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(Photo : Hector Vivas/Getty Images) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, president of Mexico speaks during the announcement that Mexico and Argentina will produce the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine at Palacio Nacional.
AMLO Plans To Create National Social Media Network
AMLO, as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is best known, floated the idea after it was reported that Twitter permanently banned former president Donald Trump s account in the social media platform for violating its policies.
According to a published article in We Are Mitu, AMLO intends to create a Mexican social network that will not be censored by Silicon Valley-based companies. AMLO is among those emerging Big Tech s vocal critics on the world stage.
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 21 Jan. 2021: Top tech news to start your day
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Last Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 08:31 AM IST
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From India s plan to revamp IT Act to Tesla India s one-seat office in Bengaluru and Joe Biden s tech to-do list, here are the must-read top tech news this morning
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India is planning to revamp its IT Act to keep up with the massive shifts in technology. Tesla India has booked a one-seat office in Awfis Bengaluru a placeholder of sorts. Sebi has approved the Reliance-Future deal, amid persistent opposition from Amazon.
Also, a look at President Joe Biden’s tech to-do list…
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NEWARK, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Bear Flag Robotics today announced a $7.9 million seed extension funding round led by True Ventures. The Silicon Valley-based agtech company is developing autonomous technology for farm tractors, which enables growers to increase productivity and improve safety on their farms. True Ventures led the round with participation from Graphene Ventures, AgFunder, D20 and Green Cow VC. Including this round of funding, the company has raised $12.5 million total since Bear Flag Co-Founders Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan founded the company in 2017.
Today s growers are faced with the difficult proposition of increasing productivity with continuously rising costs and limited resources. The farm labor pool is disappearing and increasing in cost,