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Scientists Intrigued by "Star Grinder" Pulverizing Entire Star Systems in Our Galaxy

Futurism

Astronomers suggest there's a giant "star grinder" lurking at the center of the Milky Way, churning up potentially tens of thousands of star systems that are unfortunate enough to get too close.

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Stalker 2 development reportedly moving to Czech Republic

TechSpot

This week, an anonymous source told Czech gaming website Vortex that members of Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World went to Prague to apply for a business license. The studio is currently based in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, which has been under constant attack since Russia invaded the country.

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NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion

TechSpot

Once Norton acquires the Czech antivirus developer, the new firm will be dually headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, USA, and Prague, Czech Republic. NortonLifeLock CEO Vincent Pilette and CFO Natalie Derse will remain CEO and CFO respectively. Avast CEO Ond?ej ek will become president of NortonLifeLock.

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ServiceNow dives deeper into task mining with latest acquisition

TechCrunch

ServiceNow announced this morning that it was acquiring Czech Republic task mining company UltimateSuite, giving the company a new way to capture and understand how work flows through a business.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3’s EKG feature is coming to 31 new countries

The Verge

Samsung says the app was granted a CE marking in December, which means that it complies with applicable regulations in Europe and can be offered in the European Economic Area.

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Resistant AI scores $16.6M for its anti-fraud fintech tools

TechCrunch

To give a taster of the problem it’s tackling, the startup says that assessment of customer data it’s acquired and reviewed indicates: 17% of bank statement that are used for lending applications, “Know Your Customer” regulations and other purposes are tampered with; 11% of U.K.

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Yapily to acquire finAPI in open banking consolidation move

TechCrunch

It offers an API with coverage in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. But the startup isn’t currently active in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Originally from Munich, Germany, the company has been around since 2008 — Schufa acquired a majority stake in finAPI in 2019.