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David Pierce / Protocol : A profile of Discord, which lies at the center of the gaming world with 100M+ MAUs, as it pushes to turn into a communication tool for everyone, not just gamers   —  Most longtime Discord users have a similar origin story.  They liked playing video games, and liked playing with their friends … source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p6#a201101p6

Christine Hall / Crunchbase News : Cloud video surveillance company Eagle Eye Networks raises $40M Series E from Accel to invest in new AI projects such as license plate recognition   —  Eagle Eye Networks, a cloud video surveillance company, raised $40 million in Series E funding from Accel to advance its platform. source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p5#a201101p5

David Pierce / Protocol : A profile of Discord, which lies at the center of the gaming world with 100M+ MAUs, as it pushes to turn into a communication tool for everyone, not just gamers   —  Most longtime Discord users have a similar origin story.  They liked playing video games, and liked playing with their friends … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/35QYjgq via IFTTT

Christine Hall / Crunchbase News : Cloud video surveillance company Eagle Eye Networks raises $40M Series E from Accel to invest in new AI projects such as license plate recognition   —  Eagle Eye Networks, a cloud video surveillance company, raised $40 million in Series E funding from Accel to advance its platform. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/35QezhD via IFTTT

Nick Greenhalgh / Denver Business Journal : StackHawk, whose tech helps developers find application security vulnerabilities before they get into production, raises $10M Series A led by Sapphire Ventures   —  With a successful beta at its back and paying customers onboard, Denver application security startup StackHawk announced Tuesday … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/34IUACc via IFTTT

Nick Greenhalgh / Denver Business Journal : StackHawk, whose tech helps developers find application security vulnerabilities before they get into production, raises $10M Series A led by Sapphire Ventures   —  With a successful beta at its back and paying customers onboard, Denver application security startup StackHawk announced Tuesday … source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p4#a201101p4

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Wise, a fintech startup that partners with other companies so that they can offer business bank accounts to their own customers, raises $12M Series A   —  Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A round.  The company offers business bank accounts with an interesting go-to-market strategy. source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p3#a201101p3

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Skan, which helps enterprises automate repetitive business processes by combining data engineering with computer vision, raises $14M Series A   —  Skan.ai, an AI-enabled process discovery and operational intelligence platform, today closed $14 million in funding. source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p2#a201101p2

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Wise, a fintech startup that partners with other companies so that they can offer business bank accounts to their own customers, raises $12M Series A   —  Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A round.  The company offers business bank accounts with an interesting go-to-market strategy. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jMsYAv via IFTTT

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Skan, which helps enterprises automate repetitive business processes by combining data engineering with computer vision, raises $14M Series A   —  Skan.ai, an AI-enabled process discovery and operational intelligence platform, today closed $14 million in funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mEqqWP via IFTTT

FinSMEs : DriveWealth raises $56.7M Series C for its digital brokerage services that help broker-dealers and its global online partners access the US securities market   —  DriveWealth, LLC, a Chatam, N.J.-based global digital trading technology company, raised $56.7m in Series C funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/34IyZtE via IFTTT

FinSMEs : DriveWealth raises $56.7M Series C for its digital brokerage services that help broker-dealers and its global online partners access the US securities market   —  DriveWealth, LLC, a Chatam, N.J.-based global digital trading technology company, raised $56.7m in Series C funding. source http://www.techmeme.com/201101/p1#a201101p1

Mark Graham / Internet Archive Blogs : The Internet Archive starts adding banners on some Wayback Machine pages with links that provide contextual information from fact-checking organizations   —  Fact checking organizations and origin websites sometimes have information about pages archived in the Wayback Machine. source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p12#a201031p12

Mark Graham / Internet Archive Blogs : The Internet Archive starts adding banners on some Wayback Machine pages with links that provide contextual information from fact-checking organizations   —  Fact checking organizations and origin websites sometimes have information about pages archived in the Wayback Machine. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TJwhxv via IFTTT

Nandita Mathur / Livemint : Forty-six top US companies including Apple, Google, and Twitter have filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to block Trump admin's H-1B visa changes   —  - The move comes in the wake of the US administration's proposal to scrap the computerized lottery system to grant H-1B work visas … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jUch6h via IFTTT

Nandita Mathur / Livemint : Forty-six top US companies including Apple, Google, and Twitter have filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to block Trump admin's H-1B visa changes   —  - The move comes in the wake of the US administration's proposal to scrap the computerized lottery system to grant H-1B work visas … source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p11#a201031p11

Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu : Odaseva, a France-based data protection services provider for large-scale Salesforce customers, raises $25M Series B led by Eight Roads Ventures   —  French SaaS company Odaseva has raised $25 million in Series B funding to continue growing its data governance platform for enterprise. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3kLXBHf via IFTTT

Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu : Odaseva, a France-based data protection services provider for large-scale Salesforce customers, raises $25M Series B led by Eight Roads Ventures   —  French SaaS company Odaseva has raised $25 million in Series B funding to continue growing its data governance platform for enterprise. source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p10#a201031p10

Elliott Ackerman / Wired : Profile of Shield AI, which raised money from a16z and others to develop autonomous military drones that scan buildings to help soldiers clear them   —  On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap.  A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem. source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p9#a201031p9

Elliott Ackerman / Wired : Profile of Shield AI, which raised money from a16z and others to develop autonomous military drones that scan buildings to help soldiers clear them   —  On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap.  A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/320EYIq via IFTTT

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : How Trump's presidency has changed the internet, from fueling conspiracy theories to forcing social media platforms to reexamine their content policies   —  How the president changed life online—for better and for worse  —  Being online has changed Donald Trump. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mBQxh9 via IFTTT

Lara O'Reilly / Digiday : Interview with Petra Wikström, director of public policy at Schibsted, on joining the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure app store owners to change rules   —  Nordic publishing giant Schibsted became one of 20 new members of the recently formed Coalition for App Fairness earlier this month. source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p5#a201031p5

Lara O'Reilly / Digiday : Interview with Petra Wikström, director of public policy at Schibsted, on joining the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure app store owners to change rules   —  Nordic publishing giant Schibsted became one of 20 new members of the recently formed Coalition for App Fairness earlier this month. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Je9yaT via IFTTT

New York Times : Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump's lies, is overwhelming local election officials across the US as they shoot down rumors via phone and email   —  From Philadelphia to Sonoma County, Calif., election officials said they were working marathon hours to fight a flood of falsehoods. source http://www.techmeme.com/201031/p4#a201031p4

New York Times : Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump's lies, is overwhelming local election officials across the US as they shoot down rumors via phone and email   —  From Philadelphia to Sonoma County, Calif., election officials said they were working marathon hours to fight a flood of falsehoods. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/385bCwa via IFTTT