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Samsung begins mass production of 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) 3.0 chips for smartphones, with speeds of up to 2,100 MB/s — Samsung's future phones, including the Galaxy Fold, will have read and write speeds comparable with snappy ultra-fast laptops.
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An in-depth analysis of social media platforms through the lens of social capital theory and why we should think of them as “Status as a Service” businesses — Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. — Editor's Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one.
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| Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
Sensor Tower: TikTok passed 1B downloads on Android and iOS, excluding Android installs in China; 663M downloads came in 2018, beating Instagram's 444M — - Chinese short-form video app TikTok has been downloaded 1 billion times across Android and iOS, according to Sensor Tower figures.
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Google and DeepMind are using AI to predict the power output of wind farms 36 hours ahead of actual generation, boosting economic value of wind energy by ~20% — Carbon-free technologies like renewable energy help combat climate change, but many of them have not reached their full potential.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Russian court hands former Russian cybersecurity chief and a Kaspersky Lab executive lengthy prison sentences after being convicted on treason charges — A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
FedEx begins trialling SameDay Bot, an autonomous robot that can travel at 10 MPH, for same-day deliveries in Memphis, with plans to expand elsewhere — Trials of the robot, which has a top speed of 10 mph, will begin later this year — Startups do it. Amazon does it.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Nivaura, which aims to use blockchains to automate the lifecycle for the issuance of financial instruments, raises $20M led by the London Stock Exchange — Capital markets blockchain startup Nivaura has raised a total of $20 million with the closing of its second seed extension round led by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
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| Federal Trade Commission: |
FTC settles with supplement maker in first case involving allegedly fake paid Amazon reviews to gain a five-star rating, will suspend most of $12.8M judgment — Commission also alleges weight-loss supplement claims were deceptive — The Federal Trade Commission today announced …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
FTC settles with TikTok's Musical.ly for $5.7M over the app's violation of US child privacy laws; TikTok's app updates today with a new UX for those under 13 — A significant FTC ruling issued today will see video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for violating U.S. children's privacy laws …
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| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
UK-based Tessian, which applies machine learning to enterprise email security to eliminate threats, raises $42M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — The US-based VC firm Sequoia Capital has led a $42 million funding round in Tessian, a cybersecurity startup headquartered in London; Latitude …
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| New York Times: |
How Chinese tech companies are hurriedly rolling out facial and voice recognition tech for pigs, many of which are dying from a deadly swine disease — As a devastating disease afflicts the country's swine, companies are scrambling to roll out facial and voice recognition and other unproven ways to save them.| Katyanna Quach / The Register: |
IBM apologizes after some US online job application forms asked for the ethnicity of applicants and used racial slurs, says the questions have been removed — Tech giants under fire? Hold my beer, says Big Blue as it spins up race slur recruitment websites
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Boston-based job-seeking platform Jobcase raises $100M in growth equity funding led by Providence Strategic Growth, bringing total raised to $118.9M — Jobcase, a self-described open access platform for jobs seekers and employers, today announced that it has secured $100 million …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Threads, which aims to create a user-friendly asynchronous chat platform for coworkers, comes out of stealth with $10.5M Series A from Sequoia — The rapid rise of Slack has ushered in a new wave of apps, all aiming to solve one challenge: creating a user-friendly platform where coworkers can have productive conversations.| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Spotify launches in India with monthly premium tier starting at 119 rupees or ~$1.67, says free tier users in India can stream any song on demand on mobile — A year after Spotify publicly expressed its intention to launch in India, the music streaming company has finally delivered.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Sendoso, which sends customized gifts to current and prospective clients at scale for a monthly fee, raises $10.7M Series A led by David Sack's Craft Ventures — In today's noisy, fast-paced world, finding a way to let clients and potential customers know that they are top of mind can be a major challenge for companies.
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