Monthly Archives: July 2023

Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery nets $200M at unicorn valuation

After reports that it is raising new funding, Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery announced today that it has netted $200 million in a Series D. The company, which makes a smart feeding system for fisheries, says this makes it the first … Continue reading

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With This Price Drop, You Can Have a Lifetime of MS Office for Just $30 Before Prime Day

During our version of Prime Day, you can have early access to a reduced-price lifetime license for Microsoft Office for Windows or Mac until July 14. The post With This Price Drop, You Can Have a Lifetime of MS Office … Continue reading

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Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are

Be still, my heart. No matter how much FOMO you feel, do not burden me with another social network. Yet, resisting the latest fad app is proving tougher than I thought. Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) is being uncharacteristically smooth in its … Continue reading

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EU’s competition unit takes a deeper look at Amazon’s iRobot acquisition

Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot is now under in-depth antitrust scrutiny in the European Union. The $1.7BN deal for the ecommerce behemoth to pick up the robot vacuum maker, announced just under a year ago, was cleared by competition regulators … Continue reading

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Samsung estimates profits plunged 96% in the second quarter

Companies are grappling with excess chip inventories as consumers buy fewer electronics due to inflation. As a result, prices for memory chips have fallen.

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Zoom is ‘extremely optimistic’ about growth in Asia-Pacific despite weaker outlook

Zoom is “doubling down” on its technical investments in the Asia-Pacific region as it seeks to strengthen growth, said the video communications company.

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Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones

A decentralized group of safe streets activists in San Francisco realized they can disable Cruise and Waymo robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on a vehicle’s hood, and they’re encouraging others to do it, too. The “Week of Cone,” as … Continue reading

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Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe

U.S. regulators have requested more information from Tesla to assist in their ongoing investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent Tesla a letter on July … Continue reading

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How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)

Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps.

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Why Japan is lagging behind in generative A.I. — and how it can create its own large language models

While the U.S., China and Europe have announced large-scale generative AI projects, Japan is trailing behind.

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