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    • SmartRecruiters, a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings to offers, raises $50M Series D led by Insight Partners (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

    Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: SmartRecruiters, a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings to offers, raises $50M Series D led by Insight Partners  —  SmartRecruiters, an enterprise-focused recruitment platform designed to help companies find, select, and hire new talent … SmartRecruiters, a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings

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    • Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more (Nick Parker/The Official Microsoft Blog)

    Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog: Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more  —  Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales … Microsoft outlines its vision for

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    • Steelseries’ new keyboard has adjustable switches for gaming and typing

    Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts often don’t need an excuse to buy new keyboards, but for those who do, there really hasn’t been a one-switch-fits-all solution to date. If you’re into competitive gaming, for example, you’ll probably want something like ultra-responsive red switches with low actuation points. But if you need something for longform writing, you’ll likely

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    • San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures (Jenny Anderson/Quartz)

    Jenny Anderson / Quartz: San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures  —  Before Martin Luther King Jr. Day last year, Celeste Law’s eight-year-old daughter told her mother that she didn’t know much about … San Francisco-based Outschool,

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    • Mindsay, which provides a SaaS suite of cross-platform chatbots for hospitality, transport, and e-commerce firms, raises $10M Series A led by White Star Capital (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Mindsay, which provides a SaaS suite of cross-platform chatbots for hospitality, transport, and e-commerce firms, raises $10M Series A led by White Star Capital  —  In the enterprise domain, conversational AI can free up employees from menial and repetitive tasks, catalyzing division-wide boosts in productivity. Mindsay, which provides a SaaS suite

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    • German watchdog accuses CoinBene of unlicensed cryptocurrency trading

    Cryptocurrency trading platform CoinBene has been put under the microscope again following an announcement from one of Germany‘s top financial regulators. The Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) has issued a warning against the cryptocurrency exchange stating that it is operating without a license. What’s more, the BaFin claims CoinBene has been recruiting freelance cryptocurrency traders to

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    • How widespread wireless internet access is changing Africa, where 300M people are expected to connect to the internet for the first time by 2025 (Daniel Van Boom/CNET)

    Daniel Van Boom / CNET: How widespread wireless internet access is changing Africa, where 300M people are expected to connect to the internet for the first time by 2025  —  Anyone can get into Nigeria’s tech scene, says Chibuzor Obiora.  That wasn’t true just a few years ago.  —  A 29-year-old developer … How widespread

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    Etching Aluminium Coins, Just For Fun

    [MakeFailRepeat] was heading to MakerCentral in Birmingham, an event to which many makers were bringing coins to swap and trade. Wanting to get in on the action, he decided to etch some coins of his very own. Etching aluminium is a simple process, readily accessible to the average maker. [MakeFailRepeat] started with an aluminium bar,

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    • Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial (Paul Mozur/New York Times)

    Paul Mozur / New York Times: Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial  —  SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in

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    • Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

    Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple’s former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more  —  Apple Inc.’s former head of App Store approvals said he’s worried about competition between the company and developers … Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker,

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