Tiger Global in talks to back BharatPe at $2.5 billion valuation – TechCrunch
by Manish Singh | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Indian fintech startup BharatPe is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $250 million in a new financing round led by Tiger Global, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new round, a Series E, is valuing the three-year-old New...
UK’s ICO warns over ‘big data’ surveillance threat of live facial recognition in public – TechCrunch
by Natasha Lomas | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The UK’s chief data protection regulator has warned over reckless and inappropriate use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places. Publishing an opinion today on the use of this biometric surveillance in public — to set out what is dubbed as the “rules...
The trade-off between privacy and user experience – TechCrunch
by Annie Siebert | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Apple’s location devices — called AirTags — have been out for more than a month now. The initial impressions were good, but as we concluded back in April: “It will be interesting to see these play out once AirTags are out getting lost in the wild.” That’s...
Mobility startups can be equitable, accessible and profitable – TechCrunch
by Rebecca Bellan | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Mobility should be a right, but too often it’s a privilege. Can startups provide the technology and the systems necessary to help correct this injustice? Shared micromobility, in particular, offers an opportunity for more equitable and accessible mobility...
Hit game PUBG Mobile returns to India with scores of questions – TechCrunch
by Manish Singh | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Krafton, which filed for an IPO earlier this week, has built a gigantic gaming empire. If the firm is able to raise the target $5 billion from the IPO it will be the largest public offering in its home country, South Korea. The firm has something to celebrate...
Mr. President, Meet the Law
by The Editor | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Courts start to tell Biden he can’t rewrite federal law through executive action. Source link
Transform launches with $24.5M in funding for a tool to query and build metrics out of data troves – TechCrunch
by Ingrid Lunden | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The biggest tech companies have put a lot of time and money into building tools and platforms for their data science teams and those who work with them to glean insights and metrics out of the masses of data that their companies produce: how a company is...
The Pharmacist Who Never Came Home
by The Editor | June 18, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The chockablock old drugstore was the center of his father’s too-short life. That’s what Gary Bender thinks about now. The drugstore, and his family, were what mattered to Alfred Bender. And although Gary never got to say a proper farewell to his dad, the...
How to launch a successful RPA initiative – TechCrunch
by Ram Iyer | June 17, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Kevin Buckley Contributor With more than 25 years of experience as a technical and business consultant, Kevin Buckley helps organizations improve business efficiencies, reduce business costs and improve business outcomes through software automation. Robotic...
Is There a Central Banker in the House?
by The Editor | June 17, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Photo: David Gothard This week’s statement from the Federal Open Market Committee has yielded further insights into who’s running monetary policy in the U.S. It’s not who you think. Immediately after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Wednesday news...
