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- UK-based Motorway, which allows professional car dealers to bid for privately-owned cars for sale, raises £48m Series B led by Index Ventures (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)
- Secret gag orders imposed by the US government on tech companies must stop, as they abuse citizens' fundamental freedoms and are no longer even used sparingly (Brad Smith/Washington Post)
- UNESCO: AI and robotics have "dominated scientific output" in recent years; ~150K research articles were published on those subjects in 2019, up 44% from 2015 (Sage Lazzaro/VentureBeat)
- Profile of DigitalMint, a final-mile crypto broker that helps ransomware victims pay ransoms in cryptocurrency, within 30-60 minutes of contact from the hacker (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
- Sources: many Apple US stores will drop mask requirement for vaccinated customers as soon as Tuesday; mask requirement to be dropped at some Cupertino offices (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
- [Thread] Former Facebook employee, now Coatue Management Chairman, shares his experiences working with Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook's early days (Dan Rose/@danrose999)
- After El Salvador's president, many Latin American politicians are expressing interest in adopting cryptocurrencies, as a PR exercise to elevate their profiles (Alex González Ormerod/Rest of World)
- CB Insights: VCs invested $1.5B into mental health startups in 2020, a record high, and 5.5x the funding invested in the space in 2016 (Katie Jennings/Forbes)
- A new generation of young workers at China's technology giants is demanding an end to forced rankings, harsh working conditions, and the "996" work culture (Yuan Yang/Financial Times)
- As carmakers integrate 100-150+ chip-based electronic control units in each car, a look at the challenges of an auto industry that is more dependent on software (Robert N. Charette/IEEE Spectrum)
- Taproot, a significant Bitcoin upgrade promising better transaction privacy and smart contracts, got approved by miners globally, due to take effect in November (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
- Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about its Omniverse, dubbed a "metaverse for engineers", discouraging miners from buying its GPUs, chip shortages, and more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
- Many Latin American Facebook users are self-compromising their accounts to fuel fake engagement through "autoliker" websites and unwittingly joining bot farms (Sophie Zhang/Rest of World)
- Interview with Apple execs Bob Borchers and Sebastien Marineau-Mes about changes to multitasking in iPadOS 15, SharePlay, Universal Control, Quick Note, more (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)
- China pushes to subject data-related activities to government oversight, as it worries tech giants could use collected data to build alternative power centers (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal)
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- A French company warned the US of a 'imminent radiological threat' at a Chinese nuclear facility but the US said the plant isn't at 'crisis level': CNN
- On opposite sides of Europe, US troops are practicing new ways to get to battle
- With a backlog of over 1.3 million cases, the 500 immigration judges in the US feel overburdened and pressured to deport
- Police union PACs have spent $510,000 targeting The Squad, but may not be aiming to unseat them as much as raise funds for themselves, report says
- Meet NYC Mayoral candidate Ray McGuire, a former Wall Street exec who wants to accelerate small businesses to the top
- Amazon, faced with criticism over warehouse employee injuries, tests new tech to make moving packages safer
- From a new 'Halo' game to the long-awaited 'Starfield,' Xbox just showcased a huge slate of new games coming to its consoles
- Former secretary of state mounts a defense of Trump's handling of Russia: 'I'm proud of the work we did there'
- Stablecoins as the future, plus a dissection of AMC's options frenzy
- AOC: I'm 'inclined to say yes' that Justice Stephen Breyer should retire at the end of the Supreme Court's current term
- G7 Summit takeaways: The US is back on top, the Queen cut a cake with a sword, and world leaders promised 1 billion COVID-19 doses
- Shell considers selling assets in the largest US oil field, Reuters reports, highlighting pressure to focus on low-carbon investments
- Netanyahu out as prime minister after Israeli parliament votes to form a new coalition government
- Apple told former White House counsel Don McGahn that his and his wife's records were subpoenaed by Trump DOJ in 2018: NYT
- China to G7 leaders: Days when world affairs are decided by a 'small group of countries are long gone'
- Biden says he won't hold a joint press conference with Putin because he doesn't want to get 'diverted' by who 'talked the most'
- Pelosi says that she won't 'give up on Joe Manchin' over his opposition to sweeping voting-rights legislation
- Under pressure, G7 leaders vow to deliver at least 1 billion extra COVID-19 vaccine doses in the next year
- Biden will warn Putin the US will respond 'forcefully' if Russia continues its 'reckless and aggressive actions,' Blinken says
- Brazil's president received a fine in Sao Paulo for violating local coronavirus mask restrictions
- Video shows AOC dancing with NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley at a Strokes fundraising concert
- G7 leaders push for a 'transparent' investigation into the origins of COVID
- A business ethicist explains why billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos shouldn't use tax avoidance strategies, even if it's legal
- Former US secretary of state says censorship on college campuses keeps him up at night more than the Taliban
- The top 9 shows on Netflix this week, from 'Sweet Tooth' to 'Lucifer'
- Some airlines still aren't selling alcohol aboard flights, and it's one of the changes flight attendants hope will stay in place as travel rebounds
- Bill Maher mocks moderate Democrat Joe Manchin as 'the most powerful Republican in the Senate'
- Goldman Sachs says value stocks will outperform in the near term - but growth stocks will take the lead by end of 2021
- Russian President Vladimir Putin laughs at a reporter who asked if he was a 'killer'
- How to take your business to the next level with livestream shopping
- Companies like Chipotle are boosting prices, but CEOs multimillion dollar pay packages aren't getting any smaller
- 3 ways to decide if starting a side hustle on top of your full-time job is right for you
- There's a simple solution for the labor shortage: raising the minimum wage, a former Obama economist says
- Habitat for Humanity is building a 3D-printed home in Arizona to help solve the affordable housing crisis. See how it's being constructed.
- Millennials are about to get screwed yet again if Biden doesn't cancel student-loan debt
- Hard seltzer is about to have its its biggest summer yet as it completely changes the alcohol industry
- Kamala Harris is the first sitting VP to have marched in an LGBTQ pride parade
- Restaurant workers are quitting at record-high rates, and it could force their employers to raise wages, experts say
- The dream of the techno-utopian workplace is dead. Remote work proved that digitizing the workplace isn't liberating, it's a company-controlled nightmare.
- Biden pushes G7 to get tough on China, calling out forced labor, human rights abuses, and 'non-market' practices
- How billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk avoid paying federal income tax while increasing their net worth by billions
- The Fed says inflation is transitory, but these 10 companies have already said they'll pass along rising costs to customers
- Fred DeLuca ran Subway like a titan, sleeping with franchisees' wives, micromanaging, and penny-pinching. Insiders say he set it up for failure.
- The Apple Watch wasn't always the king of smartwatches. Here's how it went from unpopular fashion accessory to conquer Fitbit and everyone else.
- Realtors from across the country say writing a letter to the seller could help or hurt your chances of closing a deal. Here's when the practice could benefit you the most.
- I was stranded in Bogotá airport for 10 hours and it taught me the true value of credit card perks and not taking no for an answer
- MyPillow targets wider consumer base as it opens UK subsidiary
- Lara Trump urges Americans living near to the southern border to 'arm up, get guns' and prepare to 'take matters into their own hands' against migrants
- Jeff Bezos is trusting Blue Origin's new rocket with his life. It's flown 15 times, but he'll have no pilot and possibly no spacesuit.
- Confessions of caregiver burnout: 5 women dealing with childcare and family needs reveal how the pandemic pushed them to a breaking point
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