Nick Statt / Protocol:
Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs — Microsoft wants to bring its gaming subscription service to way more screens using the cloud.
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Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs (Nick Statt/Protocol)
Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules (Sam Byford/The Verge)
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules — The ISOCELL JN1 has 50 million 0.64μm pixels, the smallest size in the industry — Samsung has announced a new image sensor …
Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B — Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million …
Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names (New York Times)
New York Times:
Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names — In response to Times articles, the search giant is changing its algorithm, part of a major shift in how Google polices harmful content.
French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital — French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6 million Series A funding round (€30 million). Lead Edge Capital is leading the round …
Paytm, MakeMyTrip, Infosys Offer to Help With COVID-19 Vaccine Bookings
Asus Launches ROG Zephyrus, TUF Gaming Laptops in India
Bitcoin Should Face 'Conservative' Capital Rule From Banks, Regulators Propose
EU says there were 304 malicious attacks against "critical sectors" in 2020, more then double the 146 recorded in 2019, with a 47% rise in attacks on hospitals (Nick Paton Walsh/CNN)
Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
EU says there were 304 malicious attacks against “critical sectors” in 2020, more then double the 146 recorded in 2019, with a 47% rise in attacks on hospitals — Study: Cyberattacks on critical sectors doubled in Europe in pandemic — (CNN)Significant cyberattacks attacks …
Tata Digital says it is acquiring a majority stake in Indian online pharmacy startup 1mg; source: Tata acquired about 55% stake at a valuation of around $450M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Tata Digital says it is acquiring a majority stake in Indian online pharmacy startup 1mg; source: Tata acquired about 55% stake at a valuation of around $450M — Tata Digital, the subsidiary of Tata Sons, said on Thursday it is acquiring a majority stake in digital health startup 1mg …
Red Date Technology, the developer behind China's BSN, or Blockchain-based Service Network, raises 30M Series A led by Kenetic Capital and Prosperity7 (Wolfie Zhao/The Block)
Wolfie Zhao / The Block:
Red Date Technology, the developer behind China's BSN, or Blockchain-based Service Network, raises 30M Series A led by Kenetic Capital and Prosperity7 — Beijing-based Red Date Technology, the developer behind China's Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), has closed a Series A round raising $30 million.
The Mandalorian Season 3 Release Date Delayed to Late 2022: Report
Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, raises $220M Series E led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $2.1B valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, raises $220M Series E led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $2.1B valuation — Eightfold AI, a startup which uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to help companies find, recruit and retain workers …
China says its police have arrested 1,100+ people on crypto-related money laundering charges amid a nationwide crackdown on activities related to telecom fraud (David Pan/CoinDesk)
David Pan / CoinDesk:
China says its police have arrested 1,100+ people on crypto-related money laundering charges amid a nationwide crackdown on activities related to telecom fraud — This is the fifth round of a nationwide crackdown on money-laundering activities related to telecom fraud in China, dubbed “Operation Card Breaking.”
Inside Naver's 1784, a 36-level office tower in Seoul, which has ~4,500 employees working with 120 robots and serves as a testbed for various AI technologies (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Inside Naver's 1784, a 36-level office tower in Seoul, which has ~4,500 employees working with 120 robots a...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...