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Alation bags $123M at a $1.7B valuation for its data-cataloging software

TechCrunch

While more data is generally a good thing, particularly where it concerns analytics, large volumes can be overwhelming to organize and govern — even for the savviest of organizations. And if a recent poll by Oracle is to be believed, 95% of people say they’re overwhelmed by the amount of data available to them in the workplace.

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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

Zhang wrote: “In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry, and caused international news on multiple occasions,” wrote Zhang, who declined to talk to BuzzFeed News. Governing. ?

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Cynicism suggests that the TikTok deal will go through

The Verge

Everyone agrees that Oracle and Walmart have bought a combined 20 percent of TikTok. Early Monday, Oracle issued a statement seeming to contradict that. It threatens to disrupt the carefully brokered pact, which could also be blocked by the Chinese government. On Sunday, everyone involved took a well deserved rest.

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How a fake “Real Oversight Board” is putting pressure on Facebook

The Verge

Governing. ? The move gives ByteDance more time to get approval from authorities in the US and China for a pending deal with Oracle and Walmart. The Chinese government could also nix it. government ban also remains. The biometric check will give Singaporeans access to government and business services. Industry. ?

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Governing. ? Brent Kendall at The Wall Street Journal has the story: Dozens of government antitrust lawyers are on teams investigating whether the search giant has used its dominance to stifle competition. Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok , a move that would challenge Microsoft. Sam Byford / The Verge ). Industry. ?

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Mark Zuckerberg on why he doesn’t want to “put an Apple Watch on your face”

The Verge

Governing. ? A group of Republican senators led by Marco Rubio is calling on Trump to reject Oracle’s proposed deal with TikTok if the app doesn’t sever ties with ByteDance. “We Oracle’s deal with TikTok could be worth more than $1 billion in annual revenue for Oracle’s cloud business in the coming years.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

The group has been linked to more than a dozen violent incidents over the last year, including a train hijacking ; last month, a QAnon supporter rammed a car into a government residence in Canada. Governing. ? President Trump said he supports Oracle buying TikTok. was arrested on May 1 with dozens of knives in her car.

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