Author: uzair
uzair
Uzair is a features writer at Cafeer.de. He is a graduate of Emerson College and recently completed the MFA in writing.
Facebook’s AI model SEER was designed to exclude Instagram images from the EU in its dataset, likely to avoid GDPR violations — The team purposely excluded Instagram images from the European Union, likely because of GDPR — OneZero’s General Intelligence is a roundup …
Roku says it now has 51.2M active user accounts, up by about 14M in 2020, and users streamed 58.7B hours in 2020 — Today, we shared a significant milestone for Roku and the industry. We announced preliminary estimated data for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 2020, of 51.2 million active accounts …
At Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to execute an RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix — Two Dutch white-hat security specialists entered the annual computer hacking contest Pwn2Own, managed to find a Remote Code Execution …
Spanish delivery app Glovo raises $121M from Swiss real estate firm Stoneweg to build out delivery-only convenience stores for sub-30 minute delivery times — – Stoneweg will build, refurbish property to help Glovo expand — Glovo’s orders for convenience items have surged 300%
Israel’s Cynet, which provides AI-powered endpoint security and response to stop cyberattacks, raises $40M Series C to help it expand in N. America and Europe — Autonomous breach protection startup Cynet Security Ltd. announced today it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand …
A Washington, DC federal judge has blocked the DOD from restricting US investments in Xiaomi; restrictions were scheduled to go into effect next week — A federal judge in Washington blocked the Defense Department from restricting U.S. investment in the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi Corp.
New York’s MTA, LA’s Metro, London’s TfL, and other transit agencies are using digital navigation and live service apps to boost ridership — Price and speed are no longer the only battlegrounds for public and private transit, as organizations like New York’s MTA and L.A. Metro compete on user experience
Bangalore-based Zetwerk, which operates a B2B marketplace for manufacturing items, raises $120M Series D led by Greenoaks Capital and Lightspeed — When you want to buy a refrigerator or a television, you can walk to the nearby electronics store or visit an e-commerce website like Amazon.
Records show Facebook donated $50K to a GOP group in Feb. via direct corporate contribution; FB said in Jan. it would suspend donations from its PAC for Q1 — On January 11, Facebook announced that “following last week’s awful violence” it was suspending donations from its political committee …
Q&A with Unity CFO Kim Jabal, about the impact from Apple’s upcoming IDFA changes, the tug of war between targeted ads and privacy, competition with Epic, more — Unity Technologies recently reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31.