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Facebook is throwing money at local news and it could help win back trust in the industry
Facebook says it's granting $300 million to news programs, partnerships and content over the next 3 years, matching Google's commitment of $300 million towards news initiatives last year. WordPre...

Help us find the best startup lawyers
We’re looking for the best lawyers who are working with startups today, and we’d like your recommendations. Right now, it’s hard to find the sort of attorney who can help you see around corners ...

How do you fight an algorithm you cannot see?
That question in the headline was the challenge posed by a group of open knowledge junkies in Germany who wanted to understand how a person’s Schufa was calculated. Schufa is a credit bureau that ge...

Ad blocking is still a ‘substantial threat to publisher revenue streams’
Ad blocking, which caused mild hysteria in 2016, no longer grabs as many headlines but is still a substantial threat on a publisher’s bottom line, encouraging companies to diversify revenue sources ...

Automattic announces Newspack to help news organizations publish and monetize
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is announcing a new project called Newspack. While details are still thin, the company wants to help news organizations with an all-in-one solution to pub...

Alibaba taps Kabbage to loan up to $150K to SMBs after it quietly acquired OpenSky to ramp in North America
Alibaba’s long-term ambition to grow its business in the U.S. is taking another step forward. To increase sales to U.S. small businesses, the company has partnered with Kabbage, the SoftBank-backed ...

Announcing the Second Round of 2019 SXSW Music Mentor Sessions
The SXSW Conference is happy to announce an additional 60 Music Mentors for 2019. Mentor Sessions offer attendees the opportunity to get advice from credible professionals in their respective fields...

Hackers Make $3.7M In Ryuk Ransomware Attack
Ryuk, a ransomware threat that has been spreading online, has earned the hackers more than 705 bitcoin in five months, which has an estimated value of $3.7 million. According to a report in The Next W...

Geoengineering could solve our climate problems if anyone allowed it
This weekend, I finished reading Oliver Morton’s The Planet Remade (thanks to reader Eliot Peper for recommending it). Morton has a multitude of goals with the book, but there were two I think are d...

Entire East Bay Express Editorial Staff Laid Off
In a devastating blow to the East Bay’s alternative weekly newspaper, the East Bay Express on Friday laid off one-third of total employees, including its entire editorial staff except Editor Robert ...

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