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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

TechCrunch

’s ICO, Canada’s OPC and Hong Kong’s OPCPD, has urged mainstream social media platforms to protect users’ public posts from scraping — warning they face a legal responsibility to do so in most markets. And be used to pump out unwanted direct marketing or spam.

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Indonesian halal-focused social commerce startup Evermos lands $30M Series B

TechCrunch

Evermos is an Indonesian social commerce startup with two goals: to let people earn extra income by opening online stores without spending capital and to help small brands grow into household names. Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Image Credits: Evermos.

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Social robotics company Furhat buys Sphero spin-out company Misty Robotics

TechCrunch

Today, Swedish social robotics company Furhat Robotics is offering the beleaguered startup a gentle landing in what the Swedish company says is an all-cash deal. “Acquisitions in the world of social robotics are very rare. .” “Acquisitions in the world of social robotics are very rare. After raising $11.5

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It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments

CIO

When I talk with business leaders, I often hear metaverse as a marketing focus or an innovation one; usually, it’s not comprehensive and strategically integrated with the business. Look for “VR-chat-esque” social platforms—or the adoption onto existing social platforms—with user communities of notable size.

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Sellscale uses generative AI to create better marketing emails

TechCrunch

Everyone who has email knows what a canned marketing email sounds like (and has probably deleted tons of them). Aakash was in growth engineering at Nextdoor, while Ishan held a position in McKinsey’s Growth, Marketing and Sales Service lines. But badly written emails result in few replies and also make companies look bad.

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Sama taps into $70M to build ‘first end-to-end AI platform’ for training data

TechCrunch

Enter Sama , a company providing high-quality training data that powers AI technology applications. CEO Wendy Gonzalez said the company is developing the first end-to-end AI tool for training data through machine learning. We believe Sama is the market leader in AI and will be the company leading the market in the future,” he said.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

CIO

The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. It all reduces the ability to arrive at a budget settlement that shifts resources into the health and social care space. So you can see how my job has had to react to all of those stimulants.”

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