Uganda’s changes on Computer Misuse law spark fears it will be used to silence dissidents

October 14, 2022

Uganda’s controversial Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022, which rights groups say will likely be used to silence dissenting voices online, has come into force after the country’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni signed it into law yesterday. The country’s legislators had passed amendments to the 2011 Computer Misuse Act early September limiting writing or sharing of […]

Uganda’s changes on Computer Misuse law spark fears it will be used to silence dissidents by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

What’s the TAM of the 1%?

October 14, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Before we get into this week’s show notes, some programming items: First up, use code “EQUITY” for a special listener discount for Disrupt tickets. We’re mere days away, and you should come hang out […]

What’s the TAM of the 1%? by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: the dream of cryonics, and enhanced rats

October 14, 2022
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why the sci-fi dream of cryonics never died When Aaron Drake flew from Arizona to the Yinfeng Biological Group in China in 2016, he was traveling there to guide China’s first forays into…

Google is updating its ‘Ad’ tag to ‘Sponsored’ for mobile search

October 14, 2022

Over the years, Google has made it harder to separate ads from organic search results at a glance. In its current iteration, when users perform a search, the only distinction between the two is “Ad” written in bold — and it’s easy to miss. The search giant is making a small change to that today […]

Google is updating its ‘Ad’ tag to ‘Sponsored’ for mobile search by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Why the sci-fi dream of cryonics never died

October 14, 2022
When Aaron Drake flew from Arizona to the Yinfeng Biological Group in China’s eastern Jinan province in 2016, he was whisked into a state-of-the-art biotech hub. More than 1,000 staffers—including an army of PhDs and MDs—were working on things like studies of the stem cells in umbilical cord blood. The center specialized in research on…