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People complain of a loss of channels following works to transmitters in parts of the UK. Source: BBC

Varjo, the Finnish startup that has developed a virtual and mixed reality headset capable of “human-eye resolution” for use in various enterprise applications, has closed a $51.7 million in Series C funding. Backing the round is Tesi, NordicNinja, and Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank. Existing investors including Lifeline Ventures, Atomico, Read more…

Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out, The Wall Street Journal reports. Users were also Read more…

A “digital imprint” will make web content as accountable as leaflets and posters, ministers say. Source: BBC

Habito, the London startup that has spent the last few years moving the mortgage process online, including offering its own mortgages beyond acting as a broker, has completed £35 million in Series C funding. The newly disclosed round — comprising an earlier Series C equity raise and a more recent Read more…

La Famiglia, the Berlin-based “female-led” VC firm that invests in European B2B tech startups at seed-stage, has raised a second fund totalling €50 million, up from its debut fund of €35 million in 2017. Investors in La Famiglia have ties to numerous industry giants in Europe and beyond. They include Read more…

Rivian has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Tesla, arguing that two of the three claims in the case fails to state sufficient allegations of trade secret theft and poaching talent and instead was an attempt to malign its reputation and hurt its own recruiting efforts. One Read more…

Joe Biden’s decision to name California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the quest to unseat President Trump means that the next White House could be occupied not only by a Black woman — a historic milestone by any account — but also by someone who built a Read more…

A state court has dismissed a high-profile case showing unsportsmanlike conduct by Google, which was caught red-handed using lyrics obviously scraped from Genius. Unfortunately for the latter, the complaints amount to a copyright violation — which wasn’t what the plaintiffs alleged, sinking the case. The lawsuit, filed in December, accused Read more…

Google is using accelerometers in an interesting new way, Twitter allows everyone to limit tweet replies and Mozilla announces major layoffs. This is your Daily Crunch for August 11, 2020. The big story: Android phones become earthquake detectors Google said that smartphone accelerometers are sensitive enough to detect P-waves, which Read more…

Three traditional priests who allegedly caused the death of Edward Quartey Papafio, a 64-year-old bio-Chemist at Adeiso in the Eastern Region, have appeared before the Kaneshie District Court. Christian Awoe Gamelie aka Power One, 40, Famous Adukonu aka Scorpion, 37, and Yaw Azamate, 27, are being held on the charges Read more…

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons into police custody over alleged car snatching. Benjamin Essel, 27, barber and Kwame Boanor, 40, farmer, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. They would make their next appearance on August 21. Meanwhile, their accomplice, only named as Ken, was currently at Read more…

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Dr. Sayibu Pabi Gariba, Director of Operations, Ghana Police Service, says security for this year’s election will be “robust and decisive.” “Security for the 2020 election will be robust. It will be decisive, ruthless,” he said, urging the public to abide by rules and regulations Read more…

Beneficiaries of the government stimulus package, meant to help businesses that suffered under the Covid-19 pandemic in the Upper East Region are disappointed at the low amount of money given them. Some of the beneficiaries who received various packages, between ¢400 and ¢600, under the Covid-19 Alleviation Project and Business Read more…

The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Ghana, (WiSTEM Gh) has extended financial support to the Covid-19 Trust Fund. The undisclosed package is part of the association’s contribution to fighting the virus. The pandemic has brought to fore the need for communities to be sustained more than ever. WiSTEM Read more…

A 20-year-old unemployed who attacked a candidate in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and robbed him, has been remanded into police custody by the Akuropong magistrate court. Raymond Agyei was said to have attacked the candidate behind the fence wall of the Barekese Senior High School, Read more…

The Akuropong magistrate court has remanded a 22-year-old electrician into police custody for stealing at Abuakwa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality. George Amissah Paintsil was said to have stolen ¢6,000 belonging to his former employer. He pleaded guilty to the charge and would reappear before the court presided by Rockson Read more…

The last few months have provided a steady trickle of information about the next Xbox console — or the Xbox Series X, as it’s known. We know what it looks like. We know a lot about what’s inside. We know about more than a dozen titles currently being built for Read more…

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 30-year-old farmer who attempted to snatch an AK47 rifle from a police woman. Seyram Tony Adonu, the accused, claimed that he did not know what come over him to have attacked the Police woman. Adonu has pleaded not guilty to Read more…