Sunday, February 23, 2020
E-commerce companies seek more time for 1% TDS levy
Govt wants social media firms to axe 'skull-breaker' videos
Google warns select Huawei smartphone users to not sideload its apps and services
After nine months of being stopped from working with Huawei by the US Government, Google has published a support article that aims to clarify the situation. Tristan Ostrowski, legal director for Android and Google Play wrote a post that hopes to answer questions regarding the ban and also warn any current Huawei owners about sideloading Google applications.
“We have continued to receive a number of questions about new Huawei devices (e.g., new models launching now, or earlier models launched after May 16, 2019, but now becoming available in new regions of the world) and whether Google’s apps and services can be used on these devices. We wanted to provide clear guidance to those asking these important questions,” Ostrowsky wrote in the post
Ostrowsky reiterated that due to the restrictions put in place by the US government, new Huawei devices that were made available to the public after May 16, 2019, will not have Play Protect preloaded. This means that they will be considered ‘uncertified’ and will not be able to make use of Google’s apps and services. The post notes that Play Protect certified devices undergo “rigorous security review and compatibility testing process, performed by Google, to ensure user data and app information are kept safe.”
Users are also invited to check if their devices are Play Protect certified or not by clicking here.
For those users who do not have Play Protect certified devices, Google has warned those users without Play Protect services to not try and sideload its apps and services. “Google apps will not work reliably because we do not allow these services to run on uncertified devices where security may be compromised. Sideloading Google’s apps also carries a high risk of installing an app that has been altered or tampered with in ways that can compromise user security,” Ostrowsky wrote.
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Saturday, February 22, 2020
Interview with Garry Kasparov, the first chess world champion to be defeated by a computer, about chess, AI, and a strategy for staying a step ahead of machines (Will Knight/Wired)
Interview with Garry Kasparov, the first chess world champion to be defeated by a computer, about chess, AI, and a strategy for staying a step ahead of machines — Twenty-three years after he lost to Deep Blue, Kasparov says people need to work with machines. You have to “nudge the flock of intelligent algorithms.”
iMerit raises $20M Series B for its platform that helps enrich and annotate large datasets that power advanced algorithms in fields such as machine learning (FinSMEs)
iMerit raises $20M Series B for its platform that helps enrich and annotate large datasets that power advanced algorithms in fields such as machine learning — iMerit, a Los Gatos, CA-based data annotation and enrichment company, raised $20m in Series B funding.
Michigan-based Algo, a SaaS startup that uses AI to help companies analyze and manage their supply chains, raises $15M Series A led by Integrity Growth Partners (Nick Manes/Crain's Detroit Business)
Michigan-based Algo, a SaaS startup that uses AI to help companies analyze and manage their supply chains, raises $15M Series A led by Integrity Growth Partners — - $15 million investment into Troy company Algo — Company applies AI to supply chain management
Swedish game developer Embracer to buy US-based Saber Interactive, maker of the game World War Z, for up to $525M in cash and stock, most of which is deferred (Johannes Hellstrom/Reuters)
Swedish game developer Embracer to buy US-based Saber Interactive, maker of the game World War Z, for up to $525M in cash and stock, most of which is deferred — STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish video game group Embracer is buying U.S. game developer Saber Interactive for up to $525 million, the Swedish company said on Wednesday.
CB Insights: fintech startups across the world raised $33.9B across 1,912 deals in 2019, which is down from $40.8B raised across 2,049 deals in 2018 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
CB Insights: fintech startups across the world raised $33.9B across 1,912 deals in 2019, which is down from $40.8B raised across 2,049 deals in 2018 — Financial services startups raised less money in 2019 than they did in 2018 as VC firms looked to back late stage firms and focused on developing markets, a new report has revealed.
Sources: Intuit is nearing a deal to buy personal finance portal Credit Karma for about $7B in cash and stock; the deal could be announced as soon as Monday (Wall Street Journal)
Sources: Intuit is nearing a deal to buy personal finance portal Credit Karma for about $7B in cash and stock; the deal could be announced as soon as Monday — Acquisition would be Intuit's largest ever and the first sizable transaction under CEO Sasan Goodarzi
How Schneider Electric is using AI in call centers and manufacturing to complement employees' work and boost productivity, rather than to replace them (Patricia Cohen/New York Times)
Patricia Cohen / New York Times : How Schneider Electric is using AI in call centers and manufacturing to complement employees' work ...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
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