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    • Game studio Playful Studios raises $23M from individual investors, bringing its total raised to $48M, says it has pitched to 300+ individuals during this raise (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

    Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Game studio Playful Studios raises $23M from individual investors, bringing its total raised to $48M, says it has pitched to 300+ individuals during this raise  —  Playful Studios, the maker of the Lucky’s Tale series of games, has raised $23 million in funding from a wide variety … Game studio Playful

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    • Credit Sesame, which helps consumers rebalance existing debts and improve credit scores, raises $43M in equity and debt, bringing the total raised to $110M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Credit Sesame, which helps consumers rebalance existing debts and improve credit scores, raises $43M in equity and debt, bringing the total raised to $110M  —  Household debt in the US continues to rise and as of this year now stands at nearly $14 billion.  Now, one of the startups that’s building

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    • Opinion: Facebook’s brain computer interface will be the instrument of society’s collapse

    Anyone else think giving Facebook literal access to our brains is a catastrophically stupid idea? If you missed it: Facebook‘s building a brain computer interface (BCI). In the company’s words, the gadget will be: A non-invasive, wearable device that lets people type by simply imagining themselves talking. That makes it sound like a Bluetooth accessory

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    • Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

    Julia Alexander / The Verge: Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets  —  Appears to be the same group who went after YouTubers  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was seemingly hacked on Friday afternoon …

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