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Darren Herman
The Wall Street Journal
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Bradley Hope
– Feb 26, 10:54 AM
It was a career coup for Rajeev Misra. In 2017, the former banker, who had held a series of Wall Street jobs, was put in charge of one of the most formidable investing machines ever assembled. His rise to the top of SoftBank Group Corp.'s $100…
Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got “unauthorized access” to its list of customers. A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful…
Pete Buttigieg is leading at 63 percent. Andrew Yang came in second at 46 percent. And Elizabeth Warren looks like she's in trouble with 0 percent. These aren't poll numbers for the U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential contest. Instead, they reflect…
The New York Times
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Taylor Lorenz
– Feb 26, 1:11 PM
Several high-profile Instagram accounts posted sponsored content for Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign on Wednesday afternoon. World Star Hip Hop, Funny Hood Vidz, Banger Buddy, Nugget, and Wasted, all accounts with millions of followers…
Illustration: Matija Medved for Bloomberg Businessweek In a dingy corner of the internet is a message board, soaked in profanity, bro-speak, and greed, where posters with handles such as OverthrowYourMasters and yolo_tron campaign for their…
