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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

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Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

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In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. ” Badamosi, who returned to Nigeria from the UK in 2015, worked as the general manager for Starta Africa, an online community for African tech entrepreneurs.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 10 July 2015

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The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): World Wide Technology Named Federal Partner of the Year and Software. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Wide Technology, Inc. WWT) today announced that it has received the Federal Partner.

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Lilt raises $55M to bolster its business-focused AI translation platform

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San Francisco, Calfornia-based Lilt was co-founded by Green and John DeNero in 2015. ” Using Lilt’s platform, customers can assign translators and reviewers, track due dates and keep tabs on ongoing translation job progress. We are in three regions — the U.S., ” AI-powered translations. A robust market.

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Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature

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Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. Founded in 2015, Houseparty offered a way for users to participate in group video chats with friends and even play games, like Uno, trivia, Heads Up and others.

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