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Google’s location tracking finally under formal probe in Europe
Google’s lead data regulator in Europe has finally opened a formal investigation into the tech giant’s processing of location data…
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Hinge Health, the digital solution for chronic back and joint pain, closes $90M Series C
Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions — such as…
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UK Council websites are letting citizens be profiled for ads, study shows
On the same day that a data ethics advisor to the UK government has urged action to regulate online targeting a…
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Nomagic, a startup out of Poland, picks up $8.6M for its pick-and-place warehouse robots
Factories and warehouses have been two of the biggest markets for robots in the last several years, with machines taking…
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Azimo, the money transfer service, secures €20M debt finance from the European Investment Bank
Azimo, the money transfer service that is HQ’d in London but has the majority of its staff based in based…
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Teller raises $4M to take on Plaid in the U.S. by providing API access to bank accounts
“They’re idiots, they’re really naive,” is how Stevie Graham, the co-founder of fintech Teller, once described Open Banking Limited, the…
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N26 reaches 5 million customers including 250,000 in the US
Challenger bank N26 has reached 5 million customers. In 2019 alone, N26 managed to add over 2.5 million customers. And…
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London’s Met Police switches on live facial recognition, flying in face of human rights concerns
While EU lawmakers are mulling a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition to safeguard individuals’ rights, as part…
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Dfinity launches an open source platform aimed at the social networking giants
When Dfinity raised $102 million in funding in 2018 at a $2 billion valuation in a round jointly led by…
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Launches from SpaceX, Boeing and the ESA
Typically, the holiday season is a slow one in the tech industry — but space tech is different, and this…
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