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In a slowing market, venture investor Canaan still closes $850M across two new funds

April 6, 2023

The market is slowing down, but that’s not stopping Canaan, a 35-year-old early stage venture firm that invests in both tech and healthcare. It just closed on $850 million in capital commitments across two new funds: a $650 million flagship fund — its 13th — and a separate $200 million fund to support its breakaway […]

In a slowing market, venture investor Canaan still closes $850M across two new funds by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers

April 6, 2023

Twitter is rolling out additional features for Blue subscribers including showing 50% of ads in their timeline compared to non-paid users and a visibility boost in search. Elon Musk had long promised that Twitter Blue subscribers would get a feature to see fewer sponsored tweets. Now, the company has finally implemented the feature, and will […]

Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Google to prohibit personal loan apps from accessing user photos, contacts

April 6, 2023

Google plans to restrict apps that offer loan to individuals from accessing sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts, as the Android maker steps up its response to the rise of predatory behavior from some lenders that harass borrowers. The search giant pushed an update to its Personal Loans policy on Wednesday for […]

Google to prohibit personal loan apps from accessing user photos, contacts by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch