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Instagram feeds start displaying Amber Alerts today

TechSpot

Amber Alerts will start appearing in US Instagram feeds today.

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Google News will allow free access to paywalled articles from news sites

The Verge

Publications in other countries, including Argentina, Canada, France, UK, and Australia, have since signed on. These selections will appear in user’s For You feeds, as well as a newly dedicated area within the Newsstand on Google News. News Showcase went live in October in Brazil and Germany. Image: Google. A News Showcase panel.

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Newtopia closes first fund of $50M to invest in LatAm startups

TechCrunch

The group has already invested in startups in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, including Aleph (B2B SaaS for e-commerce), Apperto (social commerce), Choiz (healthtech), Exactly (DeFi), Elevva (e-commerce brands), Inipay (fintech), Leef (sustainability), Wibson (e-privacy) and Yerbo (wellness).

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Here’s Anker’s apology after 712 Eufy customers had camera feeds exposed to strangers

The Verge

The statement explains that it happened during a software update, but the company claims it only affected a small number of users: just 712 people across the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, New Zealand, Australia, and Argentina. In a statement to The Verge , Eufy confirmed that “users were able to access video feeds from other users’ cameras.”

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5 investors explain why Latin America is poised to weather the crypto winter

TechCrunch

Indeed, Argentina is a good example of a country where alternatives to fiat currency are looking more attractive, as buying U.S. But after Argentina’s economy minister abruptly resigned earlier this month, the informal “blue dollar” exchange rate reached a record 273 Argentine pesos for 1 dollar.

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

sgEngage

Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# Users will be able to follow nonprofits to receive updates in their news feed and will be able to support those organizations in a variety of ways. In the very early days of the website they had visitors answer a series of questions about interests, skills, and cause activities.

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SupPlant is an Internet of Trees solution dramatically reducing irrigation needs for thirsty crops

TechCrunch

Each of the sensors feeds data into an algorithm, which also takes into consideration weather patterns, weather forecasts, soil information and other proprietary data, to give advice about how to water crops strategically over the next 10-14 days. The solution uses five different sensors — deep soil, shallow soil, trunk, leaf and fruit.

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