Oct. 5, 2020
Mon. 10/05 – Nvidia’s Zoom-Killer, “Maxine”
Nvidia’s new platform to fix video calls. Surprisingly, Facebook says breaking up Facebook is impossible. Google slow rolls enforcement of the 30% take on the Play Store in India. A couple of direct Covid-related tech stories. And I catch you up on the whole DeFi phenomenon in crypto that has made transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain skyrocket 1200% in just three months.
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- Nvidia unveils Maxine, a managed cloud AI videoconferencing service (VentureBeat)
- Nvidia says its AI can fix some of the biggest problems in video calls (The Verge)
- Facebook Says Government Breakup of Instagram, WhatsApp Would Be ‘Complete Nonstarter’ (WSJ)
- Google defers 30% in-app commission in India to April 2022 after protests (The Economic Times India)
- Google delays mandating Play Store payments rule in India to April 2022 (TechCrunch)
- Ethereum Dapp Volumes Hit $120 Billion in Third Quarter (Decrypt)
- What Is DeFi? (CoinDesk)
- States are finally starting to use the Covid-tracking tech Apple and Google built — here’s why (CNBC)
- Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm (NYTimes)
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