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FBI nabs Nigerian business scammer who allegedly cost victims millions(arstechnica.com)
2 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|0 comments
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Sydney now runs on 100% renewable energy(electrek.co)
23 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|2 comments
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
This was long overdue. Palantir has always been a darling of the valley. I often wonder how much of Palantir is actually owned by DoD and if that information would be made public after they IPO. Edit: Looks like In-Q-Tel, the investment arm
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San Francisco most intensely gentrified city in new rankings(ncrc.org)
47 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|108 comments
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Looks like a 10% premium on their last valuation of $2.4B. [1] [1] https://news.crunchbase.com/news/postmates-raises-225m-more-...
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WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine treatment arms for Covid-19(who.int)
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Scuba diver accidentally discovers prehistoric industrial complex in Mexico(nationalpost.com)
249 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|85 comments
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How can airborne transmission of Covid-19 indoors be minimised?(sciencedirect.com)
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Wow sitting at an outdoor dining table and just opened the link, looked like staring at an actual newspaper! Good work.
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Since they are serving about 250 requests per second, Lambdas might end up being more expensive, factor in an expensive DynamoDB and that monthly AWS bill looks scary.
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Slack Connect(theverge.com)
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When the world came to San Francisco to create the United Nations(sfchronicle.com)
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
The pandemic has accelerated the use of no-touch surfaces specially at places like an airport that are more inclined to now use a face recognition security kiosk. What's not clear is the vetting process for these (albeit controversial)
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Brazil suspends WhatsApp Pay a week after rollout(techcrunch.com)
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
It'll be interesting to see what instruments Square might actually use to "increase cash on hand by 290 percent", increasing withholding revenue doesn't seem to be enough. Debt financing following the likes of Uber and A
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Shopify clearly announced its intentions when it went ahead with Google Cloud couple years back and the bets placed are lining up pretty nicely with recent partnerships with Facebook and now Walmart. Although it also begs the question if Wa
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As Tech Firms Rethink San Francisco, Silicon Valley Stands to Gain(wsj.com)
2 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|0 comments
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Would love to see if T-Mobile publishes an RCA later. There seems to be so many conflicting reports speculating about a DDoS attack such as this https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2020/06/15/t
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WhatsApp launches digital payments in Brazil after beta testing in India(theverge.com)
1 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|0 comments
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Apple's shift to ARM Mac from Intel at WWDC will define a decade of computing(appleinsider.com)
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Instacart raises new funding, now valued at nearly $14B(cnbc.com)
1 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Why did Amazon buy Alexa?
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Thailand seafood fraudsters sentenced to 1,446 years in jail(bbc.com)
1 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|0 comments
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California regulators say Uber, Lyft drivers are employees(sfchronicle.com)
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Someone won the $410M Mega Millions jackpot. Here's the tax bill(cnbc.com)
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Rings a bell from when the EU decided to slap a fine on GOOG for swaying away consumer traffic in favor of its own shopping platform.[1] But that was for-profit claims and authorities were swift in action whereas this case would be extremel
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by aritraghosh007 6y ago
Somewhat true. The dollar's place as the world currency today stems from not just its stability and negligible political volatility but also the key role the US plays in keeping the world trade (most importantly oil) efficient with its
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Rethinking the Hospital for the Next Pandemic(wsj.com)
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Lidar helps uncover an ancient Mayan structure(techcrunch.com)
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New ransomware is targeting Windows and Linux PCs with a 'unique' attack(zdnet.com)
5 points by aritraghosh007 6y ago|4 comments

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