Tech
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387China’s Black Lake raises $77M to give factories a digital upgrade
Zhou Yuxiang doesn’t have the typical profile for working in China’s manufacturing world. A soft-spoken yet incisive person in his early thirties,...
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Bain’s Matt Harris and Justworks’ Isaac Oates to talk through the Series B deal that brought them together
It’s been almost 10 years since Justworks launched. The platform, founded by Isaac Oates, was yet another example of software eating the...
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Gillmor Gang: Leave Quietly
It turns out the most important decision made was not the vote to choose (and remove) in the election but Twitter’s permanent...
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Google’s treatment of AI ethics researchers continues to stir up controversy
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421South Korea’s prime minister has joined Clubhouse
After garnering an estimated 8 million downloads since its launch, Clubhouse’s popularity continues across the world and even outside of its original...
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370Chief community officer is the new CMO
Community isn’t a single Slack group or event or newsletter. It’s an aggregation of all of these touch points, and includes both...
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As the SPAC frenzy continues, questions arise about how much the market can absorb
Another week and the biggest story in a sea of big stories continues to center on SPACs, these blank-check companies that raise...
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410Daily Crunch: Uber loses UK legal challenge
Uber loses a legal battle over driver classification, we survey mobility investors and new data suggests a COVID-19 vaccine should be easier...
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Google fires top AI ethics researcher Margaret Mitchell
Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team. Mitchell announced the news via a...
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Will the Texas winter disaster deter further tech migration?
Austin is known for its usually mild winters. But on February 12, a winter storm hit the state — leading to over...