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Investigation finds ten websites offering fake Amazon reviews from £5 each; five of the websites claimed to have 702K+ "product reviewers" on their books (BBC)

BBC: Investigation finds ten websites offering fake Amazon reviews from £5 each; five of the websites claimed to have 702K+ “product reviewers” on their books  —  Fake reviews for products sold on Amazon’s Marketplace are being sold online “in bulk”, according to Which? Investigation finds ten websites offering fake Amazon reviews from £5 each; five

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Palantir reports Q4 revenue of $322M, up 40% YoY, and FY2020 revenue of $1.1B, up 47% YoY; Q4 adjusted loss was $156.6M, missing estimates; stock drops 9%+ (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Palantir reports Q4 revenue of $322M, up 40% YoY, and FY2020 revenue of $1.1B, up 47% YoY; Q4 adjusted loss was $156.6M, missing estimates; stock drops 9%+  —  Palantir Technologies Inc., struggling to sell its data software to companies, forecast annual sales growth of at least 30%. Palantir reports Q4 revenue

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Admit When You're Not Self-Made

A whole industry of books, TV shows and media outlets continues to reinforce reverence for entrepreneurs and rockstar CEOs, creating the myth of the self-made American success. But these hero’s journey stories often elide the fact that many of these corporate leaders didn’t get to where they are without help. A select … Read more…

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Pex, a royalty attribution startup that scans social networks for rightsholders' content, raises $57M from Tencent and others, bringing its total raised to $64M (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Pex, a royalty attribution startup that scans social networks for rightsholders’ content, raises $57M from Tencent and others, bringing its total raised to $64M  —  Pex, a startup aiming to giving rightsholders more control over how their content is used and reused online, has raised $57 million in new funding. Pex,

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Personetics, which uses AI to help banks issue personalized advice and insights to customers, raises $75M from Warburg Pincus (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Personetics, which uses AI to help banks issue personalized advice and insights to customers, raises $75M from Warburg Pincus  —  Personetics, a data-driven platform that uses AI to help banks issue personalized advice and insights to customers, has raised $75 million in funding from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Personetics, which

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Celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary with a matching denim tuxedo from Levi’s

Image: Levi’s The Pokémon franchise is turning 25 this year, and to celebrate, the brand is teaming up for a number of collaborations, from McDonald’s cards to Post Malone concerts. And then there’s Levi’s, which is celebrating the anniversary with a line of Pokémon-branded outfits, led by the standout floral-print Pokémon-themed denim trucker jacket /

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Bitcoin briefly crossed the $50K mark today, up ~73% YTD, while Ethereum hit a record $1,785, up ~140% YTD (Olivia Raimonde/Bloomberg)

Olivia Raimonde / Bloomberg: Bitcoin briefly crossed the $50K mark today, up ~73% YTD, while Ethereum hit a record $1,785, up ~140% YTD  —  – Rival cryptocurrency Ether hit a record of its own on Friday  — Morgan Stanley is considering Bitcoin for investment fund  —  Bitcoin blew through another milestone … Bitcoin briefly crossed

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Revelations from government investigations have paved the way for private antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook brought by publishers and advertisers (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times: Revelations from government investigations have paved the way for private antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook brought by publishers and advertisers  —  Government antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected to come. Revelations from government investigations have paved the way for

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Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools, raises $100M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Chris O'Brien/VentureBeat)

Chris O’Brien / VentureBeat: Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools, raises $100M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners  —  As enterprises build their modern data stack, preparing the data to be used has become an increasingly resource-intensive problem.  To move faster, these companies are searching … Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools,

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Ostrich Love and the Return of MySpace

The internet spat out three new, animal-themed insta-celebrities recently: Gorilla Glue Lady, Ostrich Lady, and Cat-Lawyer. It’s a damn zoo out here, people. Also, since it was Valentine’s Day, Minecraft got surprisingly romantic. Read more… The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Ostrich Love and the Return of MySpace Source: Life Hacker

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Zut alors! France spanks Google over ‘misleading’ hotel ranking algorithm

France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €1.1 million ($1.3 million) fine over “misleading” hotel rankings generated by the tech giant’s algorithms. The Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Repression of Fraud (DGCCRF) began to probe Google’s classifications after hoteliers complained about their ratings. The investigation revealed that Google had replaced the rankings used by France’s tourism agency

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