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    • Kurly, the South Korean company behind the premium grocery service Market Kurly, raises $88M Series D (Quynh Nguyen/DealStreetAsia)

    Quynh Nguyen / DealStreetAsia: Kurly, the South Korean company behind the premium grocery service Market Kurly, raises $88M Series D  —  Kurly Inc., the provider of online premium grocery service, Market Kurly, has raised 100 billion won ($88 million) in a Series D funding round led by existing investors including Sequoia Capital China, according to

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    Countdown to the GPS Timepocalypse

    There’s a bug about to hit older GPS hardware that has echos of Y2K. Those old enough to have experienced the transition from the 1990s to the 2000s will no doubt recall the dreaded “Year 2000 Bug” that was supposed to spell the doom of civilization. Thanks to short-sighted software engineering that only recorded two

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    • Cisco's Talos unit finds 74 groups on Facebook, with around 385,000 members in total, whose members buy and sell hacking tools, stolen card info, more (Jaeson Schultz/Talos Blog)

    Jaeson Schultz / Talos Blog: Cisco’s Talos unit finds 74 groups on Facebook, with around 385,000 members in total, whose members buy and sell hacking tools, stolen card info, more  —  This blog was written by Jon Munshaw and Jaeson Schultz.  —  Cisco Talos is continually working to ensure that our threat intelligence … Cisco's

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    • For better or worse, we’re still obsessed with Bitcoin’s price

    Cryptocurrencies are renowned – and often criticized – for their volatility. It’s what makes them both risky and attractive for skeptics and investors. Over the past decade, the mainstream press has largely ignored Bitcoin, generally focusing its coverage on the digital currency‘s association with crime and its sudden price movements. It’s therefore not surprising that

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    • The US has recently started working with OECD to create guidelines for AI and discussed a new law that would protect digital privacy and mesh with the EU's GDPR (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

    Steve Lohr / New York Times: The US has recently started working with OECD to create guidelines for AI and discussed a new law that would protect digital privacy and mesh with the EU’s GDPR  —  Two hallmarks of American economic policy under President Trump are a reflexive aversion for regulation and go-it-alone nationalism. The

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    • EU charges Valve and five game publishers with geo-blocking games, says they prevented cross-border sales in violation of EU antitrust rules (EU Press Room)

    EU Press Room: EU charges Valve and five game publishers with geo-blocking games, says they prevented cross-border sales in violation of EU antitrust rules  —  The European Commission has informed Valve, owner of the “Steam” video game distribution platform, and five videogame publishers … EU charges Valve and five game publishers with geo-blocking games, says

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    • Bitcoin’s creator totally turns 44 today – happy birthday, Satoshi Nakamoto

    Yo, Satoshi Nakamoto. Wherever (and whoever) you are, if you read this (for whatever reason): happy birthday. You deserve a celebration. While we don’t really know much about Nakamoto, Bitcoin‘s pseudonymous creator, they were “thoughtful” enough to leave behind some fun “facts” for us to obsess over, like their supposed “birthday.” Upon creation of their P2P

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    • But Can Your AI Recognize Slugs?

    The common garden slug is a mystery. Observing these creatures as they slowly emerge from their slimy lairs each evening, it’s hard to imagine how much damage they can do. With paradoxical speed, they can mow down row after row of tender seedlings, leaving nothing but misery in their mucusy wake. To combat this slug

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