RELIABILITY IMPACTS CITIES’ BUDGETS FOR EV CHARGING
Instituting high-reliability requirements for EV charging stations will reduce maintenance and operation costs over a station’s lifetime.
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FRANCE SAYS APPLE’S UPCOMING IDFA AD PRIVACY CHANGES ARE NOT ABUSIVE BUT WILL INVESTIGATE IF APPLE HAS STRICTER RULES FOR THIRD-PARTY APPS THAN FOR ITS OWN APPS (SAM SCHECHNER/WALL STREET JOURNAL)
France says Apple’s upcoming IDFA ad privacy changes are not abusive but will investigate if Apple has stricter rules for third-party apps than for its own apps — French competition…
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RIVA HEALTH EXITS STEALTH WITH $15.5M SEED LED BY MENLO VENTURES TO BUILD A SMARTPHONE APP THAT CAN MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE USING A CAMERA FLASH (NATASHA MASCARENHAS/TECHCRUNCH)
Riva Health exits stealth with $15.5M seed led by Menlo Ventures to build a smartphone app that can measure blood pressure using a camera flash — A scientist and the…
Read more »A LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF CLEARVIEW AI, WHICH FAR-RIGHT ACTIVIST CHARLES JOHNSON SAYS HE CO-FOUNDED, AS IT IS BESIEGED BY LAWSUITS AND INVESTIGATIONS (KASHMIR HILL/NEW YORK TIMES)
A look at the origins of Clearview AI, which far-right activist Charles Johnson says he co-founded, as it is besieged by lawsuits and investigations — In May 2019, an agent…
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SOURCES: MARK CUBAN IS CO-FOUNDING FIRESIDE, A PODCAST APP WHERE HOSTS CAN TALK TO FANS LIVE AND MONETIZE THEIR CONVERSATIONS, WITH PLANS TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR (ASHLEY CARMAN/THE VERGE)
Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside, a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations, with plans to launch this year — Fireside is launching…
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THE BEST FSD TESTERS TESLA COULD GET
Tesla has undoubtedly trained employees for the early testing of the next “Full Self Driving” software package release. Their job, as for all software testers, is to get the software…
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SIX MEPS FILE COMPLAINT ALLEGING EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S COVID-19 TESTING SITE TRANSFERRED PERSONAL DATA TO THE US WITHOUT VALID LEGAL BASIS (NATASHA LOMAS/TECHCRUNCH)
Six MEPs file complaint alleging European parliament’s COVID-19 testing site transferred personal data to the US without valid legal basis — The European Parliament is being investigated by the EU’s…
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REPORT DETAILS HOW CHINA IS USING TECH PRODUCTS, MARKET FOOTHOLD, AND TRAINING, TO CREATE DEPENDENCIES IN INDONESIA, SOUTH KOREA, UAE, ISRAEL, AND POLAND (PATRICK TUCKER/DEFENSE ONE)
Report details how China is using tech products, market foothold, and training, to create dependencies in Indonesia, South Korea, UAE, Israel, and Poland — Beijing is using technology products, markets,…
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LUMIATA, WHICH PROVIDES AI-POWERED PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR MANAGING HEALTH CARE COSTS, RAISES $14M SERIES B LED BY DEFY.VC, BRINGING ITS TOTAL RAISED TO $45M+ (KYLE WIGGERS/VENTUREBEAT)
Lumiata, which provides AI-powered predictive analytics for managing health care costs, raises $14M Series B led by Defy.vc, bringing its total raised to $45M+ — Lumiata, a company providing AI-powered…
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MICROSOFT DEBUTS TEMPORARY ACCESS PASS TO HELP SIGN UP FOR SERVICES WITHOUT USING PASSWORDS, SAYS ~200M USERS HAVE ENABLED PASSWORDLESS LOGIN FOR ITS SERVICES (STEPHEN SHANKLAND/CNET)
Microsoft debuts Temporary Access Pass to help sign up for services without using passwords, says ~200M users have enabled passwordless login for its services — Roughly 200 million people using…
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