Twitter won't remove Trump's tweets about a conspiracy involving Joe Scarborough's aide, but claims it will update policies, after letter from the aide's widow
UPDATED: Twitter is not immediately removing President Donald Trump's tweets about the 2001 death of an aide to Joe Scarborough …
Ex-HTC CEO Peter Chou unveils XRSpace Mova, a $599 5G VR headset with a virtual world called Manova, focusing on intuitiveness and a social-first approach
Even though Peter Chou had long parted ways with the VR business he created at HTC, the former CEO continued to work in the industry …
As the worst of the pandemic may have passed in China, officials are eager to find new uses for the virus monitoring software that's now on many phones
With the disease there mostly under control, officials are looking for new uses for the government software that's now on many phones.
Facebook's Libra rebrands its wallet provider, Calibra, to Novi
In the approach to the launch of Facebook's Libra payments ecosystem, a key subsidiary has been given a new name and a new look. — According to an announcement on Tuesday, Libra's wallet provider Ca...
With GDPR's two-year anniversary today, the Irish Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, amid doubts about the agency's enforcement ability
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, and act soon. — Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin.
ARM announces high-end mobile designs of Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU, which will power flagship Android phones of 2021 for better performance and efficiency
An early look at the future of mobile devices — ARM has announced its latest high-end mobile designs …
Privacy advocate Max Schrems criticizes Irish data protection authority in an open letter for the slow pace of its probes into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
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Estonia-based on-demand transport startup Bolt raises €100M in a convertible note from Naya Capital Management at a €1.7B valuation
- Bolt said it raised 100 million euros from Naya Capital, lifting the ride-hailing app's valuation to 1.7 billion euros.
Online learning courses are booming during the pandemic, with Coursera adding 10M new users from mid-March to mid-May, seven times the pace in the previous year
The pioneering online learning networks offer hard-earned lessons for what works and what doesn't with online education. Tweets: @stevelohr Tweets: Steve Lohr / @stevelohr : The renaissance of the MOO...
Wikimedia's board votes to adopt a formal moderation process, with policies drafted by the end of 2020, to deal with harassment and other “toxic” behavior
CEO @krmaher shares about a new plan to address harassment on Wikimedia projects: https://www.bbc.com/... @BBCNews Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson / @ayanaeliza : Collaborative, evolving, free knowledge, ...
An in-depth look at the baseless conspiracies attempting to turn Bill Gates into the pandemic's villain, widely shared on Facebook and YouTube
with his tech-made money and philanthropic efforts to improve public health — has become an avatar of populist rage at those who possess technical fluency, an elite education, and well-stamped passpor...
Zurich-based Scandit, which develops software for barcode scanning, OCR, and AR, raises $80M series C led by G2VP, bringing its total raised to $123M
Enterprise barcode scanner company Scandit has closed an $80 million Series C round, led by Silicon Valley VC firm G2VP.
The biggest tech companies have the resources to out-innovate their competitors and further solidify their dominance as smaller rivals struggle
The only thing better than being essential to the global economy during a crisis? Having the cash to continue to out-innovate your suddenly impoverished competitors. Tweets: @hkanji , @mims , @mims ,...
Smaller American retailers are turning to robots to automate warehouse work, techniques long used by Amazon and others, spurred on by the pandemic
In a warehouse in Secaucus, New Jersey, a handful of people stand around the base of a white box as big as a house.
DefinedCrowd raises $50.5M Series B to help companies including Mastercard, BMW, others improve their AI services, says revenue spiked more than 650% in 2019
Artificial intelligence services require mountains of reliable data to reach their full potential.
Book excerpt looks at NSA's Big Awesome Graph initiative, an attempt to map people's social networks out of an enormous trove of intercepted communications
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How services like Cameo and Substack have opened up new ways for prominent media figures and journalists to make a living from smaller audiences
a new way for notable individuals to present custom tailored insights and information. It is part of a platform liberation process that will allow valuable journalists, artists, actors—any creative to...
Medwing, which develops an automatic job matching system connecting workers with hospitals and nursing homes, raises €28M Series B led by Cathay Innovation
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Bluecore, which develops AI-based marketing automation tools, raises $50M Series D led by Georgian Partners, bringing its total raised to $110M
As more online brands look for ways to move beyond third-party cookies as a way of gaining more direct insights about their users and customers …
FCC may move ahead with a $16B plan to boost rural broadband access, even without a clear picture of service gaps, as ISPs' coverage data lacks granularity
or can't—get true broadband, and data from internet-service providers is flawed. https://www.wsj.com/... Drew FitzGerald / @drewfitzgerald : 1. FCC data show wireless ISP covers rural area 2. ISP says...
Chinese food delivery service Meituan Dianping beats estimates with sales of $2.4B, net loss of $221M; Meituan stock rose 9.7%, taking its market cap to $100B+
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Chicago-based game studio Level Ex is updating two titles, widely-used by medical professionals to hone their skills, to include COVID-19 content
Elise Favis / Washington Post : Tweets: @launcherwp Tweets: Launcher / @launcherwp : Level Ex makes mobile games meant for medical professionals. Now, they've found themselves in a good position to a...
Japan-based Lasertec, which makes semiconductor testing machines for ultraviolet lithography manufacturing at $40M+/machine, saw its stock rise 550% in 2019
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Sensor Tower data: TikTok and Chinese twin app Douyin topped the charts globally for in-app purchases in April, generating $78M, up 10x from April 2019
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.