Author: Tech Support

    • Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts, Google continues to invest in military and police AI tech by funding companies through Gradient Ventures (Lee Fang/The Intercept)

    Lee Fang / The Intercept: Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts, Google continues to invest in military and police AI tech by funding companies through Gradient Ventures  —  Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between … Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts,

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    • Unity announces it is raising $525M from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, others, doubling its valuation to $6B (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

    Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Unity announces it is raising $525M from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, others, doubling its valuation to $6B  —  Unity’s private valuation is climbing but it’s growing unclear whether the company’s leadership is planning to take the 15-year-old gaming powerhouse public anytime soon. Unity announces

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    Deducing Stepper Motor Wiring

    There are a lot of fun projects you can do with stepper motors salvaged from old printers or disk drives. However, it isn’t always clear how to connect to some strange motor with no markings or schematics. [Corvetteguy50] has a video showing his trick for working out the connections easily, and you can see it

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    • Australia's ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of tech giants, offers 23 recommendations including a stronger Privacy Act (NEWS.com.au)

    NEWS.com.au: Australia’s ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of tech giants, offers 23 recommendations including a stronger Privacy Act  —  Tech giants including Google, Facebook will face greater scrutiny after the ACCC handed down its landmark final report today. Australia's ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of

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    • SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute (Pavel Alpeyev/Bloomberg)

    Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute  —  SoftBank Group Corp.’s founder Masayoshi Son launched a second Vision Fund, seeking to extend his reign as the world’s most influential technology investor. SoftBank announces Vision

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    • Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising $400M led by TCV in a deal that would value the company at more than $10B (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising $400M led by TCV in a deal that would value the company at more than $10B  —  TCV expected to lead a $400 million financing in Brazilian financial technology business After SoftBank talks fell through Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising 0M

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    • Long Island Iced Tea Corp's pivot to blockchain in 2017 is being investigated by the FBI for insider trading and securities fraud, according to search warrants (Quartz)

    Quartz: Long Island Iced Tea Corp’s pivot to blockchain in 2017 is being investigated by the FBI for insider trading and securities fraud, according to search warrants  —  Even during the heady days of the epic bitcoin bubble in 2017, Long Island Iced Tea Corp.’s pivot to blockchain was a particularly brash ploy to latch

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