Month: March 2021
Roku buys Nielsen tech to better target ads on traditional TV
Roku has purchased Nielsen’s Advanced Video Advertising unit, which will change the way ads are served on its platform. The streaming hardware-maker now owns Nielsen’s video automatic content recognition technology and dynamic ad insertion (DAI) syst… Source
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Google restarts updates for most of its biggest iOS apps Gmail
Google appears to be rolling out updates for some of its services on iOS devices after a delay of several months following wrangles over privacy. The company has released updates for services including Gmail, Meet, Sheets, Docs, Calendar and Tasks for the first time since December 2020, leaving users without…
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TikTok calls in outside help with content moderation in Europe
TikTok is bringing in external experts in Europe in fields such as child safety, young people’s mental health and extremism to form a Safety Advisory Council to help it with content moderation in the region. The move, announced today, follows an emergency intervention by Italy’s data protection authority in January…
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Lime’s old e-bike batteries are now powering these Bluetooth speakers
Accessory manufacturer Gomi is launching a limited edition Bluetooth speaker powered by batteries from old Lime e-bikes. In its announcement of the partnership, Lime says Gomi will use 50,000 battery cells from over 1,000 old e-bikes. The result is a Bluetooth speaker priced starting at £99 (around $138) that has…
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Oppo Find X3 range specs and images leaked in full Oppo Find X2 Pro
The Oppo Find X3 range is launching on March 11, but as so often happens there might not be much left to reveal, as full specs along with high-quality images of all three phones have now been leaked. Shared by WinFuture, the details cover the Oppo Find X3 Pro, Oppo…
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Volvo says it will only sell electric cars by 2030
Swedish automaker Volvo says it will only sell electric cars by 2030, phasing out all diesel, petrol, and hybrid options in an effort to reduce global carbon emissions. The company previously aimed for half of its cars sales to be electric by 2025, but says the new strategy is an…
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