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Robots could be conducting job interviews next year

sudshr47 March 22, 2019

A 16-inch tall robot-recruiter named Tengai could be the future of job interviews. Tengai is programmed to conduct every interview the exact same way. She doesn’t engage in pre-interview chit-chat, and asks every question in the same tone and order. Tengai then sends a transcript to human employers containing only the interviewee’s answers, eliminating any bias or inherited prejudices. Read more…

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Teenage climate activist nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

sudshr47 March 15, 2019

16-year-old Swedish native Greta Thunberg was nominated by lawmakers in nearby Norway. Voting starts annually every October by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Thunberg has recently delivered many fiery speeches to world leaders over inaction on climat…

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Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world. Most notably it’s expanded search engine lists to include pro-privacy […]

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Pitching a $99 tax advisory service for the masses, Visor has raised $9 million

sudshr47 November 16, 2018

The only sure things in this life, according to Ben Franklin, are death and taxes. And a new startup called Visor has just raised $9 million in financing to make one of them as painless as possible. Unlike Nectome, Visor won’t kill anyone, but it may ring the death knell for the high end tax advisors that most […]

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Tarform debuted new e-motorcycles but is there a U.S. market?

sudshr47 November 1, 2018

With more failures in the electric motorcycle industry than going concerns and a contracting American motorcycle market, now would seem to be an odd time to launch a new bike into the EV arena. But Tarform, a new startup that unveiled its first vehicle last month in Brooklyn, is undeterred. That’s despite the fact that the […]

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Natural Cycles contraception app told to clarify pregnancy risks

sudshr47 September 17, 2018

A multi-month investigation by Sweden’s Medical Products Agency into a number of unwanted pregnancies among users of ‘digital contraception’ app Natural Cycles has been closed after the startup agreed to clarify the risk of the product failing. But, on the self-reported data front, the agency said it was satisfied the number of unwanted pregnancies is in line […]

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No one really won Sweden’s general election and people are utterly confused

sudshr47 September 10, 2018

Over 99 percent of the votes have been counted, but one question remains unanswered after the Swedish election. Who won?
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Kry expands its telehealth service to France — under new brand, Livi

sudshr47 September 7, 2018

Swedish telehealth startup Kry, which bagged a $66M Series B in June for market expansion, is executing on that plan — announcing today it will launch into the French market on September 15. This will be the fourth market for the 2014 founded European startup, after its home market of Sweden, along with Norway and […]

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With a $10 million round, Nigeria’s Paga plans global expansion

sudshr47 September 6, 2018

Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor African tech leaders Fope Adelowo, Ken Njoroge, Tayo Oviosu to speak at Disrupt SF Offering a white-labeled lending service in emerging markets, Mines raises $13 million Nigerian digital payments […]

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Contraception app Natural Cycles’ Facebook ad banned for being misleading

sudshr47 August 29, 2018 Startups

Natural Cycles, a Swedish startup which touts its body temperature-based algorithmic method for tracking individual fertility as an effective alternative to hormonal birth control, has been wrapped by the UK advertising regulator which today upheld three complaints that an advert the company ran last year via Facebook’s platform was misleading. The regulator has banned Natural […]

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Sweden’s Engaging Care raises $800,000 for its digital healthcare SaaS

sudshr47 July 19, 2018 Startups

Engaging Care, a Swedish heathtech startup co-founded by Charlotta Tönsgård, who was previously CEO of online doctor app Min Doktor before being asked to step down, has raised $800,000 in “pre-seed” funding to continue building out its digital healthcare SaaS. Backing the burgeoning company are a host of well-established angel investors in the region. They […]

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Kry bags $66M to launch its video-call-a-doctor service in more European markets

sudshr47 June 12, 2018

Swedish telehealth startup Kry has closed a $66 million Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel, Creandum, and Project A. It raised a $22.8M Series A round just over a year ago, bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to around $92M. The new funding will be put towards market expansion, […]