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Germany passes law allowing fines of up to $57M for social media companies if they do not delete illegal, racist, or slanderous content within 24 hours — BERLIN — Social media companies operating in Germany face fines of as much as $57 million if they do not delete illegal …
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Facebook says it will identify and demote links from users who post more than 50 times a day in News Feed — People who post 50-plus times per day are likely sharing spam or false news, Facebook says. — Facebook has a new way of identifying false news and spam in users' feeds …
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Delivery Hero rises 9% on a first day of trading in Frankfurt after raising about €1B in an IPO — Shares in $5 billion online takeaway food delivery group Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) rose as much as 9 percent on their Frankfurt stock market debut, boosting prospects for other potential technology listings this year.
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Nokia nabs Samsung North America CEO to lead its consumer-focused Technologies division — Nokia has finally filled the vacant role of president of its Nokia Technologies division, nine months after Ramzi Haidamus stepped down. — The Finnish tech company has appointed Gregory Lee … | Martin Luis Gomez / Facebook Code: |
Facebook says its solar-powered Aquila drone completed its second test flight successfully, flying for 1 hour and 46 minutes before landing perfectly — Just after dawn on May 22, Facebook reached another exciting and important milestone for the Aquila program — completing the successful second full-scale test flight of the aircraft.
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Facebook begins global rollout of “Find Wi-Fi” feature for its mobile apps, which displays nearby WiFi hotspots that businesses shared from their Facebook pages — Today we're beginning to roll out Find Wi-Fi everywhere in the world on iPhone and Android.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
JASK emerges from stealth with $12M Series A, led by Dell Technologies Capital, for its automated threat detection service — JASK is emerging from stealth today with $12 million in the bank and a machine learning technology that automates network monitoring and management for overtaxed security teams.
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AMD's new Ryzen PRO CPUs designed for corporate desktops come with standard Ryzen features plus a 3-year warranty, additional management and security features — AMD wants to go after Intel vPro while avoiding Intel's excessive product segmentation. — AMD today launched Ryzen Pro (styled …
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| Ali Al Shouk / Gulf News: |
Dubai Police plan to deploy self-driving miniature vehicles that will use biometrics to scan crowds and identify criminals and suspects — Self-driving mini police vehicles will use biometrics to scan crowds and identify criminals, or suspects — Dubai: Months after Dubai unveiled …
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Xcalar, which wants to use big data to provide business insights, announces $16M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; firm has partnerships with Microsoft, Google — The round will fuel the company as it takes on Palantir in big data for business analytics.
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Swift Navigation, maker of high-accuracy GPS hardware for autonomous vehicles, announces $34M round, bringing total raised to $47.6M — Swift Navigation, which provides global navigation satellite solutions (GNSS), announced today funding of $34 million, in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
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Korea's Kakao spins out Kakao Mobility unit which includes ride-hailing service, raises $437M from TPG for the new business — Korea's Kakao, the country's top mobile messenger company with some 50 million monthly users, has continued to diversify its business with a move to spin … Sponsor Posts
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