Harness, which offers a continuous app delivery and release platform for engineering and DevOps teams, raises $60M Series B co-led by IVP and GV (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat) - https://t.co/47Nqozfwpy
Twitter Q1 beats estimates with revenue of $787M, up 18% YoY and net income of $191M, but MAUs drop to 330M, down 6M from a year ago (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - https://t.co/kKg7o8InNU
Interviews with contractors who write crypto white papers reveal startups routinely force them to fabricate business models, inflate funding budgets, and more (Ben Munster/Decrypt) - https://t.co/P5xaC0WIaI
How Turbotax uses dark patterns on its website to trick lower-income Americans, who are eligible to file taxes for free, into paying for its filing service (ProPublica) - https://t.co/O6fzL5uvHo
India-based ZestMoney, a company that helps consumers with no credit history get loans to buy items online, raises $20M Series B, bringing total raised to $42M (Jon Russell/TechCrunch) - https://t.co/EqPuwyOtyJ
Short-form looping video app Byte, developed by the creator of Vine, sends first 100 invites to its closed beta, says it will expand to more testers soon (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) - https://t.co/W68lejJLez
Coinbase has filed to shut down its PAC, which did not raise any funds or back any candidates during its 10-month lifespan, according to public filings (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) - https://t.co/jG5sTlVfKk