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Report: betting companies had access to a UK Department for Education database with records of 28M children, after a third-party gave access without permission (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet)

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: Report: betting companies had access to a UK Department for Education database with records of 28M children, after a third-party gave access without permission  —  Reports suggest a government database was misused for age verification purposes.  —  Betting companies were inappropriately provided access … Report: betting companies had access to a

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FloQast, a startup that sells accounting software, raises $40M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to over $90M (Alex Wilhelm/TechCrunch)

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: FloQast, a startup that sells accounting software, raises $40M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to over $90M  —  This morning FloQast, an LA-area startup, announced that it closed a $40 million Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners. FloQast, a startup that sells accounting software,

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Anchore, which offers automated container security management to clients including US DOD, raises $20M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing total raise to ~$30M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Anchore, which offers automated container security management to clients including US DOD, raises $20M Series A led by SignalFire, bringing total raise to ~$30M  —  Containers — sets of self-contained executables, binary code, libraries, and configuration files — are ubiquitous in cloud computing. Anchore, which offers automated container security management to

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Fossil Gen 5 review: best Wear OS watch yet with clever notification handling, good battery life, but hardware UX is unpredictable and phone can disconnect (Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian)

Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: Fossil Gen 5 review: best Wear OS watch yet with clever notification handling, good battery life, but hardware UX is unpredictable and phone can disconnect  —  A day’s battery, solid performance and watch-first design makes Wear OS a much more attractive option Fossil Gen 5 review: best Wear OS watch

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How adding wireless chips, motion and pressure sensors, displays, and machine learning to products like toothbrushes is changing our oral hygiene habits (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Lauren Goode / Wired: How adding wireless chips, motion and pressure sensors, displays, and machine learning to products like toothbrushes is changing our oral hygiene habits  —  It’s easy to bristle at a $200 AI-powered toothbrush, but not for the reasons you might think.  —  In Las Vegas a couple weeks ago … How adding

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India's smartphone market surpassed the US, becoming the second-largest smartphone market globally, reaching 158M shipments in 2019, up 7% YoY (Anshika Jain/Counterpoint Research)

Anshika Jain / Counterpoint Research: India’s smartphone market surpassed the US, becoming the second-largest smartphone market globally, reaching 158M shipments in 2019, up 7% YoY  —  – realme (255%), Vivo (76%), Asus (67%) and OnePlus (29%) were the fastest-growing smartphone brands on an annual basis. India's smartphone market surpassed the US, becoming the second-largest smartphone

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Mr. Carlson Gets Zapped by Snow

As a Canadian, [Mr. Carlson] knows a thing or two about extreme winter weather. Chances are good, though, that he never thought he’d get zapped with high voltage generated by falling snow. [Mr. Carlson]’s shocking tale began with a quiet evening in his jam-packed lab as a snowstorm raged outside. He heard a rhythmic clicking

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Report: Samsung's upcoming foldable smartphone, possibly called Galaxy Z Flip, to use "Ultra Thin Glass" with a Dynamic AMOLED display underneath (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Report: Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphone, possibly called Galaxy Z Flip, to use “Ultra Thin Glass” with a Dynamic AMOLED display underneath  —  Samsung is preparing to launch its second foldable smartphone next month, and if you can believe it, more leaks are coming out for the device. Report: Samsung's upcoming foldable

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Failed: Air Umbrella

About five years ago, a Kickstarter popped up for the air umbrella. It wasn’t long before the project fell apart and the company made at least some refunds. Old news, we know. But [The Action Lab] recently explored the physics behind the air umbrella and why it wouldn’t be very practical. (Video, embedded below.) Notice

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Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, an SF-based machine learning training data company with a large workforce in East Africa, dies at 37 (Danny Crichton/TechCrunch)

Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, an SF-based machine learning training data company with a large workforce in East Africa, dies at 37  —  The startup community has lost another moral leader today.  —  Leila Janah, a serial entrepreneur who was the CEO and founder … Leila Janah, founder and

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A federal jury in California reduces the damages Apple has to pay Canadian IP licensing company WiLan for infringing on two wireless patents from $145M to $85M (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A federal jury in California reduces the damages Apple has to pay Canadian IP licensing company WiLan for infringing on two wireless patents from $145M to $85M  —  – Federal jury trial was limited to damages after 2018 verdict  — Verdict is latest in decade-long saga over royalties A federal jury in California reduces

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