The Surge of Political Disinformation on Social Media

Uber wants to become “the OS for everyday life,” Peloton’s IPO is a good news/bad news situation, the FTC sues Match.com for allegedly catfishing people, stuff I missed from yesterday’s Amazon event, and an “interesting raise” startup that wants to turn renters into home owners.

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Links:

• Uber overhauls its app in ambitious bid to become ‘the operating system for your everyday life’ (The Verge)
• Peloton slides after opening below IPO price in market debut (CNBC)
• At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds (NYTimes)
• Attorney General Barr Seeks DOJ Facebook Antitrust Probe (Bloomberg)
• Match.com connected daters to fake accounts to boost subscriptions, US regulators say (The Verge)
• Amazon’s new Echo Flex lets you put Alexa everywhere in your home (The Verge)
• Alexa's 'Certified for Humans' wants to eliminate smart-home headaches (CNET)
• Divvy Homes Raises $43M Series B To Help Renters Become Homeowners (Crunchbase News)

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