Saturday, July 27, 2019

Source: TikTok owner ByteDance has acquired UK-based AI startup Jukedeck, whose software can autonomously compose music, for an undisclosed amount (Jane Zhang/South China Morning Post)

Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post:
Source: TikTok owner ByteDance has acquired UK-based AI startup Jukedeck, whose software can autonomously compose music, for an undisclosed amount  —  Deal raises potential for TikTok to make AI-powered music composition widely accessible around the world The initiative raises the potential …



Benchling, which provides software for managing biotech research, raises $34.5M Series C led by Menlo Ventures (Jonathan Shieber/TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Benchling, which provides software for managing biotech research, raises $34.5M Series C led by Menlo Ventures  —  In a field where the laboratory notebook is still considered the state of the art, it's no wonder a company like Benchling, which provides software for managing life sciences research was able to nab $34.5 million.



Israel-based vCita, which is developing a business management app and CRM system for very small businesses, raises $15M (Uri Berkovitz/Globes Online)

Uri Berkovitz / Globes Online:
Israel-based vCita, which is developing a business management app and CRM system for very small businesses, raises $15M  —  The Israeli company has developed a business management app and CRM system for very small businesses.  —  Israeli business management app developer for small businesses vCita …



Spectral MD, a Dallas-based startup developing an AI-powered burn and wound imaging system, raises $27M in research funding from the US Department of Health (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Spectral MD, a Dallas-based startup developing an AI-powered burn and wound imaging system, raises $27M in research funding from the US Department of Health  —  Spectral MD, a Dallas, Texas-based startup developing an AI-powered burn and wound imaging system, today announced that it's secured $27 million …



Apple’s big $1bn deal with Intel, Xiaomi remains number 1, Facebook fined $5 billion and more

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Features iPhone 11 may have of old iPhones and the ones it may dump

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Xiaomi Redmi 7A 10-point review: Is it your best budget phone choice under Rs 6,000?

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Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on quarantining /r/The_Donald, a decision he says was intended to give the community a chance to change (Kara Swisher/Vox)

Kara Swisher / Vox:
Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on quarantining /r/The_Donald, a decision he says was intended to give the community a chance to change  —  /r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” and Huffman isn't convinced the community's moderators are taking that problem seriously enough.



How to stop others from going through your photos on an iPhone

On Apple iPhone, there’s a way with which you can stop others from swiping through your photos. Although the ‘setup’ process might seem a bit complicated but once you do it, you can just do so by a few clicks. Want to know how? Read on: https://ift.tt/2Yptcmh

Flipkart to Host Super Flash Sunday Sale Today

Redmi K20 Pro, Redmi K20, Redmi 7A, Realme X, and Realme 3i are set to be available for purchase today through the Flipkart Super Flash Sunday sale at 12pm (noon) IST. https://ift.tt/2MmzXTl

How Famous Birthdays, which has 20M unique monthly users, became Gen Z's Wikipedia for new internet stars and a talent resource for the entertainment industry (Taylor Lorenz/The Atlantic)

Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
How Famous Birthdays, which has 20M unique monthly users, became Gen Z's Wikipedia for new internet stars and a talent resource for the entertainment industry  —  Famous Birthdays has become a go-to database of teen culture—and is ushering in a whole new generation of stars.



MPSC Group C Answer Key 2019 – Prelims Final Answer Key Released

Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) released Final answer key for Group C.

AIATSL Recruitment 2019 – Walk in for 391 Duty Officer, Jr Executive & Other Posts

Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) recruits 149 Duty Officer Terminal, Jr.Executive & Other Posts. Candidates with 10th Class, Diploma, Graduation, MBA can walk in on 08-08-2019 to 11-08-2019.

Patna High Court Result 2019 – District Judge Final Result Released

Patna High Court released final result for the post of District Judge.

CRIS Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 50 Assistant Software Engineer Posts

Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) recruits 50 Assistant Software Engineer Posts. Candidates with B.E/ B.Tech/ B.Sc/ MCA/ ME/ M.Tech in relevant discipline can apply online from 08-07-2019 to 07-08-2019.

Experts say ChatGPT, Gemini, and other Western AI models are turbocharging Iran's cyber operations, helping it develop malware and launch phishing attacks (Jacob Judah/Financial Times)

Jacob Judah / Financial Times : Experts say ChatGPT, Gemini, and other Western AI models are turbocharging Iran's cyber operations, h...