Monthly Archives: August 2022

Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Christopher Pike/Bloomberg ) Twitter yesterday slammed Elon Musk’s response to the company’s lawsuit in a 127-page filing in the Delaware Court of Chancery that says Musk’s claims are “contradicted by the evidence and common sense.” Twitter’s court filing also said Musk’s spam analysis relied on a tool that…

Your shot to join the TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 ends today

Time is running out on one of the biggest opportunities in Disrupt history. We stop accepting applications to the Startup Battlefield 200 tonight, August 5, at precisely 11:59 p.m. PDT. No more deadline extensions, no last-minute exceptions. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Lollygagger alert: Drop what you’re doing and go apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 right…

Adtech giant Criteo faces $65M fine in France for GDPR consent breaches

In the latest blow to the creepy ‘tracking-ads’ complex, French adtech giant Criteo has been found in breach of European Union data protection regulation and hit with a €60 million sanction (~$65M) by the country’s national privacy watchdog in a preliminary decision following a multi-year investigation. Digital rights advocacy group, Privacy International, which lodged a…

The party’s over: Tips for tracking and reporting monthly startup expenses and revenue

Jason Richelson Contributor Share on Twitter Jason Richelson is CEO and co-founder of Bookkeep. He is also the creator of ShopKeep, a cloud-based POS system. Until recently, tech startups traditionally enjoyed relative freedom from financial oversight from the venture capitalists who funded them. As long as these firms could report progress in developing their products…