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FaceApp security concerns: Experts say Russians might own your old photos
Fox News - Christopher Carbone
The viral FaceApp photo filter allows you to digitally age yourself by a few decades, but experts are warning that the app poses several security risks for the millions who use it. The "old age filter,"
Business
Myths and risks in app that gives you peek into older self
Associated Press - BY RACHEL LERMAN, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is a peek into the future worth your privacy in the present? That concern was pushed to the spotlight this week with the resurgence of a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence
Facebook
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plan gets a second round of hate in Congress - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Ben Bain and Robert Schmidt
Facebook Inc. took a beating for a second straight day over its controversial cryptocurrency plans as Democratic lawmakers argued the proposal posed vast privacy and national security risks. At a Wednesday
MOOCs
AWS and Udacity launch DeepRacer machine learning course and scholarship
VentureBeat - Kyle Wiggers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) often describes DeepRacer League, which launched in November 2018 at the tech giant’s AWS re:Invent 2018 conference, as the world’s first autonomous racing league open to everyone.
Startups
VanHack: Matching Brazilian Techies With Talent-Hungry Businesses
Forbes - Angelica Mari
VanHack's clients are often firms that have difficulty in accessing local tech talent pools. Canadian startup VanHack is capitalizing on the increasing number of Brazilian technologists looking for a overseas
Behavior
Lead with These Three Values to Inspire Your Team
Inc Magazine - Lee Colan
Thomas Jefferson said, "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Being an inspiring coach is as much about who you are as it is about what you do. Your is
Technology
Viral App FaceApp Now Owns Access To More Than 150 Million People's Faces And Names
Forbes - John Koetsier
Everyone's seen them: friends posting pictures of themselves now, and years in the future. Viral app FaceApp has been giving people the power to change their facial expressions, looks, and now age for
Tech Industry
PushSend is what all small businesses need for their marketing campaigns
Digital Trends - Jennifer Allen
Gaining the attention of potential customers is a tough endeavor for many small business owners, but it’s crucial if you want to see your business …
Mobile Technology
Elon Musk unveils Neuralink’s plans for brain-reading ‘threads’ and a robot to insert them
The Verge - Elizabeth Lopatto
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the secretive company developing brain-machine interfaces, showed off some of the technology it has been developing to the public for the first time. The goal is to eventually begin
HoloLens
Microsoft wows Inspire crowd with language-translating HoloLens hologram
VentureBeat - Jeremy Horwitz
Microsoft’s on-stage HoloLens demonstrations haven’t always been impressive, but a new one at the company’s Inspire event (via The Verge) is nothing short of amazing. Using a combination of body and voice
Technology
Five major issues raised by Facebook’s Libra hearing before Congress
Quartz - Matthew De Silva
Even though Facebook struggles to control the rampant abuse of its social media platform, the company told Congress it’s prepared to dive headlong into the financial services industry with Libra, a new
Blockchain
How blockchain vendors keep spending billions chasing the wrong problem
TechRepublic - Matt Asay
Blockchain is often a solution in search of a problem, but it doesn't need to stay that way. The biggest clue that blockchain isn't ready for …
Generation Z
IDN Media acquires Indonesian multiplatform esports company
techinasia.com - Putra Muskita
IDN Media, an Indonesian media company that targets millennials and Generation Z, has acquired GGWP.ID, a multiplatform esports company. The terms of …
Profit
With zero funding raised, Tribecar is profitable and growing
techinasia.com - Will Chin
Owning a car is a luxury in Singapore: just ask actor Vin Diesel. During a press tour for the 2013 summer blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, a reporter …
Alibaba Group
Why China's tech giants are focusing on platforms and B2B
techinasia.com - Anthony Oundjian
China’s key tech players tower over the nation’s internet landscape. Giants Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent have a combined market valuation of roughly …
Personality
Personality of things
TechCrunch - Tiffine Wang
Humans are starting to get better acquainted with personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and Bixby. But how would people feel about personalities translating to automobiles, laptops
Startups
Serena Williams, Mark Cuban invest $3 million in Mahmee, a digital support network for new moms
TechCrunch - Sarah Buhr
Tennis superstar and mom to a 22-month-old, Serena Willams has joined Mark Cuban to invest $3 million seed funding in Mahmee, a startup working toward filling the critical care gap in postpartum care.
Startups
Brave Care, backed by Y Combinator, is an urgent care clinic just for kids
TechCrunch - Jordan Crook
Brave Care is an urgent care facility for pediatric care that costs, on average, about 80% less than a pediatric ER visit. Darius Monsef and his co-founder came up with the idea shortly after a fateful
Uber
Daily Crunch: Uber sets diversity goals
TechCrunch - Anthony Ha
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. While Uber
Startups
Why commerce companies are the advertising players to watch in a privacy-centric world
TechCrunch - Justin Choi
The unchecked digital land grab for consumers’ personal data that has been going on for more than a decade is coming to an end, and the dominoes have begun to fall when it comes to the regulation of consumer
Startups
Raisin picks up $28M backing from Goldman Sachs for its savings and investment marketplace
TechCrunch - Steve O'Hear
Raisin, the fintech startup that offers a pan-European marketplace for savings and investment products, has picked up additional funding. Goldman Sachs has invested $28 million (€25m), following the company’s
Startups
India’s budget hotel startup Oyo enters co-working business with $30 million Innov8 acquisition
TechCrunch - Manish Singh
India’s Oyo has expanded its hotel chain business to over 80 countries and entered co-living spaces segment in recent years. The firm, which has raised about $1 billion in the last two quarters from several
Startups
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: TrueUp
TechCrunch - Yvonne Leow
It was the perfect storm when CEO and Founder Liam Reynolds finally decided to start TrueUp, a data-driven growth marketing agency/consultancy based in London. After decades of working for large creative
Apps
Social chat app Capture launches to take a shot at less viral success
TechCrunch - Natasha Lomas
At first glance launching a new social app may seem as sensible a startup idea as plunging headfirst into shark-infested waters. But with even infamous curtain-ripper Facebook now making grand claims a
Startups
What seed-stage dilution tells us about changing investor expectations
TechCrunch - Dale Chang
Round sizes are up. Valuations are up. There are more investors than ever hunting unicorns around the globe. But for all the talk about the abundance of venture funding, there is a lot less being said
Activision Blizzard
Blizzard explains how home and away games will work in the Overwatch League
The Verge - Andrew Webster
For the 2020 season, Blizzard’s Overwatch League is moving to a home-and-away format much like a traditional sports league. However, while we’ve known this was the ultimate aim for the league, it hasn’t
Microsoft
Microsoft's Krysta Svore says people can learn quantum computing now
Business Insider - Rosalie Chan
Right now, the US has a limited talent pool of quantum computing experts. But, as Silicon Valley gears up for what it expects to be a huge revolution in supercomputing, Microsoft has big plans to start
Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement Improves the Most When This Is Delivered
Inc Magazine - Ryan Jenkins
Sixty-six percent of Gen Z say gaming is their main hobby. And recently gaming outpaced cable, more 23-36-year-olds (53 percent) pay for gaming services than who pay for TV (51 percent). Why is gaming
Nvidia
News: Nvidia Uncovers Breakthroughs with Dynamic Focus & Prescription Lenses for Augmented Reality Displays
reality.news - Tommy Palladino
The research team from Nvidia is returning to SIGGRAPH, an annual hotbed of innovation, with two new advancements in augmented reality displays. The …
Business
SEC Commissioner: We need disclosure rules for token offerings
Axios - Kia Kokalitcheva
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce advocated for a safe harbor approach to cryptocurrencies and digital tokens, while speaking on Tuesday at Fortune's …

Niaz Khan

Founder @CitZen.one " Connecting you to the world; One step at a time." Coming soon!