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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

TechCrunch

Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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In edtech, history matters: Reach Capital just closed its largest fund to date

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Reach Capital, one of the first venture firms to focus exclusively on edtech, closed its last investment vehicle during an unprecedented boom within tech. Fast-forward two years, we’re now in a different world, socially, politically and technologically. billion last year, down 49% from the year prior.

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Briefing the board on AI: Educate to tee up investment

CIO

Unless you’re the CIO of a highly tech-savvy company, chances are your board will need education as well as information when it comes to AI. In this way, the board has a sound understanding of the risk management and policy development as well as the technical work that goes into every AI project.

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Skich’s new app brings social discovery to mobile game recommendations

TechCrunch

Upon first launch, users simply tap on the categories of games they most enjoy — like board, adventure, card, casino, educational, strategy, word, racing, sports, casual, puzzle, and others. Social recommendations remain an area today’s app stores don’t address. Image Credits: Skich.

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Turkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual mobile games

TechCrunch

Spyke Games , which hopes to bring a new dimension to casual games by using multiplayer functionality and other social elements, has raised $55 million in a seed round of funding. Its first game, Royal Riches, has been out in a limited release and is due to launch globally this month.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.