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Clubhouse says it won't require access to users' phone contacts anymore, and announces a creator accelerator program that will initially accept 20 participants (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

Kim Lyons / The Verge: Clubhouse says it won't require access to users' phone contacts anymore, and announces a creator accelerator program that will initially accept 20 participants — The voice chat app will provide users with resources and help them monetize their shows — During Clubhouse's weekly town hall on Sunday … https://bit.ly/3lePCDM

Longcheer, a China-based ODM that serves clients like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei, raises $100M Series B to invest in technologies like 5G and AI-powered IoT (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Longcheer, a China-based ODM that serves clients like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei, raises $100M Series B to invest in technologies like 5G and AI-powered IoT — Chinese mobile intelligent terminal solutions provider Shanghai Longcheer Technology has raked in $100 million in a Series B round … https://bit.ly/3qLzn2f

Nimble Robotics, which develops imitation learning-based warehouse robotic systems, raises $50M Series A, and adds Fei-Fei Li and Sebastian Thrun to its board (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Nimble Robotics, which develops imitation learning-based warehouse robotic systems, raises $50M Series A, and adds Fei-Fei Li and Sebastian Thrun to its board — Warehouse automation company Nimble Robotics today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series A. Led by DNS Capital … https://bit.ly/3cuwk9x

Federal judge rules Google must face a class action suit alleging that it collects browsing history and other data even when a user is in private browsing mode (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Federal judge rules Google must face a class action suit alleging that it collects browsing history and other data even when a user is in private browsing mode — - Judge concludes company didn't notify users of data collection — Class action suit alleges Google knows ‘who your friends are’ https://bit.ly/38CenVq

An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns (Hayden Field/Morning Brew)

Hayden Field / Morning Brew: An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns — For Amex's fraud risk team, the year leading up to the new model's rollout was full of upended expectations—and wishing they had a stress ball handy https://bit.ly/3bJ8JCG

LinearB, which develops software engineering management tools for DevOps teams, raises $16M Series A led by Battery Ventures, bringing total raised to $20.6M (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: LinearB, which develops software engineering management tools for DevOps teams, raises $16M Series A led by Battery Ventures, bringing total raised to $20.6M — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — LinearB, the company behind a … https://bit.ly/3tgwEQ4

Sources: tools used in the Feb. 28 Exchange hack are similar to proof-of-concept attack code that Microsoft distributed to security partners a week earlier (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: tools used in the Feb. 28 Exchange hack are similar to proof-of-concept attack code that Microsoft distributed to security partners a week earlier — Investigators seeking to unravel how attack spread in week before software fix — Microsoft Corp. is investigating whether … https://bit.ly/38zbPr7