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If the answer to these questions is ‘no,’ don’t worry because Growth Quarters has you covered. The first thing you need to know is that venture capital is a type of private equity — venture capital investors put peoples‘ money into a business and in so doing get a stake in the company they’ve backed. So as a founder or entrepreneur, if you take venture capital funding, you’ll also inevitably be giving up equity in your business depending on the amount raised....

And it’s getting worse for the Chinese tech company. Only this morning, chip companies like Qualcomm and Intel also reportedly stopped trading with the Chinese tech company. What does it mean for the user? If you own a Huawei or an Honor phone, you’ll get security updates from the company, and still keep on using the Play Store. Because of this ban, Huawei will be able to use only the public version of Android – Android Open Source Project (AOSP) – for its current and upcoming devices....

The Facebook-owned messenger appears to be working on a dark theme for the Web version of its app, serial WhatsApp leaker WABetaInfo has noticed. The current implementation is pretty rough around the ages from the looks of it, though, so it might take some time to smooth out the kinks. [Read: Instagram now supports dark mode on iOS 13 — here’s how to enable it] Here’s what you can expect: While functional, the theme still needs some work....

For some users, that might be as simple as an OS update; upgrading from iOS 8 to 9 should be enough to keep your favorite chat app working. However, not all devices can be upgraded. If you’re still holding onto that iPhone 4 you loved, you’re stuck on iOS 7; the most recent device compatible with iOS 9 is the 4s. On Android, it’s even more complicated with the wealth of fragmentation that’s plagued the platform since its inception, but if someone you know is running an older device, it might be a good idea to tell them to install the latest OS updates....

Unlike Facebook Messenger and other services that work with a simple user name and password, WhatsApp accounts are tied to a phone number, so using the desktop app requires a connection to your mobile device. This is done by scanning a QR code in the desktop app using your phone. But that won’t stop someone who has physical access to your phone — say, a mischievous coworker during non-corona times — from being able to link your phone to a desktop and accessing all your messages, unbeknownst to you....

The Korean tech company used a virtual influencer called Reah Keem, a DJ and a travel junkie, to announce LG’s new CLOi robot for disinfecting surfaces. She also announced the 2021 line of the company’s lightweight Gram laptop and Ultrafind OLED Pro 4K monitor for creative folks. While she talked about these products, Keem also said that just like us, she missed traveling for gigs. The presentation was smooth and glitch-free, but you could tell that it’s a virtual avatar speaking to us, and not a human....

Based on the contents of the dumpster fire that is my inbox, home robots are going to make a huge splash at CES. And, following a year in which Elon Musk debuted a spandex-clad human as a prototype for the Tesla Robot, we imagine some of the claims are going to be pretty darn silly. Unfortunately, the glitz and glamour of CES can make it difficult to discern fantasy from reality....

Digital health, however, has not historically been a disruptive force in the technology or health worlds. Some might go as far as to say that it’s been the most disappointing investment area of the last two decades, with little return to show for the over $30 billion dollars that’s been invested in it since 2011. That’s in large part because the “move fast break things” model of Silicon Valley startups doesn’t work in the health industry....

The special cell of cops wanted to hand over a notice to Twitter’s India’s managing director regarding an ongoing investigation for tagging some tweets from the spokesperson and leaders of the country’s ruling part, the BJP, as ‘manipulated media. — Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) May 18, 2021 But the team found that these locations were closed as Twitter’s employees have been working remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic. There’s a valid question as to why this notice wasn’t served through a post or an email....

In a notice issued on Friday, the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) said that posts mentioning “Indian variant” count as false news. The ministry reasoned that the strain is officially known as B.1.617, so there’s no need for attaching a geographical tag to it. The ministry also wrote a letter to social platforms earlier this month to curb misinformation and imposter accounts related to COVID-19. [Read: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] While the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified B....

We do not know who first started applying mathematics to scientific study, but it is plausible that it was the Babylonians, who used it to discover the pattern underlying eclipses, nearly 3,000 years ago. But it took 2,500 years and the invention of calculus and Newtonian physics to explain the patterns. Since then, probably every single major scientific discovery has used mathematics in some form, simply because it is far more powerful than any other human language....

In recent years, it has also become an ideology of sorts (praised, for example, in this Forbes column): a promise to get rid of all complications that are intertwined with IT development — its proverbial high costs, unpredictability, and difficulty to scale the teams fast enough. However, I’d argue the promise is often exaggerated, as the proposed approaches are oversold and/or not particularly new. Still, niche solutions from the no-code toolbox might get your tasks in certain pipeline parts done surprisingly well....

With this article, you’re going to learn what exactly is a cognitive bias why UX designers should be well aware of different cognitive biases how both designers and users are prone to cognitive biases what are the most common cognitive biases in design Ready to find out how our brains work? Let’s dive in! What is a cognitive bias Although cognitive biases are not an entirely new phenomenon, the term was first defined by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in the 1970s....

The foundation investigated an unofficial group of 300 Wikipedia power users, known as Wikimedians of Mainland China (WMC). It found out that some of the group’s editors were taking unfair advantage of their privileges to promote “the aims of China, as interpreted through whatever filters they may bring to bear.” Despite this accusation, Maggie Dennis, the vice president of the foundation, told BBC that she’s not in a position to “point fingers at the Chinese state....

This week, a study by the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute revealed the huge waste legacy of discarded wind turbines. And the problem is only getting worse. And as more countries transition from gas to wind energy, the problem will only intensify. For example, the German government aims to build between 1,000 and 1,500 new wind turbines annually. The lifecycle of a wind turbine is around 20-25 years....

Strickland was only the third female physicist to get a Nobel, following Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer 60 years later. When asked how that felt, she noted that at first it was surprising to realize so few women had won the award: “But, I mean, I do live in a world of mostly men, so seeing mostly men doesn’t really ever surprise me either.” The rarity of female Nobel laureates raises questions about women’s exclusion from education and careers in science....

There are a handful of moments that will always tie a business owner or freelancer’s innards in knots. One of those moments is whenever that entrepreneur realizes that they’re going to need to get a lawyer involved to straighten something out. No one argues that an attorney isn’t an important and much-needed resource. But whenever you need one, all you can often think about is the bill that comes on the other end....

An English Premier League football club is raising concerns over its “Bitcoin lottery” sponsor after becoming aware of its previous business practices. Yesterday, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC announced a partnership with CryptoMillionsLotto, a lottery which pays gamblers a reward, in Bitcoin, for referring new players, the Mirror reports. To play the lottery a user must also have enough Bitcoin in their account to cover the costs of each game. Both Wolves and CryptoMillionsLotto boasted about the new partnership on their respective websites....

For these people, Wordle is captivating. Previous research can help us understand how our brains respond to word games, and why we love them. Wordle is a single-player puzzle that combines elements of several games, including Scrabble and Battleship. My colleagues and I have studied Scrabble as a way of understanding how language is processed in the brain, and how that processing changes with experience. This is your brain on Scrabble Competitive Scrabble players are people who spend a great deal of time playing Scrabble, competing in Scrabble tournaments, memorizing word lists and practising anagramming — shuffling sets of letters to create different words....

This year, with the Mi 11, Xiaomi is betting on a curved design, a good-looking AMOLED screen, and a 108-megapixel primary sensor to beat its competition. The company unveiled this phone last December in China, and launched it globally in February. I’ve been using this device over the last few weeks and its design and primary camera have impressed me. The Mi 11 could be a good phone for anyone looking to spend less than $800....