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Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M Series B round – TechCrunch

RoboticsBy Shiv Eswar May 21, 2021

TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that helps farmers get better prices and more customers for their crops, has raised a $65.5 million Series B. The funding was led by MDI Ventures, the investment arm of Telkom Group, one of Indonesia’s largest telecoms, with participation from Add Ventures, BRI Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Intudo Ventures, Openspace Ventures,…

O2 UK, Microsoft ink partnership to test MEC on private 5G network

IoT Building NewsBy Shiv Eswar May 21, 2021

U.K. operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, has announced a new partnership with Microsoft in the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) field, the former said in a release. The carrier said that the proof-of-concept will deploy on-premise MEC capabilities within a private 5G network. Under the terms of the partnership, O2 will provide…

Rakuten and Beyond Next invest $1M seed funding in farm-to-table startup Secai Marche – TechCrunch

Cyber AttacksBy Jessica Venkat May 21, 2021

Farmers and food businesses, like restaurants, deal with the same issue: a fragmented supply chain. Secai Marche wants to streamline agricultural logistics, making fulfillment more cost-efficient and enabling food businesses to bundle products from different farmers into the same order. The company is headquartered in Japan, with operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into…

23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users’ Personal Data

Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat May 21, 2021

Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors. “By not following best-practices when configuring and integrating third-party cloud-services into applications, millions of users’ private data was exposed,” Check Point researchers said in an analysis published today and shared with The…

CMA green lights £31B merger of telecoms giants Virgin and O2

Telecom NewsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani May 21, 2021

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has given the green light to a £31 billion merger of telecoms giants Virgin and O2. Provisional approval of the deal was granted last month but today’s announcement clears the companies to form a combined entity that can better compete against BT/EE after their own £12.5 billion merger in…

We are seeing the return to work ramp up, as employers are looking to bring their workforce back into the office. Combine this with the amount of downsizing from employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic and one question remains: Are we really getting more people, or will technology be replacing some of the tasks since…

Spotify is getting a killer Wear OS upgrade the Apple Watch can’t match

Smart TvsBy Shiv Eswar May 21, 2021

Wear OS smartwatch users will soon get the ability to play Spotify playlists and podcasts offline, direct from their werable. The Apple Watch is till missing this feature. Announced during the Google I/O keynote, the plans mean that Spotify’s 365 million users will finally be able download music straight to their watch, with the ability…

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Aiming for Two Records on Next Flight

DronesBy Shiv Eswar May 21, 2021

NASA’s diminutive Ingenuity Mars helicopter has so far exceeded expectations, handling the red planet’s tough conditions with apparent ease during five separate test flights in the space of a month. The team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is overseeing the current Mars mission, is now preparing to send Ingenuity on its sixth flight…

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