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| Betsy Ladyzhets / MIT Technology Review: |
An analysis of the usage of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in 25 US states and DC finds that only 13 have enough usage to benefit from exposure notification — A year ago, engineers built apps to track potential virus exposure. Our research shows the impact has been mixed—but there's still potential.
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| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Drought-stricken communities in the US push back against data centers' water usage; a typical data center uses same water per day as a city of 30K-50K people — On May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development of an enormous data center …
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| Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: |
Andreessen Horowitz's Future doesn't compete with journalism because it offers up essays, not reporting, limiting its potential to promote tech-positive views — I've been dragging my feet on writing about Andreessen Horowitz's much-anticipated new publication, which the firm revealed Tuesday.
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| Nicole Kobie / Wired UK: |
A look at the evolution of AI chips and where they are headed, as companies like Google, Amazon, Graphcore, and Cerebras look to challenge Nvidia's dominance — NVIDIA's GPUs dominate AI chips. But a raft of startups say new architecture is needed for the fast-evolving AI field
Tweets: @jbonne5, @cerebrassystems, @wireduk, @vickiturk, and @sub8u
| Kristen Sinclair / The Verge: |
A look at some Twitch streamers using the service to showcase minority languages like Galician, Welsh, Basque, and te reo Māori — Minority languages are often associated with aging rural communities, thought to have fallen out of use or confined to textbooks.
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Tweets: @3000twitz, @zacharydiaz, @biliteracyseal, @unaminhkavanagh, and @xipiryon
| Forbes: |
Leonid Radvinsky, billionaire owner of OnlyFans, ran sites in the '90s promoting “hacked” porn site passwords, including links promising access to child porn — Associate editor at Forbes, covering cybercrime, privacy, security and surveillance. — I cover the work and wealth of Europe's richest.
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| Chuq Von Rospach / 6FPS: |
Apple, whose arrogance and sense of entitlement let it treat developers as a hassle for two decades, will find few allies as it fights looming regulation — If this issue seems late, believe it or not, it's not. But given the vagaries of our calendar, this is the latest possible …
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| Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare: |
Brightline, which provides virtual behavioral health therapy for children and teenagers, raises $72M Series B led by GV, bringing its total raised to ~$100M — Startup Brightline scored $72 million to fuel the national expansion of its virtual behavioral health solution designed specifically … | Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal: |
Addepar, a provider of wealth management software, raises $150M from D1 Capital Partners at a $2.17B valuation; source: Addepar was valued at ~$1B in November — The company, which makes software to track investment performance, has raised $150 million from D1 Capital Partners
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| Juan José Relmucao / Rest of World: |
How an Argentinian govt. program that issued netbooks to 4M low-income students from 2011 to 2015 helped indirectly create a new generation of teen musicians — Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments. — • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Tweets: @rossdawson, @restofworld, @thatericalper, @sub8u, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @anirvan
| Todd Feathers / VICE: |
Some US unemployment applicants say facial recognition models used by ID verification service ID.me are failing to identify them, locking them out of benefits — ID.me's CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say.
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The Verge, Gizmodo, and Engadget
Tweets: @frankpasquale, @mattk, @nicoleozer, @vectorpoem, @draglikepull, @hypervisible, @jason_koebler, @timmarchman, and @lmatsakis
| Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider: |
Shopping and pay later app nate, which allows users to buy products from any e-commerce store and centralize their purchases, raises $38M Series A — Universal and streamlined shopping app nate has secured $38 million in capital through a Series A round led by Renegade Partners … Sponsor Posts
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