SVB Panic Spreads As European VCs Urge Founders to Pull Funds

At least 10 European VC funds have told their founders to pull funds out of Silicon Valley Bank. That follows prominent US investors telling their firms to get their money out through Thursday. The tech lender was plunged into crisis after a $21 billion firesale of its bond portfolio. Silicon Valley Bank’s woes spread overseas…

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One Man’s Obsessive Fight to Reclaim His Cambridge Analytica Data | WIRED

It’s 8 on a Wednesday morning in January, and David Carroll’s Brooklyn apartment, a sunny, wood-beamed beauty converted from an old sandpaper factory, is buzzing. His 10-year-old daughter, dressed in polka-dot pants, dips out the front door and off to school, Jansport backpack slung over her shoulders. His 5-year-old son darts into the living room…

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How the IEA teamed up with US donors to push for environmental deregulation post-Brexit – Unearthed

In the ballroom of the Hyatt hotel in Sarasota, Florida, the head of the UK’s most influential think tank made an urgent plea for donations for a new international trade unit he was establishing in London. The top priority of the Institute of Economic Affairs’ (IEA) trade unit would be to push for a sweeping,…

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Thinktank faces double investigation after ‘cash for access’ claims | Politics | The Guardian

The Institute of Economic Affairs is facing two official investigations after it emerged that the thinktank offered potential US donors access to UK government ministers as it raised cash for research to promote free-trade deals demanded by hardline Brexiters. The Charity Commission announced on Monday that it had opened a regulatory compliance case into the…

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After My Ex Stalked Me Online, I Saw The Dark Side Of Romantic Obsession – Broadly

Thanks to a childhood spent watching romantic comedies with forceful male leads, I thought love was persistent and never gave up—until my ex stalked me after our breakup. Illustration by Calum Heath Every year, women in the UK are murdered by stalkers and domestic abusers—despite previously reporting them to the police. Unfollow Me is a…

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UK Regulators May Fine Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica | WIRED

The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK has announced its intention to fine Facebook more than $600,000 for its “lack of transparency and security issues” related to third party data harvesting. The ICO is also taking steps toward bringing criminal action against SCL Elections, the now-defunct parent company of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica,…

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Boris Johnson Resigns From U.K.’s Foreign Secretary Post : NPR

END CLASS=”STORYTITLE” END CLASS=”STORY-TOOLS” END ID=”STORY-META” CLASS=”STORY-META HAS-BYLINE” Boris Johnson told Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday that he was resigning his post as Britain’s foreign secretary. He’s seen here arriving at 10 Downing St. in London last week.   Simon Dawson/Reuters hide caption toggle caption   Simon Dawson/Reuters   Boris Johnson told Prime Minister…

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