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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.06.2025 Toyota's Woven City is open for business and looking for startups | TechCrunch. Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock full of startups and technology. His message: Woven

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#computerweekly.com. #Jan.06.2025 How Toyota is transforming its digital employee experience | Computer Weekly. The traditional way of handling IT issues through help desk tickets generally delivers an unsatisfactory user experience – something Toyota is looking to rectify in its business this year.

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.06.2025 Kirin offers a taste of its electric salt spoon at CES 2025 | TechCrunch. On the first night of CES 2025, Kirin Holdings, a Japanese company known for its beer and beverages, showed off its new electronic spoon that makes your

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.06.2025 This tiny robot cat will blow on your coffee to cool it off | TechCrunch. Yukai Engineering’s parade of weird animal robots at CES 2025 continues with Nékojita FuFu. The little cat mounts to the side of a mug or bowl, blowing

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.06.2025 Timekettle’s new earbuds offer real-time translation on calls | TechCrunch. Timekettle unveiled its latest earbuds, the W4 Pro, this week at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. The product aims to up the ante on the startup’s focus by bringing

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.04.2025 Asian American woman sues PayPal for racial bias in investment program. Nisha Desai is part of growing conservative push to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in corporate US

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#wired.com. #Jan.04.2025 Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement. Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more.

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#computerweekly.com. #Jan.03.2025 US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025 | Computer Weekly. A cyber incident at the US Department of the Treasury - blamed on a Chinese state actor - raises fresh warnings about supply chain risk after it was found to have originated via vulnerabilities in a re

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.03.2025 Smuggled Starlink devices allegedly used to defy India’s internet shutdowns. Civilian and armed groups in conflict-ridden state of Manipur using SpaceX’s satellite internet, sources say

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.03.2025 Hindustan Unilever in talks to acquire Peak XV-backed Minimalist for up to $350M | TechCrunch. Consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever is in advanced talks to acquire 4-year-old direct-to-consumer startup Minimalist for up to $350 million, according

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.02.2025 Halal tech: how Muslim-friendly websites and apps blossomed in 2024. With firms such as Makani and Boycat, founders answer a growing demand: help their users support Palestinians

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#economist.com. #Dec.31.2024 China is catching up with America in quantum technology. But its state-heavy innovation model comes with risks

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.31.2024 Gupshup investor cuts value of its stake again, implying new valuation of $486M | TechCrunch. Asset management firm Fidelity slashed the estimated worth of its stake in business messaging platform Gupshup by another 7.7% last month, lowering the

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#wired.com. #Dec.31.2024 US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China. Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts could prove to be more significant as new details emerge.

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.30.2024 Nvidia completes acquisition of AI infrastructure startup Run:ai | TechCrunch. Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup that helps manage and optimize AI hardware infrastructure.

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 The Worst Hacks of 2024. From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 Temu’s Takeover Is Now Complete. Despite the arrival of new competitors and growing political tensions between the US and China, the ecommerce juggernaut Temu proved in 2024 it’s here to stay.

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#wired.com. #Dec.23.2024 How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank. One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”

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#theguardian.com. #Dec.20.2024 ‘We are not a retro company’: Sega prepares to go back to the future. In the 90s, Sega was as a rock’n’roll breath of fresh air in a Nintendo-dominated world – and America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi wants to shake things up once again

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.18.2024 YouTube says it will start cracking down on videos with clickbait titles in India | TechCrunch. A lot of YouTube videos have flashy, misleading titles and thumbnails, such as "BREAKING NEWS" or "The president steps down," to bait the user into

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#wired.com. #Dec.14.2024 Microsoft’s AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers. Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers to patch a vulnerability amid live attacks, and more.

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.12.2024 SolarSquare secures India's largest solar venture investment | TechCrunch. SolarSquare has raised $40 million in a round led by Lightspeed in what is the largest venture round in India's solar sector. The Mumbai-based startup was SolarSquare has raised $40 million in what is

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