Sunday, September 19, 2021

How to Watch Emmys 2021 in India

Emmys Awards 2021 are set for Sunday. In India, 2021 Emmys air Monday, September 20 from 5:30am IST exclusively streaming on Lionsgate Play. That's the only way to watch Emmys online in India. https://ift.tt/2ZdRzti

Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools (Antonia Timmerman/Rest of World)

Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World:
Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools  —  In a “dystopian nightmare” internet, Ismail Fahmi holds a strange monopoly on debunking false facts.  —  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA



Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market  —  Madrid-based Seedtag has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round.  $35 million of this round arrives via Oakley Capital, a figure that provides the investment firm …



Saturday, September 18, 2021

A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard  —  In January 2019, Kosta Eleftheriou had every reason to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges.



How to Find Lost Apple Products Using Siri

Losing a device can be troublesome, especially if it's a smart device like an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Apple Watch. Apple helps users find their lost devices using multiple methods. Let's... https://ift.tt/3zxZvlL

Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic (Tom Krazit/Protocol)

Tom Krazit / Protocol:
Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic  —  An astonishing amount of the code that runs the world's software spends at least part of its life in GitHub.



Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like "digital redlining" to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups  —  Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit.  He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day.



1 in 2 South Asians concerned about the damage smartphones causes to wellbeing

As the world adjusts to a post-pandemic reality dominated by technology, public concerns about the dangers of over-consumption are gathering pace. According to a major new survey from Saudi-based cultural institute, Ithra, over one in two (56 per cent)are worried about the impact of Internet and smartphone use on their health. https://ift.tt/3tSYkMh

Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees (Nick Clegg/About Facebook)

Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees  —  A lot has been said about Facebook this week.  A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …



Telegram blocks Navalny's Smart Voting chatbot on the second day of voting in Russia's parliamentary election (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Telegram blocks Navalny's Smart Voting chatbot on the second day of voting in Russia's parliamentary election  —  Popular messaging app Telegram has suspended all chat bots used in the Russian elections campaign, in another blow to jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's Smart Voting initiative …



The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies (Brian X. Chen/New York Times)

Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies  —  As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.



Elon Musk Says Next SpaceX Mission Will Have Free Wi-Fi

Elon Musk has said in a tweet that the next space mission aboard a SpaceX vehicle will have a food warmer, but more importantly, free Wi-Fi. https://ift.tt/3nGVcCd

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto's First Statue Unveiled in Budapest

Bitcoin's anonymous creator, who is referred to as Satoshi Nakamoto, is revered around the world, and now a statue dedicated to him has been unveiled in Budapest, Hungary. https://ift.tt/3i3WQKH

Spacetech Startups Get Access to ISRO Facilities, Expertise to Test Rocket Systems

Spacetech startup Agnikul Cosmos has signed an MoU with Department of Space (DoS) for access to ISRO facilities and expertise to test rocket systems. https://ift.tt/3AnMVqm

iQoo Z5 Price in India Leaks, Launch Tipped for September End

Qoo Z5 is tipped to launch in India at the end of this month priced under Rs. 30,000 in India. The phone is confirmed to launch in China on September 23. It is teased to pack a 5,000mAh battery and... https://ift.tt/3zjQBIo

In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US al...