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Former GoFundMe chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, a commerce company investing in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding (Christine Hall/TechCrunch) 11-04-2023

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Former GoFundMe chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, a commerce company investing in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding  —  Three years after stepping down as GoFundMe’s chairman and CEO, Rob Solomon is returning to the industry he calls his “first love … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Taibbi's account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search (Mike Masnick/Techdirt) 11-04-2023

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Matt Taibbi’s account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search  —  The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber.  —  Quick(ish) recap: Lees verder op Tech Meme

How a New Delhi startup event dubbed the “world's biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises (Meryl Sebastian/BBC) 11-04-2023

Meryl Sebastian / BBC: How a New Delhi startup event dubbed the “world’s biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises  —  In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India’s capital Delhi … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter's safety team can act (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) 11-04-2023

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter’s safety team can act  —  The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sei, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto, Multicoin, and others, and plans to launch its mainnet in 2023 (Jacquelyn Melinek/TechCrunch) 11-04-2023

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Sei, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto, Multicoin, and others, and plans to launch its mainnet in 2023  —  Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million at a valuation of $800 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts (Laurie Clarke/VICE) 11-04-2023

Laurie Clarke / VICE: Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts  —  Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.”  —  LC Lees verder op Tech Meme