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  • Illustration by Koren Shadmi for Engadget

    Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’

    by 
    Violet Blue
    Violet Blue
    01.17.2020

    Kaylen Ward's Twitter fundraiser for the Australian bushfire relief has ended. The Los Angeles-based model said she raised $1 million (by comparison Jeff Bezos donated $690,000). At the start of Ms. Ward's successful donation drive she had three Instagram accounts — none of which were part of the campaign.

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    Airbnb is buying a scam-fighting background check technology

    by 
    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    06.17.2017

    Airbnb is getting more serious when it comes to keeping fraudulent listings and shady renters off the website. According to Bloomberg, the short-term rental platform is buying Trooly Inc., a startup specializing in background checks to fight off scammers. Airbnb has been using Trooly's service to authenticate user identities since 2015, but now the company is making its tech an integral part of the platform by purchasing its intellectual property and its engineering team.