Meta develops AI to bring children's drawings to life

Meta (formerly Facebook) researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can identify and automatically animate the human-like figures in children's drawings with a high success rate, and without any human guidance. https://ift.tt/3GYFybR

A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content (BBC)

BBC:
A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content  —  Google and Meta face the threat of multi-million-dollar fines for failing to delete content that the Russian government considers illegal …

Technology can play key role in taking education to last mile: VP Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu said there is a need for a value-based transformation in the education system, as envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. https://ift.tt/3p6M6yK

Sources: China is expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private Chinese tech companies to include firms possessing large amounts of key data (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: China is expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private Chinese tech companies to include firms possessing large amounts of key data  —  The Chinese government has been expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private companies beyond those specialising …

Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, over which it is being sued by Apple, raises a $25M Series A from Cisco Investments and others (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, over which it is being sued by Apple, raises a $25M Series A from Cisco Investments and others  —  None of the funds from Paladin Capital and Cisco Investments will be going on Corellium's copyright fight with Apple, as the startup looks to expand.

TikTok to tweak its algorithm to avoid problematic content

Short video platform TikTok has announced that it is changing 'For You Page' algorithm to "avoid showing users too much of the same content". https://ift.tt/32eRrLm

Microsoft is moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app, heralding the end of the Control Panel (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app, heralding the end of the Control Panel  —  One more step to simplifying Windows  —  Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11.

Alien: Isolation comes to Android and iOS

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Microsoft's Bing suspends auto suggest function in China at government's behest

Microsoft Corp's Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said it has been required by a "relevant government agency" to suspend its auto suggest function in China for 30 days. https://ift.tt/33Hy8vj

A look at Germany's "Silicon Saxony", which accounts for one in three chips made in Europe, as the EU aims to double its global chip market share to 20% by 2030 (Joe Miller/Financial Times)

Joe Miller / Financial Times:
A look at Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, which accounts for one in three chips made in Europe, as the EU aims to double its global chip market share to 20% by 2030  —  Cluster that began in communist East Germany now seen as strategic asset amid supply chain crisis

Global IT firm Veeam appoints Anand Eswaran as CEO

Global data management solutions provider Veeam Software on Friday said it has appointed Anand Eswaran as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the company's Board of Directors. https://ift.tt/3IXLbc8

Credit card users spent Rs 39,000 crore on digital payments in 2021: Report

As the adoption of digital payments and wallets grow significantly, credit card users spent more than Rs 39,000 crore on wallets and digital payments, including Rs 7,850 crore on travel alone in 2021, a new report revealed on Friday. https://ift.tt/3q7dwE2

Stocktwits, a social network used by traders and investors, raises $30M, source says at a $210M valuation, led by Alameda Research and says it has 1M MAUs (Gillian Tan/Bloomberg)

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Stocktwits, a social network used by traders and investors, raises $30M, source says at a $210M valuation, led by Alameda Research and says it has 1M MAUs  —  Stocktwits, a social-media platform used by day traders and other retail investors, raised $30 million in a funding round led by Alameda Research Ventures.

German startup financing service Re:cap, which helps convert ARR into non-dilutive investment, raises a $111.5M seed (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
German startup financing service Re:cap, which helps convert ARR into non-dilutive investment, raises a $111.5M seed  —  Re:cap, a non-dilutive funding platform in a similar vein to Pipe.com and Capchase but based in Europe, has closed a Seed financing round of $111.5 million …

Mediatek has some 'good news' for gadget buyers

Taiwan chip designer MediaTek Inc said that its supply for next year is largely in hand, amid a global chip shortage that has disrupted production for car makers and consumer electronics suppliers. https://ift.tt/3p08oCt