Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii’s HK IPO application had lapsed after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii’s HK IPO application had lapsed after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration- Chinese AI firm…
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Australian cloud data analytics company Phocas Software raises AU$45M led by Ellerston Capital to accelerate its growth in the US and UK (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:Australian cloud data analytics company Phocas Software raises AU$45M led by Ellerston Capital to accelerate its growth in the US and UKPhocas Software’s cloud data analytics tools…
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Q&A with Lambda School’s Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don’t have one (Antonio Garcia-Martinez/The Pull Request)
Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:Q&A with Lambda School’s Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who…
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Jamf says it is now managing 20M Apple devices for over 47K customers, and added 16M devices in the past five years compared to 4M devices in its first 13 years (Bradley Chambers/9to5Mac)
Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac:Jamf says it is now managing 20M Apple devices for over 47K customers, and added 16M devices in the past five years compared to 4M devices in…
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Internal data shows only 11.3M US households regularly watch NBCU’s Peacock; sources: NBCU has pitched ViacomCBS about bundling their streaming services (The Information)
The Information:Internal data shows only 11.3M US households regularly watch NBCU’s Peacock; sources: NBCU has pitched ViacomCBS about bundling their streaming servicesAs Netflix and Disney cement their leads over an…
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Facebook’s AI model SEER was designed to exclude Instagram images from the EU in its dataset, likely to avoid GDPR violations (Dave Gershgorn/OneZero)
Dave Gershgorn / OneZero:Facebook’s AI model SEER was designed to exclude Instagram images from the EU in its dataset, likely to avoid GDPR violationsThe team purposely excluded Instagram images from…
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Germany to allow institutional funds, which currently manage a total of ~$2.1T, to hold up to 20% of their holdings in Bitcoin and other crypto assets (Stephan Kahl/Bloomberg)
Stephan Kahl / Bloomberg:Germany to allow institutional funds, which currently manage a total of ~$2.1T, to hold up to 20% of their holdings in Bitcoin and other crypto assets- Law…
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Stewart Butterfield says Slack will introduce audio messages and a Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms without an invitation (Owen Thomas/Protocol)
Owen Thomas / Protocol:Stewart Butterfield says Slack will introduce audio messages and a Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms without an invitationSlack CEO Stewart Butterfield said…
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