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    • Airbnb confirms it has invested in Indian hotel startup Oyo; an industry source says the investment was between $150M and $200M (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

    Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Airbnb confirms it has invested in Indian hotel startup Oyo; an industry source says the investment was between $150M and $200M  —  Airbnb is continuing to widen its focus beyond ‘unconventional’ hotels as it gets ready for a much-anticipated IPO.  Following its acquisition of HotelTonight last month … Airbnb confirms it

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    • People.cn, an arm of China's "People's Daily" paper, expands its AI-powered content scrubbing business for apps like Toutiao, hiring more human censors (Reuters)

    Reuters: People.cn, an arm of China’s “People’s Daily” paper, expands its AI-powered content scrubbing business for apps like Toutiao, hiring more human censors  —  BEIJING (Reuters) – People.cn, the online unit of China’s influential People’s Daily, is boosting its numbers … People.cn, an arm of China's "People's Daily" paper, expands its AI-powered content scrubbing business

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    One Pin To Rule Them All

    When Maxim acquired Dallas Semiconductor, they took over the popular 1-Wire product line. These are sensors that get power and bidirectional data over the same pin. However, we never liked the name 1-Wire as you really need two wires: one for the power and data and, of course, a ground wire. A new startup company,

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    • Gmail launches email scheduling and brings Smart Compose to all Android phones with subject suggestions and personalized greetings (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

    Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Gmail launches email scheduling and brings Smart Compose to all Android phones with subject suggestions and personalized greetings  —  Despite Google’s long-standing love affair with April Fools’ fakery, fifteen years ago today the internet giant was deadly serious when it launched what would become one of its biggest products: Gmail. Gmail

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    • How Mark Zuckerberg wants governments to regulate content on online platforms

    It looks like Mark Zuckerberg’s now into blogging. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, the Facebook CEO asked governments around the world to consider introducing more transparent rules for moderating content on the internet. Zuck said that the authorities need to upgrade regulations in four key areas: harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data portability.

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    Britain Rejoins The Space Race

    Jubilant crowds at the gates of Downing Street. (Jenny List) In a completely unexpected move, the British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday announced outside Number 10 Downing Street that the UK would resume its space launch programme, 47 years after its cancellation following the launch of the Prospero satellite. She outlined a bold plan with

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    • Profile of Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos, a channel on the walkie-talkie like app Zello, that Venezuelans turn to in search for food, medical supplies, and truth (Emily Dreyfuss/Wired)

    Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: Profile of Venezuela Hasta Los Tuétanos, a channel on the walkie-talkie like app Zello, that Venezuelans turn to in search for food, medical supplies, and truth  —  EVEN WHEN MARIA sleeps, she hears the voices.  —  One at a time, they speak of chaos, hunger, confusion. Profile of Venezuela Hasta Los

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    • DappRadar: only 28% of active dapp users were on Ethereum blockchain as of January, losing major ground to Tron and EOS, which now leads with 40% of dapp users (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

    Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: DappRadar: only 28% of active dapp users were on Ethereum blockchain as of January, losing major ground to Tron and EOS, which now leads with 40% of dapp users  —  – EOS, Tron surpass Ethereum in popularity with many developers  — Some startups are now issuing tokens on competing networks DappRadar:

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