Locomotive has more lines of code than Tesla: Wabtec’s Nalin Jain

We don’t hear much about locomotives becoming digitalised. But just like cars are getting digitally transformed and moving towards self-driving, so are trains. And Nalin Jain, as president of the digital electronics business of Wabtec, one of the world’s biggest locomotive makers, is at the centre of this digitalisation. https://ift.tt/3ku5JgD

Bitcoin's 60 Percent Rally From July Lows May Be Running Out of Steam

Bitcoin's sudden burst above the $50,000 (roughly Rs. 37.1 crores) level didn't last long and chart patterns signal its rally since July is at risk of fading. https://ift.tt/3DmpShB

Rent-a-Robot: Silicon Valley's Answer to Labour Shortage in US Factories

Silicon Valley has a new pitch to persuade small companies to automate: rent-a-robot. Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots to big... https://ift.tt/2Y0T2CD

Vi App Now Lets You Watch OTT Content, Live TV Channels

Vi (formerly known as Vodafone Idea) on Thursday integrated the existing Vi Movies & TV app into the Vi App. It brings over-the-top (OTT) content and live TV channels alongside offering account... https://ift.tt/3DikWKp

Documents show DHS uses ATLAS to scan for derogatory information on immigrants; critics say ATLAS is used to create a pretext to strip citizenship (The Intercept)

The Intercept:
Documents show DHS uses ATLAS to scan for derogatory information on immigrants; critics say ATLAS is used to create a pretext to strip citizenship  —  Software used by the Department of Homeland Security to scan the records of millions of immigrants can automatically flag naturalized Americans …

Study: lobbying dollars spent by US tech companies have increased with market concentration; the pattern is similar to pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries (Anna Edgerton/Bloomberg)

Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
Study: lobbying dollars spent by US tech companies have increased with market concentration; the pattern is similar to pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries  —  - Pattern is similar to pharma and oil and gas industries  — Study says antitrust laws should consider impact on democracy

Berlin-based elopage, which offers tools for the creator economy and has 3M customers, raises €32M Series A led by Target Global and plans a UK expansion (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Berlin-based elopage, which offers tools for the creator economy and has 3M customers, raises €32M Series A led by Target Global and plans a UK expansion  —  For the first time since its inception in 2015, Berlin-based elopage has taken on external investment.

Lenovo expands manufacturing capabilities for PCs, notebooks, smartphones in India

Lenovo has expanded its in-house PC manufacturing plant in Puducherry to include a third manufacturing line, while it has started local manufacturing of its tablet computers in partnership with Wingtech Technology in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. https://ift.tt/3DmhoH2

80% of Samsung's $205 billion investment to go into chips, company says

Samsung Group said that its mainstay Samsung Electronics and other affiliates plan to invest a combined 240 trillion won ($205 billion) over the next three years in a move to secure future growth engines and expand technology leadership in the post Covid-19 era. https://ift.tt/3koej0F

Older iPhone Models Become Faster by Changing Region to France: Report

A report claims that changing the region of older iPhone models to France can improve their performance by making them run smoother and faster. This is because Apple has been fined by France for... https://ift.tt/3Bb8kTy

Apple May Increase iPhone 13 Price to Mitigate Rise in Chip-Making Costs

TSMC is hiking chip production cost to account for its 'advance and mature process technologies.' Apple is one of the biggest clients of TSMC, with its orders reportedly accounting for over 20... https://ift.tt/2UNJABd

Samsung Has Revealed It Can Remotely Disable Stolen TV Sets

Samsung recently revealed that it can disable stolen TV sets remotely. The South Korean giant made the announcement after multiple TV sets were stolen from its warehouses in South Africa, which has... https://ift.tt/3Bg1Jao

Researchers say YouTube, which attracts less scrutiny than Facebook or Twitter, is a hard platform to study because video is so difficult to analyze in bulk (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Researchers say YouTube, which attracts less scrutiny than Facebook or Twitter, is a hard platform to study because video is so difficult to analyze in bulk  —  While Facebook and Twitter take the brunt of backlashes over misinformation and ‘censorship,’ the Google-owned video giant has often laid low.

UK government says it will move away from EU's GDPR data protection regulations following Brexit, including possibly ending cookie consent popups (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Alex Hern / The Guardian:
UK government says it will move away from EU's GDPR data protection regulations following Brexit, including possibly ending cookie consent popups  —  Culture secretary says move could lead to an end to irritating cookie popups and consent requests online  —  Britain will attempt to move away …

Copenhagen-based Leapwork, which offers no-code process automation tools for enterprise, raises $62M Series B led by KKR and Salesforce Ventures (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Copenhagen-based Leapwork, which offers no-code process automation tools for enterprise, raises $62M Series B led by KKR and Salesforce Ventures  —  Copenhagen-based process automation platform Leapwork has snagged Denmark's largest ever Series B funding round, announcing a $62 million raise co-led …