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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

and ship the images and recognized text to Laos (and several other countries with other partners, including of course the U.S.). The head of DDD's Laos office is Ms. Phab is on a mission: she believes strongly that she is building her country by helping her students acquire the skills they will use to help advance Laos in the future.

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Hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims are being forced into committing online scams

TechSpot

A new report from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, citing "credible sources," states that at least 120,000 people in Myanmar, about 100,000 in Cambodia, and tens of thousands in Laos, the Philippines, and Thailand "may be held in situations where they are forced to carry. Read Entire Article

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Immunefi raises $5.5M to squash Web 3.0 crypto bugs which might cost billions

TechCrunch

Also participating is Blueprint Forest, Framework Ventures, Bitscale Capital, P2P Capital, IDEO Colab, The LAO, BR Capital, 3rd Prime Ventures, North Island Ventures and other individual investors. This would perhaps explain why Immunefi , one of the emerging bug bounty and security services platforms for DeFi, has now raised $5.5

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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Xiaomi 14 design revealed ahead of launch

TechNode

Lao Wei, Xiaomis phone product manager, provided details about the Xiaomi 14’s bezel dimensions. On Tuesday, Xiaomi unveiled design renderings of its upcoming Xiaomi 14 series, set to launch this Thursday. The latest official photos showcase a sleek 6.36-inch

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Vietnamese on-demand e-commerce platform Loship raises $12M at a valuation of $100M

TechCrunch

Then it plans to launch in Tier 2 and 3 cities in Vietnam, before expanding regionally in Southeast Asia (Nguyen describes Laos and Cambodia as “must-win markets.”). Loship’s plan until the end of 2021 is to expand into five more major cities, bringing the total number of cities it operates in to 10.

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Southeast Asian startups to watch in 2022

TechCrunch

It’s the easiest option when I’m trying to be succinct, but Southeast Asia consists of 11 countries, and obviously there are huge differences between, say, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem.

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