Author: Daniel Harrison

facebook bulletin silicon washingtonpost Facebook waiving Bulletin’s fees at launch is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, exemplifying a strategy critics think should be illegal  —  Facebook’s latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

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the ai 7.5m uklomastechcrunch The UK’s data protection watchdog fines Clearview AI £7.5M+ for violating privacy laws and orders the company to delete UK citizen information from its systems  —  The UK’s data protection watchdog has confirmed a penalty for the controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

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text ai 100m dallke chicago businessjournal Threekit, which helps companies create 3D and AR product experiences to let customers visualize items while shopping online, raises a $35M Series B  —  Threekit, a Chicago startup that helps companies create 3D product configurations that let customers better visualize items while online shopping … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

bigtime software equity partnersdallke chicago businessjournal BigTime Software, which helps companies monitor and manage their finances through budgeting, tracking, and invoicing, raises $100M from Vista Equity Partners  —  Chicago tech firm BigTime Software has landed a large investment from Vista Equity Partners as it looks to grow its software for professional services firms. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

look ecash act us treasuryedelmanwired A look at the ECASH Act, which would direct the US Treasury to pilot digital dollars that would be stored on hardware and not on a distributed blockchain ledger  —  If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail.  —  When you hear the phrase “digital cash,” what comes to mind? Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

chastain nftclark theverge Nate Chastain, OpenSea’s head of product accused this week of a form of NFT insider trading, appears to no longer be working for the company  —  He’s accused of buying NFTs before they appeared on the trading platform’s homepage  —  OpenSea head of product Nate Chastain … Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

interview ukraine deputy minister transformation theblock Interview with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, who says the government’s crypto donation platform has raised $70M+ as of April 1  —  Quick Take  — The Block spoke with Alexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. Source Keep visiting venturebeast.net for the latest news and updates.

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