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Happy Wednesday! came I’m enjoying a well-deserved day off, but I’m here to share some news with you. Shall we hold hands and jump at the same time? – Christine
TechCrunch’s Top 3
- Cloudy dayGoogle’s first cloud region in Africa launched in South Africa. Annie And take up This move will “enable the localization of applications and services” and enable businesses to rapidly deploy capabilities – such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.
- Duck, duck, gooseFrench food tech startup Gourmey has taken $48 million in new funding to cook its slaughter-free, lab-grown foie gras. Roman It has more.
- Show a little more, show a little lessFacebook is testing a new feature in Realms that lets users say how much or how often they want to see certain things in their feed. Aisha Reports.
Startups and VCs
Headline included, I enjoyed it. PaulToday’s story is about Whistleblower Software, which took a $3 million seed round to make it easier for employees to report corporate wrongdoing.
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Dear Sophie: Any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship?
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Dear Sophie,
I am currently on an F-1 student visa. I received my bachelor’s degree in computer science in December and am applying for OPT. I want to stay and work in America
Do you have any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship? Anything else I should keep in mind when I start talking to prospective employers?
– Shy student
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Big Tech Inc.
A cyber security incident disrupted business at US hospital chain CommonSpirit Health, taking some of its information technology systems offline. Carly Reports. It is not yet known what incident or what personal information was taken in the process.
Here are five more for you:
- how did we doIt’s been a year since Google pledged $1 billion to support Africa’s digital economy. take up And Annie Do a small performance review.
- M&A action: Spotify bought content moderation technology company Kinzen in this move Sarah Wrote deals with platform security issues.
- We’ll take your sales and grow one for you.Walmart isn’t letting Amazon’s Prime Early Access sales get the best of it, and it’s struggling with its own sales. Aisha Reports.
- This is just the beginning.: A judge has given the social media giant time to dig in after Elon Musk announced he would move forward with the Twitter deal. Many twists and indeed, as Taylor Put it. as well as, Alex Elon weighs in on how expensive Twitter’s acquisition is.
- Fight for your rights: The White House has proposed an AI Bill of Rights that “mandates AI systems to be safe and effective through testing with stakeholders, in addition to continuous monitoring of systems in production.” Kyle He wrote.
