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PAIR is a new identity solution from Google that allows publishers and advertisers (using Google’s buying platform, DV360) to match first-party data to deliver personalized ads. Google announced PAIR in a blog post outlining the concept last week. PAIR stands for Publisher Advertiser Identity Reconciliation, and as far as ad tech acronyms go, it’s not…
Remind me why, exactly, these guys have so much control over technological innovation? Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Liu Guanguan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images, gpointstudio/iStock/Getty Images Plus, and francescoch/iStock/Getty Images Plus. If the technological innovation coming out of Silicon Valley is as important as venture capitalists insist, the past few days suggest they…
The subject of online anonymity came up at a house party a few weeks back. One of the people there—a friend I’d known for years—said he couldn’t get over the fact that a privacy reporter like me would use their full name on any social site. I told him that hiding behind an online…
SVB’s former CRO stepped down in April 2022, and the next CRO was appointed earlier this year, according to the bank’s regulatory filings. The prominent private bank was closed on Friday. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Silicon Valley Bank, a lender that was a fixture in the venture capital space for decades, collapsed on Friday. The California…
Share Closing Bell: Overtime Bob Elliott, Unlimited CEO, joins ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss the impact of closing Silicon Valley Bank and the impact it could have on the broader market. 04:10 Fri, Mar 10 20234:36 PM EST Source: The venture capital community basically created a run on SVB, says Unlimited CEO Bob Elliott
People gathering outside the bank following the second largest bank collapse in US history. (Source) My first thought was of the people with jobs. The regular people who, in a combination of trust and ease, placed their money and their futures into an institution of American Society that has let down its customers again. This is…
After three decades of being part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem — as a reporter, writer, entrepreneur, and investor — I thought I had seen it all. The boom-bust cycles, stock market manias, startup insanity, attack on America itself, and the most significant financial calamity in nearly a century — living through history prepares you…
Young companies raced to get their money out of the bank, which was central to the start-up industry. Some said they could not make payroll. Friday at the headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank, which has been a financial partner to start-ups and venture capital firms.Credit…Jeff Chiu/Associated Press Erin Griffith Erin Griffith reports on start-ups…
© Provided by Business Insider Peter Thiel was a cofounder of PayPal. Marco Bello/Getty Images Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund withdrew all its funds from Silicon Valley Bank, Bloomberg reported. His VC fund took action after encountering problems with transfers, per the report. The fund had no cash in with SVB by Thursday morning, Bloomberg reported….
The workers at eBay-owned TCGplayer, a marketplace for trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering, have voted in favor of joining a union. eBay purchased the company in 2022 for a deal valued up to $295 million, but the website continues to operate independently. Now that all 272 non-supervisory workers at the company’s authentication…