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Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets

The Verge

Microsoft has also been working this week to notify “more than 40 customers that the attackers targeted more precisely and compromised through additional and sophisticated measures,” according to Smith. It’s certain that the number and location of victims will keep growing,” Smith said.

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Kedar to learn about a new project to help users measure and manage their consumption, in effect encouraging them to control their environmental impact. UAE residents also have one of the largest ecological footprints on our planet. What’s your goal for the new tool?

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

TechCrunch

By carefully measuring the plants, and pairing their status with weather and soil data, it can give very precise watering needs. The hardware product measures one plant per 25 acres or so, and uses this data to extrapolate the needs of all the crops in the field. Our solution enables the UAE to save 70% of its water consumption.

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India’s Cars24, a used-vehicle sales platform, raises $400M, now at a $3.3B valuation, to double down on growth

TechCrunch

It also has built analytics to measure demand and calibrate pricing and make online assessments of vehicles. Cars24, however, has followed a different playbook, exporting its model to several countries in the last year, starting with the UAE (July 2021), and then Australia and Thailand (both in October).

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44.01 secures $5M to turn billions of tons of carbon dioxide to stone

TechCrunch

“It makes things a lot easier on us when we’re measured on impact rather than financials.” . “We tried to get like minded investors on board, people genuinely doing this for climate change,” said Hasan. ” (No doubt all startups hope for such understanding backers.). We’ll know more once 44.01

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Ultrahuman busts out a smart ring to decode metabolic health

TechCrunch

” According to Kumar, the Ultrahuman Ring measures stress by looking at factors like heart rate, HRV (heart rate variability) and temperature — running its own algorithmic analysis of the data to identify a per user stress response.

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Samsung launches EKG support for latest Galaxy Watch devices in 31 more countries

The Verge

Samsung first announced last month it would be adding the features to its latest Galaxy Watch devices through software updates, considering both smartwatches have the requisite sensors used for measuring heart rate and blood pressure and performing an EKG. Image: Samsung.