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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.techmeme.com/" target="frame0">Techmeme</a><br /><span class="rss-item">Tech Web, page A1</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210417/p5#a210417p5" target="frame0">As the EU considers new regulations for AI, 60+ NGOs ask the EC to ban automatic gender recognition systems, which rely on outmoded understandings of gender (James Vincent/The Verge)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:10:00 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('James Vincent / The Verge: As the EU considers new regulations for AI, 60+ NGOs ask the EC to ban automatic gender recognition systems, which rely on outmoded understandings of gender&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Dangers posed by facial recognition like mass surveillance and mistaken identity have been widely discussed in recent years.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210417/p4#a210417p4" target="frame0">How Weibo helps Chinese authorities quash the feminist movement by deleting activist accounts, while also profiting from their nationalist harassers (Shen Lu/Protocol)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 17 Apr 2021 04:05:00 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Shen Lu / Protocol: How Weibo helps Chinese authorities quash the feminist movement by deleting activist accounts, while also profiting from their nationalist harassers&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Prominent feminist activist Xiao Meili had never expected to find herself in the center of a nationalist storm.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210417/p3#a210417p3" target="frame0">As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through \"mood playlists\" (Kristin Robinson/Variety)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 17 Apr 2021 02:00:56 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Kristin Robinson / Variety: As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through &ldquo;mood playlists&rdquo;&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Ask any executive what the music business was like in the \'00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210417/p2#a210417p2" target="frame0">Sources: at least four types of equipment vital to chip production are in short supply and lead times for wire bonding machines have grown to 10-12 months (Nikkei Asia)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 17 Apr 2021 01:10:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Nikkei Asia: Sources: at least four types of equipment vital to chip production are in short supply and lead times for wire bonding machines have grown to 10-12 months&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Longer delivery times mean slower ramp-up of production capacity&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; TAIPEI/TOKYO &mdash; Trying to solve the global chip crunch?');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210417/p1#a210417p1" target="frame0">Google is moving FeedBurner to a \"more stable, modern infrastructure\" later this year, but is shutting down email subscriptions and other non-core features (Abner Li/9to5Google)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:20:13 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google is moving FeedBurner to a &ldquo;more stable, modern infrastructure&rdquo; later this year, but is shutting down email subscriptions and other non-core features&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; FeedBurner was founded in 2004 and acquired by Google three years later to manage web feeds.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p25#a210416p25" target="frame0">Outschool, a marketplace for online after-school classes, raises $75M Series C led by Coatue and Tiger Global at a $1.3B valuation, up from $320M in Sep. 2020 (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:30:13 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Outschool, a marketplace for online after-school classes, raises $75M Series C led by Coatue and Tiger Global at a $1.3B valuation, up from $320M in Sep. 2020&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The after-school class marketplace brings on Coatue and Tiger Global as investors&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Outschool, a marketplace providing small-group &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p24#a210416p24" target="frame0">Interview with Initialized Capital\'s Garry Tan on the firm\'s seed investment in Coinbase, Ohanian\'s departure, building a presence on social media, and more (Alex Konrad/Forbes)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:25:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Alex Konrad / Forbes: Interview with Initialized Capital\'s Garry Tan on the firm\'s seed investment in Coinbase, Ohanian\'s departure, building a presence on social media, and more&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Covering venture capital, software and startups&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; In March 2012, Garry Tan received an email from the founder of a new startup called Bitbank, Brian Armstrong.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p23#a210416p23" target="frame0">Andrew Bosworth says Facebook will not release an Oculus Quest Pro in 2021 and expects the Quest 2 to be in the market \"for a long while\" (Ian Hamilton/UploadVR)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:05:19 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: Andrew Bosworth says Facebook will not release an Oculus Quest Pro in 2021 and expects the Quest 2 to be in the market &ldquo;for a long while&rdquo;&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Facebook won\'t release an Oculus Quest Pro in 2021 and Quest 2 is expected to be in market and selling to buyers &ldquo;for a long while,&rdquo; &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p22#a210416p22" target="frame0">Sources detail Amazon\'s tactics during the Alabama union campaign, including \"captive audience meetings\", as workers explain why the union was unconvincing (Annie Palmer/CNBC)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:40:00 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Annie Palmer / CNBC: Sources detail Amazon\'s tactics during the Alabama union campaign, including &ldquo;captive audience meetings&rdquo;, as workers explain why the union was unconvincing&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; - Last week, workers at one of Amazon\'s Alabama warehouses overwhelmingly voted against joining the Retail &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p21#a210416p21" target="frame0">Looking at payment per stream metrics for music streaming services can be misleading when considering artist pay, as many factors determine streaming royalties (Jem Aswad/Variety)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:05:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Jem Aswad / Variety: Looking at payment per stream metrics for music streaming services can be misleading when considering artist pay, as many factors determine streaming royalties&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Early Friday, Apple Music sent a carefully worded letter to artists, music labels and publishers that briefly explained &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p20#a210416p20" target="frame0">Internal memo: ByteDance seeks to increase China-based ad revenue from ~$28B in 2020 to $39.8B in 2021; TikTok\'s Chinese twin Douyin had 610-620M DAUs in March (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:45:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Internal memo: ByteDance seeks to increase China-based ad revenue from ~$28B in 2020 to $39.8B in 2021; TikTok\'s Chinese twin Douyin had 610-620M DAUs in March&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; - Company is seeking to boost China ad revenue by more than 40%&nbsp; &mdash; It\'s targeting e-commerce GMV of as much as 600 billion yuan');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p19#a210416p19" target="frame0">NYC-based Level, which helps companies offer customized employee benefits plans and touts the ability to process claims in four hours, raises $27M Series A (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:40:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: NYC-based Level, which helps companies offer customized employee benefits plans and touts the ability to process claims in four hours, raises $27M Series A&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Level, a startup that aims to give companies a more flexible way to offer benefits to employees, has raised $27 million in a Series &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p18#a210416p18" target="frame0">Source: Dapper Labs, maker of NFT-focused NBA Top Shot, is raising a new round at a $7.5B+ valuation, just a few weeks after raising $305M at a $2.6B valuation (The Information)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:55:01 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('The Information: Source: Dapper Labs, maker of NFT-focused NBA Top Shot, is raising a new round at a $7.5B+ valuation, just a few weeks after raising $305M at a $2.6B valuation&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The rush of enthusiasm for blockchain-based collectives is driving an extraordinary surge of investor interest in Dapper Labs &hellip;');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p17#a210416p17" target="frame0">Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a bill requiring all ISPs in New York to offer basic broadband access to low-income families for no more than $15 a month (Stacie Sherman/Bloomberg)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:50:14 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Stacie Sherman / Bloomberg: Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a bill requiring all ISPs in New York to offer basic broadband access to low-income families for no more than $15 a month&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; - Law caps basic internet service at $15 a month in New York&nbsp; &mdash; Universal access was key priority of commission led by Schmidt');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.techmeme.com/210416/p16#a210416p16" target="frame0">US federal judge sentences Fedir Hladyr, an administrator of the multibillion-dollar cybercrime group known as FIN7, to 10 years in prison (Sean Lyngaas/CyberScoop)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:40:19 -0400</span><br />');
document.write('Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: US federal judge sentences Fedir Hladyr, an administrator of the multibillion-dollar cybercrime group known as FIN7, to 10 years in prison&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The court sentenced FIN7 suspect Fedir Hladyr to (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) ( )&nbsp; A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced Fedir Hladyr to 10 years &hellip;');
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