Saturday, November 2, 2019

St. Louis-based PierianDx, which provides a genomics SaaS platform for clinical labs to build personalized medicine programs, raises $27M Series B (Alaric DeArment/MedCity News)

Alaric DeArment / MedCity News:
St. Louis-based PierianDx, which provides a genomics SaaS platform for clinical labs to build personalized medicine programs, raises $27M Series B  —  The startup describes its software as providing clinical labs with more streamlined and accurate analysis, interpretation and reporting for accelerating personalized medicine programs.



Global smartphone shipments in Q3 grew 2% YoY according to Strategy Analytics, while Canalys estimates 1% increase, bucking a two-year downward trend (Gaurav Shukla/NDTV Gadgets 360)

Gaurav Shukla / NDTV Gadgets 360:
Global smartphone shipments in Q3 grew 2% YoY according to Strategy Analytics, while Canalys estimates 1% increase, bucking a two-year downward trend  —  Samsung grabbed the top spot with over 78 million smartphone shipments in Q3 2019.  —  HIGHLIGHTS  —  Global smartphone shipments bucked …



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Motorola Razr 2019 live image surfaces ahead of imminent launch

Motorola is expected to announce its first foldable phone at an event it is hosting on November 13. The upcoming handset is rumoured to feature a clamshell design, which is touted to resemble the iconic Moto Razr V3. We recently came across some leaked renders of the phone, which gave us an idea of how the company might implement a folding design on the alleged Motorola Razr 2019. Now, the smartphone has been spotted in the wild with a live image posted on Weibo. While the live image barely shows what’s on the device’s screen, its overall design does seen quite similar to what we came across in the previously leaked renders.

The smartphone in question can be seen featuring a tall display with a notch on top. On the bottom is a thick module, which has a button and it is speculated that the button can double up as a fingerprint sensor. It is tough to discern from the image but the phone seems rather slim when it is unfolded, however, the bottom module seems to represent the thickness of the phone. In its folded state. It is a good sign if the handset is already in live testing and is being used as this signifies the device’s imminent launch.

As mentioned above, we previously came across some new renders of the Motorola Razr. The device quite closely resembles the original Razr V3 from 2004. When folded, there’s a small touch screen on top of the phone’s upper half and below is the same thick module that sports a button. An image of the phone shows how it looks when completely unfolded and it shows off its hinge and a tall inner display. There’s a regular square-shaped notch on the device’s display. 

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Vetting political ads effectively and consistently at global scale is impossible; Congress should restrict ad targeting to the level of an electoral district (Siva Vaidhyanathan/New York Times)

Siva Vaidhyanathan / New York Times:
Vetting political ads effectively and consistently at global scale is impossible; Congress should restrict ad targeting to the level of an electoral district  —  It's not about free speech.  —  Siva Vaidhyanathan is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.



Friday, November 1, 2019

UPSC 2019 – ESE Prelims Answer Key Released

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released answer key for the ESE (Prelims) 2019.

Google, Walmart Help Drive India Payments Past 1 Billion Transactions

Indian digital payments took off when the government pushed demonetisation in 2016. https://ift.tt/36pQayT

Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter Payload Detects Argon-40 in Lunar Exosphere

Chandra's Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) payload aboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has detected Argon-40, said ISRO. https://ift.tt/2JHnRSF

Amazon's Bid to Buy Stake in Indian Retailer Said to Face Antitrust Hurdle

Amazon in August agreed to acquire a 49 percent stake in a unit of Future Group which owns 7.3 percent of Future Retail. https://ift.tt/2oIapqC

The debate over political ads on Facebook has been too US-centric and the company hasn't explained how its policies will work in other countries (Julia Carrie Wong/The Guardian)

Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
The debate over political ads on Facebook has been too US-centric and the company hasn't explained how its policies will work in other countries  —  What do Zuckerberg's bromides about American values mean to Facebook users in Kashmir or the Philippines?  —  @juliacarriew Email



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Nintendo to begin testing Mario Kart Tour multiplayer

A major test of Nintendo's shift to mobile, Mario Kart Tour currently lacks the option to race against friends, leaving the game without a key element that has helped make it one of Nintendo's longest running franchises. https://ift.tt/2qhAE7q

Amazon's bid to acquire stake in Future Retail faces antitrust hurdle

The deal would help Amazon tap into the booming retail market in India, as it separately boosts its e-commerce operations, offering everything from electronics to groceries on its Indian website. https://ift.tt/2JJLryh

US opens national security investigation into TikTok

About 60% of TikTok's 26.5 million monthly active users in the United States are between the ages of 16 and 24. https://ift.tt/2WzvjEN

Apple asks US to waive tariffs on Chinese-made watches, iPhone parts, AirPods

Apple has sought tariff exclusions from 11 products, including HomePod speakers, iMac computers, parts for use in repairing iPhones, iPhone smart battery cases, AirPods and others. https://ift.tt/2JX4Xrp

Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in Q3, when it had a total revenue of $35.1B; each of them spent $10B+ in the nine months to October (Christiaan Hetzner/Fortune)

Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune : Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in Q3, when it had a total revenue of $35.1B; each of the...