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[ad_1] Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Massachusetts-based health research company TriNetX, which provides clinical data and analytics to researchers, raises $40M, bringing total raised to $102M  —  TriNetX, a health research company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, today announced that it has …

[ad_1] Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researchers find unsecured database of Chinese online shopping giant Gearbest exposing 1.5M+ records, including customer data, orders, and payments  —  Gearbest, a Chinese online shopping giant, has exposed millions of user profiles and shopping orders, …

[ad_1] Mike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: Chris Cox and Chris Daniels left in part over conflicts with Zuckerberg’s plan to integrate Facebook’s services into a single privacy-focused platform  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Two of Facebook’s top executives — …

[ad_1] Dan Primack / Axios: Tiger Global says managing partner Lee Fixel, who helped lead investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, and more, is stepping down  —  Lee Fixel is stepping down as the managing partner of Tiger Global, where he …

[ad_1] Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: TPG Capital fires Bill McGlashan, who managed TPG Growth, an investor in Airbnb, Spotify, and Uber, after the DOJ charged him in a college admissions scandal  —  – TPG’s Bill McGlashan was fired from the …

[ad_1] Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: Discord says it will now let developers sell their games directly in their Discord server as well as use Discord to run alphas, betas, and early access tests  —  Discord is a social network first.  …

[ad_1] Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Adobe reports Q1 revenue of $2.6B, vs. $2.55B estimated by analysts, subscription revenue of $2.3B, and product revenue of $170M  —  The Photoshop maker said Creative Cloud revenue was $1.49 billion.  —  Adobe delivered solid …

[ad_1] Colin Harper / Bitcoin Magazine: Tether drops the claim that it’s “always backed 1-to-1 with traditional currency”, now says it’s “100% backed by reserves”, emboldening the stablecoin’s critics  —  Tether just updated its website to clarify that each of …

[ad_1] Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Flight-hailing startup BlackBird, which says it has 700+ pilots who fly passengers between 50 and 500 miles from and within California, raises $10M Series A  —  The origin story of BlackBird, a startup that links …

[ad_1] Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook says Will Cathcart will become VP of WhatsApp, Fidji Simo will lead the Facebook app, and Javier Olivan will explore integrating Facebook’s products  —  13-year Facebook veteran, Chief Product Officer, and the spirit animal …