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Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a consumer app and licenses tech to large insurers, says it's going public via a SPAC at a $1.3B valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/FinLedger)

Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a consumer app and licenses tech to large insurers, says it’s going public via a SPAC at a $1.3B valuation  —  Metromile offers pay-per-mile auto insurance in addition to licensing its technology to large incumbents Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a

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YouTube says it barred OANN from posting videos for a week and demonetized its content following a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19 (Ashley Gold/Axios)

Ashley Gold / Axios: YouTube says it barred OANN from posting videos for a week and demonetized its content following a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19  —  YouTube has barred One America News Network from posting new videos for a week and stripped it of its ability to make money off existing content

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Sources: since 2018, over 110,000 government officials and candidates have been on a Facebook whitelist that prevented them from being fact checked (Alex Heath/The Information)

Alex Heath / The Information: Sources: since 2018, over 110,000 government officials and candidates have been on a Facebook whitelist that prevented them from being fact checked  —  During a September 2019 speech in Washington, D.C., Facebook’s global policy and communications chief Nick Clegg gave an ardent defense … Sources: since 2018, over 110,000 government

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YouTube suspends One America News for one week after it promoted a fake COVID-19 cure

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge YouTube has temporarily suspended right-wing outlet One America News Network (OANN) for promoting a false COVID-19 cure. OANN’s channel will stay online, but it will be prevented from uploading new videos for a week, and it’s been removed from YouTube’s advertising partner program. Axios reported the news today,

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Make Excessively Decadent Mashed Potatoes With Bagna Cauda

There is (obviously, clearly) nothing wrong with “plain,” butter-and-cream-flavored mashed potatoes. They are without flaw. But sometimes, it’s fun to gild the lily, as perfection is not necessarily decadence—to be decadent, one has to lean into excess. That’s what bagna cauda mashed potatoes are—excessive. Read more… Make Excessively Decadent Mashed Potatoes With Bagna Cauda Source:

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Home insurance tech startup Hippo says it has raised $350M in new financing from Japan-based MS&AD Insurance, following its $150M Series E in July (Cromwell Schubarth/Silicon Valley …)

Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: Home insurance tech startup Hippo says it has raised $350M in new financing from Japan-based MS&AD Insurance, following its $150M Series E in July  —  Insuretech unicorn Hippo Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday said it raised $350 million in its second megafunding of the year. Home insurance tech startup

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