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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round

TechCrunch

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts. An example of Komunidad dashboards, created for a project in Mandaluyong City, the Philippines. Komunidad also enables its customers to build their own alert systems.

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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Saleforce Nonprofit

Despite the need to address this gap, PhotoDNA and related tools are currently facing attacks from both tech sector policies (like expanded adoption of end-to-end encryption ) and government regulation (such as the European Union’s ePrivacy Directive ).

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Indonesian government wary of Temu’s entry, citing threats to local sellers

TechNode

Indonesias trade officials said Temus business model conflicts with local government regulations, which require a distributor or intermediary to be present in the product’s journey from factory to consumer.

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Brick closes $8.5M seed to enable open finance across Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Brick wants to simplify the process with a suite of APIs that connects financial apps to “hyper-local” sources of data, including banks, mobile wallets and telecoms. The Philippines was chosen as one of Brick’s next markets because of “the development in open banking,” Tan said.

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Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

TechCrunch

At present, it’s currently focused on Nigeria, Philippines, Haiti and Cambodia, with a renewal bent designed to reduce emissions as it brings more populations online. The company has also been actively working with local governments to help accelerate the adoption of its technologies. “In

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An open letter to tech workers about careers in public service

TechCrunch

I was able to support the drafting of Presidential Policy Directive-41 that outlines how the federal government organizes itself during a significant cyber incident. The federal government has a unique role in cybersecurity and IT, which creates distinctive career opportunities for people with your technology skill set.

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Apple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China

The Verge

Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines. The previous year, Apple removed several major VPN apps from its App Store in China in response to local regulations requiring VPN providers to have a government license.

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