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Saturday, 28 November 2020

Sequoia-backed Seekify to merge with skilling platform SafeJob

The company claims to have 2-3 lakh registered users so far, of which around 50,000 have been trained and about 3,000-5,000 people have been placed.

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Agritech startup Farmkart to raise Rs 90 crore financing for pan-India expansion

Farmkart's tech solutions are designed for non-tech savvy farmers providing them with fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides, seeds, farm equipment, among others at their doorsteps with no delivery cost.

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Techies across the country nudged to work with government on societal problems

Under the programme — called Indian Administrative Fellowship (IAF) — technologists would be trained by bureaucrats and mentored by people such as Nilekani, and RedBus founder and former CIO of the Telangana government, Phaninder Sharma.

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Bitcoin extends decline after biggest slump since pandemic hit

Crypto believers tout a broadening investor base and the search for a hedge against dollar weakness as reasons for a durable boom. Critics point to a history of big swings, including a spectacular boom and bust three years ago.

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Friday, 27 November 2020

Facebook’s AI mistakenly bans ads for struggling businesses

Facebook has been automating content moderation for years, a transition it highlights in a quarterly report detailing how much content the company removes.

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Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software in two weeks

In October, Tesla released a beta, or test version, of what it calls a "Full Self Driving" software upgrade to an undisclosed number of "expert, careful" drivers.

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Pushed by pandemic, Amazon goes on a hiring spree without equal

The hiring has taken place at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, at its hundreds of warehouses in rural communities and suburbs, and in countries such as India and Italy.

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