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Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity

Kentik

Today, the United States’ financial and military command systems rely on global submarine cables. Image from TeleGeography TeleGeograpy’s interactive map explores the world’s system of undersea fiber optic cables crossing oceans and following the coast of entire continents. 654 subset of fiber is used for undersea applications.

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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

TechCrunch

Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. Chinese internet giant Tencent led the round, with other investors Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund participating. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals.

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ZirooPay raises $11.4M to scale its mobile POS solutions for retailers across Nigeria

TechCrunch

In Nigeria, POS terminals are used to process card payments at retail locations as well as for agency banking purposes, a branchless banking system where agents act like human ATMs. One of the biggest challenges to the mass adoption of card payments at retail locations is the rate of transaction failures due to poor internet connection.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

TechCrunch

million in grants to assist state governments in reducing barriers to employment with Code for America’s Clear My Record tool, which uses an open source algorithm to review records and produce clearance motions. .” There are over 77,000 people incarcerated in New York across the state and New York City correctional systems.

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Critical Vulnerability Found, Exploited, Patched in Internet Explorer

CTOvision

Microsoft acknowledged a zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer – the default web browser for many computers, laptops, and tablets – in a security advisory released last weekend. Vulnerable Internet Explorers include versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. But patching systems requires actions. By ShannonPerry. Did you patch them?

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Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an ‘OS for the workplace’

TechCrunch

When R-Zero was founded in April 2020, the company primarily focused on developing hospital-grade UVC disinfection systems, or lights that can neutralize certain types of viruses (more on this later). CoWorkr was founded in 2014 and had totaled about $200,000 in seed funding, per Crunchbase. . million in funding at a $256.5

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Book Review: “No Place to Hide”

Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity Canon Book Review: “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” by Glenn Greenwald (Published May 13, 2014). Book Reviewed by: Haider Pasha, CSO Emerging Markets, July 31, 2019. Please write a review and nominate your favorite. . Please do so!