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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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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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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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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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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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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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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).| 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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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.| Gus Garcia-Roberts / USA Today: |
Twitter has permanently suspended Jacob Wohl for creating and operating fake accounts, after he shared plans to make deceptive accounts before the 2020 election — Twitter announced that it is permanently suspending Jacob Wohl, a 21-year-old Internet hoaxer and supporter of President Donald Trump …
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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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FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers — And they're going to look at previous mergers — The Federal Trade Commission will be launching a task force to monitor competition …
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Documents show that Peter Thiel's Founders Fund has returns that are at least 3X better than the industry average, despite significant turnover in leadership — Silicon Valley investment firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, looks to rebuild team with a high-profile hire| Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post: |
China-based AI chip designer Horizon Robotics raises a $600M round at a valuation of $3B from South Korea's SK Group, memory chip manufacturer SK Hynix, others — Chinese artificial intelligence chip designer Horizon Robotics raised US$600 million in its latest funding round …
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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.
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