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Microsoft to add end-to-end encryption for one-to-one Team calls, channel sharing, and webinar and presentation features to Teams — Microsoft has a bunch of new Teams features coming and is introducing a new category of Teams Intelligent Speaker devices at Ignite this week.
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A report from the National Security Commission on AI, which is chaired by Eric Schmidt, finds that the US is not fully prepared for AI competition with China — Retaining any edge will take White House leadership and a substantial investment, according to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
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Twitter to label tweets with misleading information about COVID vaccines and debut a strike system that can lead to permanent account suspension after 5 strikes — Twitter announced Monday that it will label tweets with potentially misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines …
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Researchers point out that Apple's walled garden approach on iOS makes it virtually impossible to detect the presence of malware on iPhones, which does exist — The iPhone's locked-down approach to security is spreading, but advanced hackers have found that higher barriers are great for avoiding capture.
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TikTok launches a Safety Advisory Council for Europe to help it with content moderation, bringing external experts in fields like child safety and extremism — TikTok is bringing in external experts in Europe in fields such as child safety, young people's mental health and extremism to form …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Flipboard expands its local news coverage to more than 1,000 cities and towns in the US and Canada — In the COVID-19 era, local news matters more than ever—but it can be tough to track down. The magazine-style reading app hopes to help. — In January 2020, Flipboard …
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Square says Square Financial Services, its industrial bank, has started operations after getting FDIC approval last year — Known for its innovations in the payments sector, Square is now officially a bank. — Nearly one year after receiving conditional approval, Square said Monday afternoon …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Azure Percept, a hardware and software platform to implement its Azure AI services for use cases, including object detection, at the edge — Microsoft today announced Azure Percept, its new hardware and software platform for bringing more of its Azure AI services to the edge.
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Cisco Webex gets free, real-time translation from English into 100+ languages, available in preview this month and generally in May — Targeted at organizations with global workforces, the new feature will help Webex users overcome language barriers — Cisco on Tuesday announced free-real …
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Czech on-demand grocery delivery startup Rohlik raises $230M led by Partech, sources say at a valuation of ~$600M — Food delivery — whether it's ready-made orders from restaurants, meal kits or groceries — has been one of the most-used services in this last year of living under the cloud …
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A look at the remote work issues companies are facing, including who should shoulder tax costs and whether to cut salaries of staff leaving high-cost cities — Facebook considered tracking its employees. Lyft is making some workers move before April. Here's how big companies are wrestling with thorny work-from-home issues.| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
How Apple ramped up its lobbying in AZ, including hiring Gov. Ducey's ex-chief of staff, amid a proposed bill to let app devs use 3rd-party payment systems — Arizona State Rep. Regina Cobb hadn't even formally introduced her app store legislation last month when Apple and Google started storming into the state to lobby against it.
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Data from fintech company FIS: payments using digital wallets overtook cash payments for in-store purchases on a global basis for the first time ever in 2020 — In 2020, consumers pulled out their digital wallets, like Apple Pay, more often than they did physical wallets when they paid in-store, according to a new FIS study.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Beam Dental, a digital dental insurer that uses AI to reward members for good dental hygiene, raises $80M Series E led by Mercato Partners — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Beam Dental, a Columbus, Ohio-based dental benefits provider …
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| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Dutch online supermarket Crisp raises €30M Series B led by Target Global, bringing its total raised to €46M — Today Crisp, the Dutch online-only supermarket that prioritises ultra fresh and transparently sourced products, announced that it has raised €30 million in Series B financing.| Grace Kay / Insider: |
The singer Grimes made $5.8M selling ~10 pieces of NFT-based artwork within 20 minutes of debuting her collection on trading platform Nifty Gateway on Sunday — - Grimes launched a digital art collection titled “WarNymph” on Sunday. — The singer has already earned over $5.8 million from the collection.
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Interviews with 16 Amazon workers offer an inside look at the unionization vote in Bessemer, Al, where $15/hour is double the minimum wage for entry-level jobs — On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early February, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union held a rally in a grassy lot …
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Kuo: iPhone 13 to have smaller notch, larger battery, no USB-C; 120Hz display on the Pro; iPhone mini to return; he has “no visibility” of power button Touch ID — Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note today focused on what to expect …
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