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Vianai, a startup launched by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka that wants to simplify building AI products for the enterprise, raises $50M seed funding (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Vianai, a startup launched by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka that wants to simplify building AI products for the enterprise, raises $50M seed funding  —  You don’t see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early stage startup launched

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UK supermarket Tesco shuts down its parking validation web app after tens of millions of photos of cars with visible license plates were left unsecured online (Gareth Corfield/The Register)

Gareth Corfield / The Register: UK supermarket Tesco shuts down its parking validation web app after tens of millions of photos of cars with visible license plates were left unsecured online  —  Ranger Services goes to ground over unsecured Azure blob  —  Exclusive Tesco has shuttered its parking validation web app … UK supermarket Tesco

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Google updates Chrome with customizable themes on desktop and tab grouping on Android (Babu Mohan/Android Central)

Babu Mohan / Android Central: Google updates Chrome with customizable themes on desktop and tab grouping on Android  —  Google says some more improvements are coming to Chrome later in the fall.  —  What you need to know  — Google is introducing new features to its Chrome browser for both desktop and Android users. Google

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Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador (Twitter)

Twitter: Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador  —  In October 2018, we disclosed the first comprehensive archive of state-backed information operations on Twitter. Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain,

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Ripple Labs wants the US to forget it’s being sued for selling Ripple (XRP) illegally

Ripple Labs, the company behind the Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency, has formally requested a US federal court dismiss a class action lawsuit that alleges it illegally sold unregistered securities, Fortune reports. A number of investors are claiming to have lost money after Ripple Labs convinced them to buy its Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency. The group has demanded

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Tinder’s Choose Your Own Adventure-style series will pair matches based on their choices

Tinder is launching Swipe Night, a weekly Choose Your Own Adventure-style experience that’ll match users based on the choices they make. The first episode of the “interactive, apocalyptic adventure” will debut on October 6th, and new episodes will run every Sunday in October. During each five-minute vertical video episode, viewers will get seven seconds to

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