Journals

Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: X removes a graphic video shared by Elon Musk purporting to show cannibalism in Haiti, for violating its rules; there’s no evidence the video was shot in Haiti  —  – Move is rare case of company… Read More »X removes a graphic video shared by Elon Musk purporting to show cannibalism in Haiti, for violating its rules; there’s no evidence the video was shot in Haiti (Craig Trudell/Bloomberg)

Assaf Gilead / Globes Online: US cybersecurity company Zscaler acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Avalor for $350M; Avalor was founded two years ago and has raised just $30M to date  —  Avalor was founded only two years ago and has raised… Read More »US cybersecurity company Zscaler acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Avalor for $350M; Avalor was founded two years ago and has raised just $30M to date (Assaf Gilead/Globes Online)

PYMNTS.com: Deliveroo reports adjusted EBITDA of £85M in 2023, its first-ever profit and up from a loss of £45M in 2022, after launching Deliveroo Shopping in November  —  Deliveroo has logged its first-ever profit as it continues pushing past its… Read More »Deliveroo reports adjusted EBITDA of £85M in 2023, its first-ever profit and up from a loss of £45M in 2022, after launching Deliveroo Shopping in November (PYMNTS.com)

Joel Khalili / Wired: A UK High Court judge rules that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, saying the “evidence is overwhelming”  —  A surprise ruling at the end of a six-week trial in the… Read More »A UK High Court judge rules that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, saying the “evidence is overwhelming” (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Chainalysis: In 2023, crypto investors achieved total gains of $37.6B, up from a $127.1B loss in 2022 but down from the $159.7B in gains during the 2021 bull run  —  2023 was a year of recovery for cryptocurrency markets, with… Read More »In 2023, crypto investors achieved total gains of $37.6B, up from a $127.1B loss in 2022 but down from the $159.7B in gains during the 2021 bull run (Chainalysis)

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber’s logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies”  —  Beijing urges Washington to ‘stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies’

Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: Proton releases its mail app for macOS and Windows out of beta, available via its $4/month Mail Plus or $10/month Unlimited tiers, and launches a beta Linux app  —  And a Linux app is launching in… Read More »Proton releases its mail app for macOS and Windows out of beta, available via its $4/month Mail Plus or $10/month Unlimited tiers, and launches a beta Linux app (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Unstructured, which helps companies prepare “really messy, sloppy data” for AI training, raised a $40M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $230M valuation  —  Unstructured, which preps sloppy data for LLM training, has raised… Read More »Unstructured, which helps companies prepare “really messy, sloppy data” for AI training, raised a $40M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $230M valuation (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

Reuters: Sources: in 2019, Donald Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine social media campaign in China to turn public opinion against the government and Xi  —  Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency… Read More »Sources: in 2019, Donald Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine social media campaign in China to turn public opinion against the government and Xi (Reuters)

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Alibaba’s AliExpress over illegal content concerns, product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation  —  The European Commission on Thursday said it opened a formal investigation into AliExpress,… Read More »The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Alibaba’s AliExpress over illegal content concerns, product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)