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Ben Thompson / Stratechery: A look back at tech's three eras, from Bell Labs to Facebook, and why the metaverse is the fourth, defined by its bifurcation with the physical world — For the first several years of Stratechery I would write a year end article about “The State of Consumer...

Yesterday, e-commerce company Big Cartel’s co-founders Matt Wigham and Eric Turner voluntarily recognized the Big Cartel Workers Union. After the new year, the union — which represents all thirty non-management employees at the Salt Lake City-based tech company — will begin negotiating their...

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Munich-based Apex.ai, which offers an OS for mobility, smart machines, and IoT, raises a $56.5M Series B led by Orillion — Munich-based Apex.ai has raised $56.5 million in a Series B funding round. The software maker provides solutions for mobility and autonomous...

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Latvian startup Lokalise, which helps companies localize and translate services, raises a $50M Series B led by CRV — Riga-founded/remote-first startup Lokalise has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round. The platform provides a series of integrations that plug …

Steven Borowiec / Rest of World: A look at South Korea's antitrust battles with local tech firms Kakao and Naver, as regulators balance protectionism with the companies' global ambitions — Seoul is reining in tech giants Kakao and Naver to save small business — but it might be too little, too...

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BBC: UK MPs propose changes to the UK's Online Safety Bill, including adding more offenses and fines, mandating tech firms appoint a “safety controller”, and more — New criminal offences and major changes have been proposed in the UK's landmark Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate...

Rana Foroohar / Financial Times: Research: Big Tech companies leverage outdated SEC reporting rules to obscure how they monetize data across their platforms; tech-specific 10Ks are needed — Platform giants hide behind outdated reporting rules to obscure their true worth — We know companies...

Bloomberg: Employees of the crime-watch app Citizen vote to unionize and join the CWA, a rare instance of successful labor organizing at a VC-backed tech startup — - It's a rare victory for organizing at a VC-backed tech startup — Company has embarked on a range of controversial experiments

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Zephyr Teachout / New Republic: Existing laws and the threat of regulation can force tech giants to open up, as recent right to repair-related changes by Apple and Microsoft show — DuckDuckGo is increasingly a rarity, when it should be the most standard kind of company in the country. It is a...

Founder Collective: Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded — Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup...

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Congressional hearings with tech CEOs and other execs in the last few years resulted in no new laws, amid partisan divides over issues like privacy and misinfo — Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than...

Mark Sullivan Contributor Mark Sullivan was a federal law enforcement agent for nearly 35 years and the director of the U.S. Secret Service from 2006 to 2013.Cybercriminals are getting more and more adept at exploiting the latest trend or issue of high public interest to spread malware and...

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Ethereum scaling startup Polygon acquires Mir Protocol, developer of ZK-rollup-based Ethereum scaling tech, in a deal worth ~$400M; deal was reached on Nov. 26 — Quick Take — Polygon has acquired Ethereum scaling startup Mir Protocol for $400 million.

Peter Gajdoš Contributor Peter Gajdoš is a partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.When I started getting involved in clean tech 1.0 financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event.Hurricane Katrina had just happened, and many...

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Reports suggest large Chinese tech companies, including ByteDance and Kuaishou, are laying off more staff than usual, amid regulatory pressure and competition — Companies are reportedly laying off more employees than usual for this time of year, setting...

After the resounding success of several crowdfunding campaigns for its gamified smart bird feeder, Bird Buddy has raised an $8.5 million seed round. Its first product will ship in a few months, but it’s just the start of what the company hopes will be a new approach to using tech to better enjoy...

Marietje Schaake / Financial Times: A look at the impact of data centers in Europe, including high electricity and water usage, as Big Tech gets tax breaks, subsidized energy and agricultural land — Meanwhile, companies must be more transparent in their planning applications — The writer is...

Bloomberg: Adam Mosseri proposes updating Section 230 so that tech companies are only protected if they follow kids' safety rules set by a new government oversight body — - Mosseri proposes new oversight body to create standards — Senators say they're unconvinced by Instagram's new features