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New Orleans declares state of emergency, shuts down its network after a ransomware attack on Friday, says it had found no signs that data was lost in the attack — Collin Arnold, the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, speaks during the press conference …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Researchers claim they used 3D masks and photos to deceive facial recognition systems used by Alipay, WeChat Pay, Schiphol Airport, and train stations in China — Masks and simple photographs are enough to fool some facial recognition technology, highlighting a major shortcoming in what is billed as a more effective security tool.
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| Brian Merchant / Harper's Magazine: |
A look at the rise of murder-for-hire marketplaces on the dark web, the vast majority of which are schemes to pilfer money from gullible users — The dark world of online murder markets — On a sunny July day in 2018, Alexis Stern was sitting behind the wheel of the red Ford Fusion …
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| Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: |
Music streaming subscription prices have remained flat for a decade, amid competition from tech giants like Apple that can operate their music arms at a loss — The price of music streaming has stayed flat for a decade, but not because tech companies are generous
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Q&A with Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins about its new business line - standalone networking chips to win big datacenter clients like Facebook and Microsoft — Cisco is best known for selling routers and switches, but now the networking giant is expanding into the highly-competitive business of selling computer chips.| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Grab says that food and financial services, which have better margins than ride-hailing, now generate more than 50% of its gross merchandise volume — Food and financial services now make up more than 50 per cent of Grab's gross merchandise volume, according to Lim Kell Jay …
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Creator of NUKEMAP, which lets users visualize effects of nuclear explosions, explains why it isn't using Google Maps anymore, citing API stagnation and pricing — When I created the NUKEMAP in 2012, the Google Maps API was amazing.1 It was the best thing in town for creating Javascript mapping mash-ups …
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| Financial Times: |
Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering a slew of financial services, but many are bleeding cash — Rice Basket Queen is the name of a stall run by Ruri Ruhyaty in a bustling suburb of Jakarta. A year ago it was typical of thousands of others.
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Imply, a real-time analytics company, raises $30M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's Late Stage Venture Fund, bringing its total funding to $45.3M — Andreessen Horowitz-backed firm plans to aggressively expand as demand for Apache Druid (incubating) - based solution grows| Michelai Graham / Technical.ly DC: |
Arcadia, an app that can help US consumers lower their electricity bills by connecting their accounts to clean energy options, raises $30M Series C led by G2VP — D.C.-based Arcadia has closed a $30 million Series C funding round. — The renewable energy tech company …
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Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, raises $50M Series C from MUFG Innovation Partners and others to grow in Southeast Asian markets — Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, has closed a new $50 million financing round to fend off its rivals …
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| Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: |
China-based autonomous air taxi company EHang closed at $12.49 in its first day of trading on Thursday, down one cent from its US IPO price after raising $40M — EHang Holdings Ltd., one of several companies seeking to commercialize autonomous taxi aircraft, closed its first day of trading … | Kane Wu / Reuters: |
In China, investors and bankers say SoftBank's involvement, once a sign of promising prospects, is now viewed as a red flag that a company was likely overvalued — HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - For SoftBank Group Inc, financial technology firm OneConnect's IPO should have been a vindication of an aggressive China investing strategy.Sponsor Posts
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