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As I write this Elon Musk has joined Clubhouse for his first-ever in-person session and the boundaries of the app have already been tested. Only 5,000 people are in the room, BUT… the session is being live-streamed from here or here . I am dusting off my creaky live-blogging skillz to cover the session… and will update this post as we go (apologies for appalling typos in the interim). Musk initially talked about going gong to Mars and said it was likely to be a “hard” for the early pioneers, but that it would be a matter of keeping the “candle of civilization alive in the dark”. Asked if he believed in aliens, he said there wasn’t a single piece of conclusive evidence for the existence of aliens, although it’s “quite possible” there is such a thing as Alien tech, at least at a “7/11” level, and a joked that they evidence so far suggests they might be at the “500 Megapixel camera” or “at least iPhone 6 level”. He said his kids were not quite into the idea of going to Mars. Asked

Speaking is one of the hardest parts of learning a new language, especially if you don’t have someone to practice with regularly. ELSA is an app that helps by using speech recognition technology to correct pronunciation. Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. Other participants included returning investors Google’s AI-focused fund Gradient Ventures, SOSV and Monk’s Hill Ventures, along with Endeavor Catalyst and Globant Ventures. The capital will be used to expand ELSA’s operations in Latin America and build a scalable B2B platform, allowing companies and educational organizations to offers the app’s coaching services to employees or students. Founded in 2015, ELSA, which stands for English Language Speech Assistant, now claims more than 13 million users. Its last round of funding was a $7 million Series A announced in 2019. Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI fund, leads $7M

Asus ROG Phone 5 is listed under model number I005DA on TENAA. As per the listing, the smartphone will come powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3arRdRU

Australia has introduced laws that would force internet giant Google and social media heavyweight Facebook Inc to negotiate payments to domestic media outlets whose content links drive traffic to their platforms. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3aeqRlW

"Last year, we witnessed unprecedented business momentum at RBEI in India, in what was a difficult year for us all. This was owing to the phenomenal passion and cohesion of our teams, who were driven to build some of the industry's best technology solutions for our clients," RBEI President and Managing Director Dattatri Salagame told . from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/39wZowS

The company filed a complaint in a Washington district court on Friday against the U.S. Defense and Treasury Departments, seeking to remove the Chinese smartphone maker from an official list of companies with ties to China's military. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3r7Oun3

Ben , a London-based employee benefits and rewards platform, has raised $2.5 million in funding. The seed round is led by Cherry Ventures, and Seedcamp. A number of angel investors with backgrounds in fintech and HR tech also participated. They include Paul Forster (founder of Indeed), Taavet Hinrikus (founder of TransferWise), Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (previously an exec at GoCardless but now a partner at Index Ventures ), Philip Reynolds (VP of Engineering at Workday), and Matt Robinson (founder of Nested). Part fintech, part HR play, Ben has built an employee benefits platform to enable SMEs to offer much more personalised and flexible benefits to employees. The U.K. startup does this via a SaaS for managing benefits, including a benefits marketplace, combined with per-employee debit cards powered by Mastercard. The idea is to give employees more individual choice around which benefits they choose, while making it easy to on-board additional providers. This can be via the marketp

Despite China’s history of stringent media control, an industry of uninstitutionalized, individual publishers has managed to flourish on social media platforms like Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s Toutiao. These self-publishers are called “We Media” in the Chinese internet lexicon, denoting the independent power of citizen journalists and content creators. Meanwhile, self-publishers have always had to tread carefully on what they post or risk being targeted by censors who deem them illegal or inappropriate. The topics they cover are myriad, ranging from fashion and food to politics and current affairs. WeChat, a major destination for self-publishers, hinted last July it had 20 million “public accounts” , platforms for individuals to broadcast content and in businesses’ case, reach customers. In 2020, 360 million users read articles published on WeChat public accounts, WeChat founder Allen Zhang disclosed recently. Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, has long attracted citizen

Access to the internet in Myanmar dropped sharply after the military detained leaders of ruling party National League for Democracy , including Aung San Suu Kyi, and declared a state of emergency. The NLD won a wide majority of parliamentary seats in November’s general election , which the military alleges was the result of election fraud. In a statement on military-owned television, the army said a year-long state of emergency would be declared in Myanmar and power handed to military chief Min Aung Hlaing. According to NetBlocks , a non-governmental organization that monitors digital rights, cybersecurity and internet governance around the world, internet disruptions began around 3AM Monday morning local time, with national connectivity falling to 75% of ordinary levels, and then reaching about 50% around 8AM. Data shows that the cuts affected several network operators, including the state-owned Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) and Telenor. NetBlocks said “preliminary findin

The Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology (MAIT), whose members include Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo, wants the government to address various disabilities that the sector faces including improvement in export infrastructure to support growth under the PLI scheme. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3oyM5jH

Apple has rolled out a new Chrome extension for Windows and Mac users that will allow them to store their passwords in iCloud Keychain. The extension, called iCloud Passwords, is available now in the Chrome Web Store. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3r7Kx1H

Poco M3 will succeed the Poco M2. Similar to its successor, Poco M3 is likely to be a budget-category phone. The company has confirmed that Poco M3 will come in a single RAM model. As announced by the company in a Twitter post, the handset will pack 6GB RAM. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3pFHv4s

Last year in October LG launched its first smartphone with a rotatable screen -- LG Wing in India. The company launched the smartphone at Rs 69,990 and it has now received a price cut of Rs 10,000. You can now buy the LG Wing at Rs 59,990 from Amazon.in and LG.in. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3jgu5tD

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting Union Budget 2021. Here are all the key highlights for the technology sector from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3akmp5j

LG has started rolling out Android 11 update for its last year launched mid-range smartphone -- LG Velvet 5G. The company released the beta build for the update last month and now it has rolled out the stable update of Android 11. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2MlsQx4

Meet Gurtej Sandhu. He’s one of the most prolific inventors in the world. He holds over 1,335 US patents, more than the inventor of the electric bulb, Thomas Alva Edison (1,093 patents). And he was awarded IEEE’s prestigious Andrew S Grove award in 2018 for his contributions to the technology that is used to produce integrated circuits. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3toyLSO

Qualcomm has built a lot of the foundational technology that our wireless, digital world is based on. This dominance has been made possible partly by the extraordinary amount of R&D the company does in India. Its 10,000 employees across centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Noida account for about a quarter of the total Qualcomm workforce. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3r8Zb8X

The Australian Open is on right now. In the pre-quarter stage, there could be as many as 16 matches happening simultaneously. What television viewers get are highlights of each match. If an Indian is playing in one of those matches and you want to watch the full match live, you can’t. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/39FciJr

Google rolled out a new feature that will allow users to use Google Calendar on Google Chrome from your computer even without internet connectivity. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3pDAiBU

There is usually one winner of the quiz whose name will be announced on February 2. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3j2aey6

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3csSaMn

As reported first by TOI, Biyani has called Amazon a dog in the manger, who is going all out to create a ruckus through a concerted and coordinated media campaign. While thanking employees for their strong support, he wrote about the necessity of the deal with Reliance to tide of the crisis that the retail industry was facing due to the pandemic from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/36vb5SH

"In terms of privacy, I think it is one of the top issues of the century," Tim Cook said in an interview from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2YwqPk5

You’ve just landed on the web version of my weekly newsletter, Human Capital. It’s where we look at the recent events of the week pertaining to diversity, equity, inclusion and labor in tech. You can sign up her e to get Human Capital delivered straight to your inbox every Friday at 1 p.m. PT. Let’s jump in. Alpha Global forms to unite Alphabet workers around the world Alpha Global announced its formation earlier this week to unite Alphabet workers around the world, including those from the Alphabet Workers Union in the United States, The Verge reported . Alpha Global, which is affiliated with the UNI Global Union, aims to create a common worker strategy, support fellow workers and more.  “A just Alphabet has wide-ranging implications for our democracies and societies,” Alpha Global said in a statement . “That is why we are joining together to demand fundamental human rights for all workers in Alphabet operations, including the right to form or join a union and the right to bar

South Korea's 5G users stood at 11.85 million as of end-December last year, up over 900,000 from the previous month, according to the data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3corGvr

Hello friends, this is Week in Review. Last week , I dove into the AR maneuverings of Apple and Facebook and what that means for the future of the web. This week, I’m aiming to touch the meme stock phenomenon that dominated American news cycles this week and see if there’s anything worth learning from it, with an eye towards the future web. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get this in your inbox every Saturday morning from the newsletter page , and follow my tweets @lucasmtny . (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images) The big thing This week was whatever you wanted it to be. A rising up of the proletariat. A case of weaponized disinformation. A rally for regulation… or perhaps deregulation of financial markets. Choose your own adventure with the starting point being one flavor of chaos leading into a slightly more populist blend of chaos. At the end of it, a lot of long-time financiers are confused, a lot of internet users are using rent money

The new Netflix film “The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram, who is born to a poor family in the Indian village of Laxmangarh and escapes by using his intelligence and determination, ultimately becoming a successful entrepreneur in Bangalore. The viewers knows this from the start, as Balram (played by Adarsh Gourav) narrates his life story in an email, apparently written to explain his success to China’s visiting head of state. That narration is one of the best things about the movie, providing plenty of black comedy while also allowing Balram to justify his choices in what — by his own admission — is an increasingly disturbing story. As we explain in the latest episode of the Original Content podcast , “The White Tiger” makes a convincing case for the ruthlessness needed to escape from poverty, while also painting a damning portrait of Balram’s employers, the American-educated Ashok (Rajkummar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), whose ostensible warmth and compassion only g

New Zealand unveiled a blueprint Sunday to phase out petrol-powered cars while its dairy industry, a key pillar of the economy, must slash cow numbers under the ambitious plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/39xfHtu

Google has rolled out a new version of its internet browser — Google Chrome — pin the beta channel revealing some of the key features that the search giant will be rolling with Chrome’s next big update, claims a report by Android Police. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3cv1wXN

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The computer is up for sale on eBay and is still in working condition. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3py1Poo

It is a closed beta program and is said to be currently available for Indian users only. The company says it will bring the beta update to other regions as well. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3r3SB3v

All of the accounts, which often post the same content and almost always retweet each other, also saw a drop of thousands of followers after the Financial Times asked both Twitter and Huawei about this. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3pA3M3E

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3j3lXMA

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in the country and provide a framework for the creation of an official digital currency during the current budget session of parliament. In the agenda (PDF) published on the lower house website, the legislation seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India,” but allow “for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology [blockchain] of cryptocurrency and its uses.” The law also seeks to “create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency” that will be issued by the nation’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India, the agenda said. In 2018, an Indian government panel recommended banning all private cryptocurrencies and proposed up to 10 years of jail time for offenders. The panel also suggested the government to explore a digital version of the fiat currency and ways to implement it. At the time, RBI said the move was necessary to curb “ring-fencing” of the coun

An investigation was opened that week focusing on the explosive landing and on SpaceX's refusal to stick to the terms of what the FAA authorized, the Verge said. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2L2wTxz

Speaking at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, he said the COVID-19 situation is a tragedy, but technology is evolving faster due to the pandemic. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2MihR7x

Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC), the collaborative body between Cyberabad police and information technology industry, plans to set up a centre of excellence in cyber security. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3tbBIpG

BlackBerry and other heavily shorted stocks have soared in the past few days as traders organizing on social media platforms such as Reddit took on the hedge funds making bets against them. The stock sales represent one of the first examples of company executives cashing out on the frenzy. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3r4W95D

Consumer electronics brand LG has launched LG ThinQ front loading washing machines in India.The new washing machine features an Artificial Intelligent Direct Drive (AI DD) motor.This allows the machine to not only detect the weight of the fabric, but also senses softness of fabric and chooses optimal motions and modes automatically. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3pEfIle

The existing wireless charging technology isn’t that effective and practical when it comes to functionality. It has been a long due argument that they aren’t truly wireless because the devices are supposed to stay on the top of a wireless charger. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3oFOUzL

Timnit Gebru, who worked as AI ethics researcher was asked to leave after a dispute over a research paper she had co-authored. The sacking of Gebru led to questions over diversity and ethics issues at Google. Recently, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was asked about the matter at the World Economic Forum and he said that Google is a lot more transparent than other companies. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3pycyzg

The RBI has informed the Delhi high court that operations of tech fin firms such as Facebook, Google and Amazon in India's financial sector space are being regulated under the relevant laws and they have been permitted to function only after necessary compliances.​​ A similar stand has been taken by markets regulator Sebi. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3iXZn8m

A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who together receive roughly half of all digital ad dollars in the US and are facing antitrust charges from federal and state authorities. The company, HD Media, owns several papers in the state, including the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington and the Charleston Gazette-Mail. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/3j0nuTO

Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday rejected a complaint against internet major Google with respect to Google Meet, saying that consumers are at freewill to use either Meet or any other app for video conferencing. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/39ufgA3

ViacomCBS Inc's top compliance official, Henry Moniz, is moving to Facebook Inc as the social media platform's first chief compliance officer, as Facebook faces scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/36p7yFG

Ireland’s technology scene has come in leaps and bounds in the last decade, with a growing VC scene, plenty of startups and tech giants attracted by the nation’s favorable tax incentives and talent pool. Google, Facebook, Slack, Microsoft and Dropbox each have a European headquarters sited in Dublin. As the EU’s only remaining English-language speaking hub, Ireland is attracting more diversity in its founders than ever before, plus the tech diaspora is returning to its roots as the ecosystem matures. We surveyed five local VCs to find out if they had any wisdom to share with TechCrunch readers who are considering hiring, investing or founding a company in Ireland this year. VCs in Ireland don’t stray far from home, but there are plenty of great deals to be had there anyway. A small domestic market means Irish startups think internationally from launch, and there are high-quality seed opportunities. Top-tier American VCs like Sequoia are placing bets on Irish companies, sometimes ev