Monthly Archives: January 2024

French regulator fines Amazon $35 million over its surveillance system of warehouse workers

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

France’s data privacy watchdog, the CNIL, has fined Amazon’s logistics subsidiary in France €32 million, or $35 million at today’s exchange rate. The CNIL says that Amazon France Logistique has implemented a “surveillance system” that is “overly intrusive.” In particular, … Continue reading →

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Amazon fined for ‘excessive’ surveillance of workers

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

The online retail giant was found to be keeping detailed data on employee working patterns.

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Sequoia backs Coana to help companies prioritise vulnerabilities using ‘code aware’ software analysi

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) juggernaut Sequoia is backing a fledgling Danish startup to build a next-gen software composition analysis (SCA) tool, one that promises to help companies filter through the noise and identify vulnerabilities that are a genuine threat. … Continue reading →

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Founders of Wise and Skype raise $436 million to build tech giants in Europe

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Plural, a venture firm set up by the founders of Wise, Skype and Songkick, raised 400 million euros ($436.4 million) for a new fund.

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A Lifetime of Stock Screening and Investing Education is Now 92% Off

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

A solid introduction to trading created specifically for beginners, plus an expert screening tool to reduce risk, is the best way to enter the stock market. Now on sale for $149.97 through 1/28.

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Open source vector database startup Qdrant raises $28M

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Qdrant, the company behind the eponymous open source vector database, has raised $28 million in a Series A round of funding led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2021, Berlin-based Qdrant is seeking to capitalize on the burgeoning AI revolution, targeting … Continue reading →

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India’s Zee Entertainment dives 31% after Sony calls off mega merger

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Shares of India’s Zee Entertainment fell 31% on Tuesday after a division of Japanese tech giant Sony scrapped plans for a merger.

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Byju’s seeks new funding at less than $2 billion valuation, a 90% drop

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, is willing to cut its valuation to below $2 billion as it hunts for new funding, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, once India’s most valuable, is looking to … Continue reading →

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Telegram is rolling out ‘view-once’ voice and video messages

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Telegram is rolling out a bunch of upgrades as part of its January feature drop including “view-once” video and audio messages, the ability to pause recording while sending a video or an audio message, and new read-time controls. The app … Continue reading →

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Germany’s Instagrid, which uses software to supercharge portable batteries, raises $95M

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Techme101

Energy supply is one of the bigger issues impacting how technology will evolve over time — a challenge that might be feel closer to home when you consider the batteries of objects like mobile phones or electric vehicles but is … Continue reading →

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