Twitter says crowdsourced fact-checking system updated to better address ‘low quality’ contributions

Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking system, Community Notes, just received an update that the company claims will help to identify more “low quality” fact checks — meaning, the notes written by Twitter users that are appended to tweets to provide further clarification and context. As a result, more of the contributors who write these unhelpful annotations will…

Logistics and procurement on autopilot is the future Cofactr wants to live in

Cofactr is a logistics and supply chain tech company that provides scalable warehousing and procurement for electronics manufacturers. The company today announced it raised a $6 million round of seed funding, to “lead the next generation of agile hardware materials management.” The company raised on a SAFE note with a $25 million cap. We spoke…

Interim rate of return: A better approach to valuing early-stage startups

Andrew Ritter Contributor Share on Twitter Andrew Ritter is a partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Corporate Department and is a member of wiggin(x). He focuses his practice on M&A, emerging companies, venture capital and corporate restructuring. Adam Silverman Contributor Adam Silverman is a partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Corporate Department and is a member of…

AirTree and Greycroft return to lead Australian regtech FrankieOne’s Series A+

FrankieOne, a Melbourne-based startup that provides an API platform for identity verification and fraud detection, said it has added $23 million AUD (about $15.4 million USD) in a Series A+, taking its Series A’s total to $45 million AUD (about $30 million USD). FrankieOne says this is the largest amount of VC funding raised by…

Amazon CloudWorks Internet Monitor lets you track connection-related performance issues

When it comes to performance issues, it’s hard to know where the problem lies. This is especially true when your monitoring dashboard shows an all-clear, yet you’re still hearing slow app complaints from your users. In these cases, there’s a good chance those problems could be related to an internet connection issue. These kinds of…

‘Babylon’ trailer exposes the wild side of Hollywood glamor

In Babylon’s kooky trailer, Damien Chazelle reimagines 1920s Hollywood as a place where quite literally anything goes. (And yes, whatever you’re thinking, that too.) In the unbridled drama starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, big dreams meet big egos, colliding in an intense and action-filled affair. Desperation reeks through the screen, as the…