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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 (Nicole Kobie/Wired UK)
Nicole Kobie / Wired UK : A look at the evolution of AI chips and where they…
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Leonid Radvinsky, billionaire owner of OnlyFans, ran sites in the '90s promoting "hacked" porn site passwords, including links promising access to child porn (Forbes)
Forbes : Leonid Radvinsky, billionaire owner of OnlyFans, ran sites in the &…
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Eltropy, whose suite allows financial institutions to communicate with customers via text messages, announces $21M investment from K1 as part of its Series A (Emma Folts/Los Angeles Business ...)
Emma Folts / Los Angeles Business Journal stories : Eltropy, whose suite all…
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Brightline, which provides virtual behavioral health therapy for children and teenagers, raises $72M Series B led by GV, bringing its total raised to ~$100M (Heather Landi/FierceHealthcare)
Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare : Brightline, which provides virtual behavi…
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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 (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Insider)
Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider : Shopping and pay later app nate, which all…
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Lingokids, which offers educational games through its "playlearning" app for kids aged 2-8, raises $40M Series C and claims to reach 30M+ families worldwide (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Lingokids, which offers educational games thr…
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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 (Juliet Chung/Wall Street Journal)
Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal : Addepar, a provider of wealth managemen…
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Survey: social media users see the removal of hate speech as more fair than removing profanity, with moderators who removed hate speech seen as more trustworthy (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab : Survey: social media users see the removal …
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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 (Olivia Solon/NBC News)
Olivia Solon / NBC News : Drought-stricken communities in the US push back a…
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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 (Chuq Von Rospach/6FPS)
Chuq Von Rospach / 6FPS : Apple, whose arrogance and sense of entitlement let…
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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 (Juan José Relmucao/Rest of World)
Juan José Relmucao / Rest of World : How an Argentinian govt. program that i…
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How Roku's unusual corporate culture helped it out-execute larger companies, as it focuses on original programming with plans to spend $1B on content next year (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
Alex Sherman / CNBC : How Roku's unusual corporate culture helped it out…
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South Korea has become a global center for digital sex crimes as cases of illegal filming and distribution of images rose to 7,000 in 2020, up 70% from 2019 (Financial Times)
Financial Times : South Korea has become a global center for digital sex cri…
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Microsoft and at least a dozen startups are testing nonconducting liquids to cool servers in data centers, where almost half of the power is used for cooling (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Microsoft and at least a dozen startups are testing nonconductin…
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As China ramps up scrutiny of its tech companies, experts say its antitrust regulator SAMR lacks resources; SAMR only had a staff of about 50 people as of March (Yuan Yang/Financial Times)
Yuan Yang / Financial Times : As China ramps up scrutiny of its tech compani…
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Interview with Rep. Cicilline on his bipartisan package taking on Big Tech, Apple's DOJ subpoena, Facebook's platform lock-in, and acquisition and merger reform (Kara Swisher/New York Times)
Kara Swisher / New York Times : Interview with Rep. Cicilline on his biparti…
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Booz Allen Hamilton acquires Liberty IT Solutions for $725M; Liberty IT's work includes IT modernization projects for govt. agencies and the healthcare industry (Jeff Clabaugh/WTOP)
Jeff Clabaugh / WTOP : Booz Allen Hamilton acquires Liberty IT Solutions for…
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Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to Twitter in India, is taking a similar approach in Nigeria (Rest of World)
Rest of World : Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself…
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PayPal will increase US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction on its payment products starting Aug. 2, up from 2.9% plus $0.30 on most transactions (Reuters)
Reuters : PayPal will increase US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per…
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Dealroom and Tech Nation: UK becomes the third country, after the US and China, to have 100 or more tech unicorns; 34% of UK unicorns are fintech companies (Michiel Willems/cityam.com)
Michiel Willems / cityam.com : Dealroom and Tech Nation: UK becomes the thir…
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