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Thread: Some interesting tech stories I read today. #TechDB /2

💰 India's #fintech investments fell by 50% to 300 million in H1 2019, according to KPMG
tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/…
♎️ #Libra has to prove itself by winning in India says, @huwsteenis. India is Facebook's largest market, it has cracked identity via #Aadhaar, has a large remittances market, hugely competitive & against cryptocurrencies
ft.com/content/5c77d4…
💉One year on, Congo hasn't found an answer to #Ebola outbreak. It's not about science but people. There is a vaccine. But half the people in the zone don't believe Ebola exists and they don't trust aid workers #podcast 🎙️stitcher.com/s?eid=62940100
🤥The Avatar’s accuracy rate (at detecting lies) is 80-85 per cent, which “far exceeds the average accuracy by humans of 54 per cent”, Discern claimed. #AI
(Contrary to what they think, that might turn out to be a bigger problem.)
ft.com/content/c9997e…
🌞"The share of #solar capacity in the energy generation mix grew from 7.03% in June 2018 to 8.7% as of June 2019. Among the renewables, solar accounted for approximately 25% of the installed capacity." mercomindia.com/solar-india-to…
😂 Microsoft found a guy named Mac Book to endorse Surface. Apparently it's an old trick. Taco Bell once got a Mr McDonald to eat its breakfast fastcompany.com/90385051/micro…
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Thread: Some interesting tech stories I read today. #TechDB /1

⚕️ @DeepMindAI Health's "algorithm could predict the sudden deterioration of kidney function, called acute kidney injury, two days before the potential injury with 55.8% accuracy" @WSJ

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