US firm Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M (Shoshanna Solomon/The Times of Israel)

Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel:
US firm Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M  —  Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investors

WhatsApp has new stickers for Mother’s Day: How to download and send

The second Sunday of May is traditionally celebrated as Mother's Day. To mark the day, WhatsApp has rolled a new sticker pack for Mother's Day. Titled 'Mama Love', the sticker pack is available for download on both Android and iOS platforms. https://ift.tt/2RA6Sso

IDC: companies around the world are on pace to spend $240.6B on edge computing through 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of more than 15% (Angus Loten/Wall Street Journal)

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IDC: companies around the world are on pace to spend $240.6B on edge computing through 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of more than 15%  —  Firms world-wide on pace to spend $240.6 billion on edge computing through 2024  —  Companies are expected to raise spending over the next few years …

Not just you, even Zoom CEO is ‘tired’ of Zoom meetings

At The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan admitted that he is tired of Zoom meetings. https://ift.tt/3tBhgNH

Non-contact infrared thermometers: How to use, benefits, limitations and more

These thermometers offer a non-invasive and non-contact way for users to measure body temperature. https://ift.tt/2R5i00v

Mother's Day 2021 Gifts: 5 Gadgets for the Perfect Mother's Day Gift

If you're reading this on Mother's Day it's too late to get a timely gift - instead go for some great gadgets to make up for being a little late. https://ift.tt/3evWBXd

Apple seems to have privately given Zoom access to an iPad OS API allowing camera access in Split View, raising concerns about special treatment for some devs (Mike Peterson/AppleInsider)

Mike Peterson / AppleInsider:
Apple seems to have privately given Zoom access to an iPad OS API allowing camera access in Split View, raising concerns about special treatment for some devs  —  Zoom appears to have been granted access to a previously unknown iPad software feature that allows camera access during Split View multitasking, one developer claims.

WhatsApp won’t delete your account but make it ‘useless’ after May 15

A few days ago, WhatsApp issued a statement that users who don’t accept its privacy policy will not see any deletion of their accounts. Now on its FAQ page, WhatsApp has detailed what will happen to the users who don’t accept its new privacy policy. https://ift.tt/3eB44Vb

4-digit security code for vaccine, PUBG set to make a comeback and other top tech news of the week

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has 7 tips to increase productivity at work

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Consulting doctor online: Government has 3 important security tips

During the second wave of the coronavirus, telemedicine consultation has emerged as an important tool for citizens to seek medical help. However, like all other digital platforms, there are some loopholes here too that criminals and anti-social elements are trying to take advantage of. https://ift.tt/3hezoKW

How to Block Sites From Sending You Notifications on Chrome

Chrome is Google's web browser available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. It is among the most popular web browsers due to its integration with Google, variety of extensions, ease of use,... https://ift.tt/33vmlN0

Florence Healthcare, which makes software that helps physicians automate and manage clinical research paperwork, raises $80M Series C led by Insight Partners (Erin Schilling/Atlanta Business Journal)

Erin Schilling / Atlanta Business Journal:
Florence Healthcare, which makes software that helps physicians automate and manage clinical research paperwork, raises $80M Series C led by Insight Partners  —  Technology Reporter/ Atlanta Inno, Atlanta Business Chronicle  —  Atlanta software startup Florence Healthcare raised …

Sources: cybercrime gang DarkSide, which caused Colonial Pipeline to halt operations, stole and encrypted ~100GB of data on Thursday before demanding a ransom (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: cybercrime gang DarkSide, which caused Colonial Pipeline to halt operations, stole and encrypted ~100GB of data on Thursday before demanding a ransom  —  - Attackers stole nearly 100GB of data in two hours on Thursday  — Theft followed by locking of computers and ransom demand

Caller Tune: How to Set Caller Tune on Vi (Vodafone Idea)

Vi Caller Tunes offers songs across languages such as Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, and Punjabi. To set a caller tune of... https://ift.tt/3xSGESN