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    • Germany-based Arculus raises €16M Series A to help manufacturers, from Audi to Siemens, upgrade assembly lines with its "modular production platform" (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Germany-based Arculus raises €16M Series A to help manufacturers, from Audi to Siemens, upgrade assembly lines with its “modular production platform”  —  Arculus, the Ingolstadt, Germany-based startup that has developed a “modular production platform” to bring assembly lines … Germany-based Arculus raises €16M Series A to help manufacturers, from Audi to

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    • The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is conducting a new review into the impact of allowing Huawei telecom equipment to be used in British 5G networks (Mary-Ann Russon/BBC)

    Mary-Ann Russon / BBC: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is conducting a new review into the impact of allowing Huawei telecom equipment to be used in British 5G networks  —  The UK government is conducting a new review into the impact of allowing Huawei telecoms equipment to be used in British 5G networks. The

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    • Sensor Tower: first-time downloads of the top 20 mental wellness apps in the US hit 4M in April, up 29% from Jan.; experts say therapy apps need more oversight (Kira Herzog/CNBC)

    Kira Herzog / CNBC: Sensor Tower: first-time downloads of the top 20 mental wellness apps in the US hit 4M in April, up 29% from Jan.; experts say therapy apps need more oversight  —  – First-time downloads of the top 20 mental wellness apps in the U.S. hit 4 million in April.  That’s up 29

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    • BetterCloud, which helps companies manage their SaaS usage, raises $75M Series F led by Warburg Pincus, bringing its total raised to $187M (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

    Ron Miller / TechCrunch: BetterCloud, which helps companies manage their SaaS usage, raises $75M Series F led by Warburg Pincus, bringing its total raised to $187M  —  BetterCloud gives IT visibility into its SaaS tools providing the means to discover, manage and secure those tools. BetterCloud, which helps companies manage their SaaS usage, raises M

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    Hackaday Links: May 24, 2020

    We’re saddened to learn of the passing of Gershon Kingsley in December 2019 at the age of 97. The composer and electronic music pioneer was not exactly a household name, but the things he did with the Moog synthesizer, especially the surprise hit “Pop Corn”, which he wrote in 1969, are sure to be familiar.

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    • MasterClass, which offers celebrity-taught online classes for a $180 annual subscription, raises $100M Series E, at a reported valuation of $800M (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

    Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: MasterClass, which offers celebrity-taught online classes for a $180 annual subscription, raises $100M Series E, at a reported valuation of $800M  —  MasterClass, a startup that sells celebrity-taught classes to people, has raised $100 million in a Series E round. MasterClass, which offers celebrity-taught online classes for a 0 annual subscription,

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    Finding RF Cable Impedance

    At DC and low frequency, we can pretend wires are perfect conductors. At radio frequencies, though, there are many effects that you need to take into account for wires and cables. One of these is characteristic impedance. If you have a marked cable, you can look it up on the Internet, of course. But what

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    • Israel limits the involvement of its security service in COVID-19 cellphone-tracking to special cases "where epidemiological investigation proves insufficient" (Reuters)

    Reuters: Israel limits the involvement of its security service in COVID-19 cellphone-tracking to special cases “where epidemiological investigation proves insufficient”  —  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli cabinet limited on Sunday the involvement of the Shin Bet security service … Israel limits the involvement of its security service in COVID-19 cellphone-tracking to special cases "where epidemiological

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    • A look at South Korea's Epidemic Investigation Support System which uses cellphone location and credit card data to trace the movements of COVID-19 patients (Reuters)

    Reuters: A look at South Korea’s Epidemic Investigation Support System which uses cellphone location and credit card data to trace the movements of COVID-19 patients  —  SEOUL (Reuters) – When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm … A look at South Korea's

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