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Experts say Yandex, Russia's most-used search engine, is lagging behind Google and Bing in implementing controls to cut down on images of child sexual abuse (David Z. Morris/Fortune)
on January 20, 2020 at 12:25
David Z. Morris / Fortune:Experts say Yandex, Russia's most-used search engine, is lagging behind Google and Bing in implementing controls to cut down on images of child sexual abuse — Experts say the spread of images of child sexual exploitation online has reached unprecedented levels, calling the situation a major social crisis. […]
Sweden-based Tink, which offers open banking APIs, raises €90M co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital, and Insight Partners at a post-money valuation of €415M (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)
on January 20, 2020 at 11:00
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:Sweden-based Tink, which offers open banking APIs, raises €90M co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital, and Insight Partners at a post-money valuation of €415M — Tink, the European open banking platform, is disclosing €90 million in new funding, just 11 months […]
Samsung appoints Taemoon Roh the head of its smartphone division, who will take over from Koh Dong-Jin, to run the world's largest mobile devices business (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)
on January 20, 2020 at 10:10
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:Samsung appoints Taemoon Roh the head of its smartphone division, who will take over from Koh Dong-Jin, to run the world's largest mobile devices business — - Taemoon Roh will now steer the world's biggest mobile name — Samsung seeks to take the lead in 5G and foldables this year […]
eSSENTIAL Accessibility, an "Accessibility-as-a-Service" platform helping sites and apps be compliant with legal accessibility requirements, raises $16M (FinSMEs)
on January 20, 2020 at 09:15
FinSMEs:eSSENTIAL Accessibility, an “Accessibility-as-a-Service” platform helping sites and apps be compliant with legal accessibility requirements, raises $16M — eSSENTIAL Accessibility, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of web accessibility-as-a-service, closed a $16m funding round. […]
AR startup Mojo Vision shows off the first prototype of Mojo Lens, its contact lenses that display text, have an eye-controlled interface, and work in the dark (Scott Stein/CNET)
on January 20, 2020 at 07:15
Scott Stein / CNET:AR startup Mojo Vision shows off the first prototype of Mojo Lens, its contact lenses that display text, have an eye-controlled interface, and work in the dark — Mojo Vision's smart contacts put text in my eye and let me see in the dark. They're aiming for even more than that. […]