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Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M

TechCrunch

publicly listed software and services company that targets engineering and design industries, has acquired Norway’s Spacemaker , a startup that has developed AI-supported software for urban development. real estate technology fund Round Hill Ventures and Norway’s Construct Venture. Autodesk, the U.S.

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Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal

The Verge

Tidal was founded in Norway in 2014 before being bought by a consortium of artists led by Jay-Z the following year for $56 million. Tidal quickly ran into problems, though, failing to secure exclusive content over the long term or attract subscribers to rival the likes of Spotify. million in that same period.

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Tesla’s reportedly shipped early Model S cars with leaky battery packs

The Verge

A third-party testing firm told Tesla there were problems with the packs. There were two specific problems with the Model S battery packs, according to Business Insider , which spoke to three former employees and viewed internal emails and documents. The problem was flagged to senior management, but the cars were ultimately sold.

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Facebook Dating launches in Europe after lengthy delay

The Verge

Companies launching such products must undergo a review called a Data Processing Impact Assessment (DPIA) under the European Union’s GDPR protections, and Facebook reportedly informed regulators too late of its plans, raising concerns about data privacy compliance.

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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, I felt like her conclusion was really that the way that DAISY solutions are implemented in Norway (and just about everyplace else today) are not universally designed, not that the DAISY standard itself was the problem. Her conclusion was no, and her research was well done.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now that we believe we’ve really begun to solve the problem of making the text in books accessible for the 1% of the population with a severe print-related disability, we’re busy thinking about the next frontier.

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Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2

TechCrunch

Here again, Gelbad offers a clear-eyed assessment of his company’s capabilities and the size of the problem. Beyond any pricing concerns associated with making these direct air carbon capture and storage solutions viable, there’s the scale at which these projects would need to be developed to make a real dent in global emissions.

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