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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
A look at the growing TikTok trend of “sleep-streams”, where users live-stream their sleep to earn digital coins and gain new followers — Some TikTok users are going viral, gaining followers and even making cash by live-streaming themselves overnight.
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| Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
While tech companies push remote work for their employees, gig workers receive little support amid COVID-19 outbreak and face income loss for self-quarantine — Amazon, Uber, and Lyft have sent memos asking workers to follow protocols that might not be feasible
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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year — Huawei is projecting that its annual smartphone shipments will fall around 20% this year, in what would be its first year-on-year decline, as a result of U.S. sanctions on its business.| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Austin cancels SXSW, scheduled for March 13-22, due to concerns over COVID-19 — - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces free repairs for iPad Air models made from Mar. 2019-Oct. 2019 affected by the “blank screen issue” that leaves the display permanently disabled — Apple on Friday launched a repair service program for third-generation iPad Air models suffering from a so-called …
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Interview with Vision Fund chief Rajeev Misra, who admits the fund made many investment mistakes and denies he smeared other high-ranking SoftBank executives — - Rajeev Misra, who leads SoftBank's Vision Fund, has largely been quiet as criticism has mounted.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
New York power plant sets up its own Bitcoin mining operation, with ~7K crypto miners, using “behind-the-meter” electricity to generate ~5.5 Bitcoins per day — - Atlas Holdings LLC-owned facility starts mining crypto — Dresden-based natural gas plant installed 7,000 crypto miners
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| Mike Orcutt / MIT Technology Review: |
How North Korean hackers laundered $100M in stolen Bitcoin by using hundreds of automated transactions to “peel” small amounts off the original — Hackers working for Kim Jong-un have become experts at covering their tracks on the Bitcoin blockchain.| Terje Solsvik / Reuters: |
Online classifieds company OLX Brazil, a leading player in Brazil's digital real estate ads, has agreed to buy rival Grupo ZAP for $642M in an all-cash deal — OSLO (Reuters) - Online marketplace OLX Brazil has agreed to buy competitor Grupo ZAP for 2.9 billion reais ($642 million) …
| Jessica Saunders / Atlanta Business Journal: |
Atlanta-based supply chain tech company Dematic acquires UK-based logistics automation software company DAI for ~$133.5M, as Dematic parent KION completes deal — Supply chain technology company Dematic is expanding its software offerings with the acquisition of a UK-based company that specializes in logistics automation software.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, has raised $20M in Series B funding at a $100M+ pre-money valuation — Hungry, a catering marketplace that connects businesses with independent chefs, announced this week that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Health Data Analytics Institute, which provides an AI-powered service to predict health care outcomes, announces $16M round, which it will use to launch an API — Making sense of disparate data is a task at which AI excels. Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) is a case in point …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is encouraging employees in Silicon Valley and Seattle to work from home as an “additional precaution” against the outbreak of coronavirus — Apple Inc. is encouraging employees in Silicon Valley to work from home as an “additional precaution” against the outbreak of coronavirus …
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