managed cybersecurity services using an internally developed software platform, has raised $190 million in fresh funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ina Fried / Axios: Mark Zuckerberg shared with employees Meta’s plan to add generative AI text, image, and video tools to its products, such as Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to employees on Thursday that will see it put generative AI text … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ryan Weeks / The Block: Hong Kong-based Taiko Labs, which is focused on scaling Ethereum, raised a $10M seed led by Sequoia China and a $12M pre-Series A led by Generative Ventures — – Taiko Labs raised two rounds led by Sequoia China and Generative Ventures, respectively. — The startup is building a Type 1 zkEVM … Lees verder op Tech Meme