Sound-Based Fire Suppression Startup Raises $15 Million to Expand Testing
Sonic Fire Tech announced it has raised $15 million in funding, led by the O.H.I.O. Fund with participation from Khosla Ventures, following a $3.5 million seed round in October.
» readGerman Regulator Orders Apple to Make App Data Prompts Fairer
Apple has been accused of unfair practices in how it presents data collection prompts to users, according to Germany’s competition authority.
» readHidden tracker in rare book points to Amazon’s destructive AI book scanning, report says
A hidden tracking device placed inside a rare book has provided evidence that Amazon is among the tech firms buying and destroying large lots of rare books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to a report from 404 Media.
» readYouTube changes how it counts video views, starting August 24
YouTube announced a change to its view-counting system, with a view now registered as soon as a video begins playing or a live stream is entered.
» readFeedly’s weeklong slowdown frustrates paying users as company focuses on AI
Paying users of the RSS reader Feedly have reported that its web app has been unusably slow for over a week, with some saying support requests were ignored.
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