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    • Sony Xperia 1 review: the 6.5" 21:9 4K screen is big enough for content and narrow enough to hold comfortably but is too dim, and the phone is too expensive (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

    Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Sony Xperia 1 review: the 6.5″ 21:9 4K screen is big enough for content and narrow enough to hold comfortably but is too dim, and the phone is too expensive  —  Sony’s best phone yet still isn’t worth the price  —  You can immediately see what Sony is going for

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    • ICE and the FBI are using facial recognition on driver’s license databases around the US

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are widely using facial recognition tools on state driver’s license databases around the country, according to newly released documents. Searches even for low-level crimes In documents from multiple states released today, Georgetown Law reveals how officials regularly turn to local DMVs for facial recognition searches.

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    • 15Five, which builds software and services to facilitate employee self-evaluations, raises $30.7M Series B, bringing its total raised to $42.6M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: 15Five, which builds software and services to facilitate employee self-evaluations, raises $30.7M Series B, bringing its total raised to $42.6M  —  Technology has been used to improve many of the processes that we use to get work done.  But today, a startup has raised funding to build tech to improve us,

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    Haiku review: Cowboy e-bike

    {$inline_image}Welcome to Haiku Review, a feature where we review gear and gadgets using the Japanese poetry form. The Cowboy is a Belgian electric bike. Here’s a haiku about it:   Panther-lithe, sexy Too. Pedal power slick, but no mudguards? “Wet ass.”   Read the full review here.For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews,

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    • Berlin and Barcelona-based Wind Mobility, which offers e-scooter rentals in Europe, Israel, and Asia, raises $50M Series A from existing investors (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Berlin and Barcelona-based Wind Mobility, which offers e-scooter rentals in Europe, Israel, and Asia, raises $50M Series A from existing investors  —  Wind Mobility, the Berlin and Barcelona-based micro-mobility startup that operates e-scooter rentals in Europe, Israel and Asia, is disclosing $50 million in Series A funding. Berlin and Barcelona-based Wind

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    • UK's ICO fines British Airways a record £183M fine for the data breach in 2018 that affected ~500K customers (BBC)

    BBC: UK’s ICO fines British Airways a record £183M fine for the data breach in 2018 that affected ~500K customers  —  British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems.  —  The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” … UK's ICO fines British

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    • UK-based Soldo, which offers multi-user spending accounts for businesses, raises $61M Series B led by Battery Ventures and Dawn Capital (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: UK-based Soldo, which offers multi-user spending accounts for businesses, raises $61M Series B led by Battery Ventures and Dawn Capital  —  Soldo, the U.K. fintech that offers a multi-user spending account for businesses, has closed $61 million in Series B funding. UK-based Soldo, which offers multi-user spending accounts for businesses, raises

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