Sources: ByteDance's H1 2026 net profit dropped by a single-digit percentage YoY to $20B and revenue rose ~30% to $120B; its 2025 revenue rose 29% to ~$200B (The Information)
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Native American tribe wants to banish church that preached against its ceremonial ways
New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]
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Pubs in England and Wales allow digital ID to prove age. #DigitalID #Pub #BBCNews
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