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2021-09-04 07:08:26 India Today (https://www.indiatoday.in/):

Amazon launches the “Kisan Store” in collaboration with the Government of India to let farmers in the country buy farming tools, seeds, and more on Amazon (https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/amazon-kisan-store-goes-live-now-farmers-can-buy-seeds-farming-tools-and-more-from-shopping-app-1848425-2021-09-02)  —  Farmers can now buy farming tools, seeds, crop protection and other farming tools on Amazon's Kisan Store.  —  India Today Tech Open / Comment

2021-09-04 07:08:26 Amazon launches the "Kisan Store" in collaboration with the Government of India to let farmers in the country buy farming tools, seeds, and more on Amazon (India Today)
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2021-09-04 07:07:27 Saritha Rai / Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/):

Amazon launches an app to provide info on crops to Indian farmers, as it looks to tap into the produce market that accounts for the bulk of India's retail spend (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/amazon-woos-farmers-to-help-unlock-world-s-no-2-farm-market)  —  - It's promising timely info on crops via a mobile app  — Amazon joins Reliance, Walmart in courting agriculture sector Open / Comment

2021-09-04 07:07:26 Amazon launches an app to provide info on crops to Indian farmers, as it looks to tap into the produce market that accounts for the bulk of India's retail spend (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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2021-09-04 05:38:13 Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/):

Texas Right to Life tip site went offline briefly before returning with new provider Digital Ocean, which also has rules against violating people's privacy (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/)  —  GoDaddy gave website “24 hours to move to a different provider.”  —  The Texas Right to Life group will have to find a new hosting provider … Open / Comment

2021-09-04 05:38:12 Texas Right to Life tip site went offline briefly before returning with new provider Digital Ocean, which also has rules against violating people's privacy (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
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2021-09-04 03:47:18 Ryan Mac / New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/):

Facebook apologizes after its AI recommendation feature categorized a video of Black men as “about Primates”; Facebook disabled the feature and is investigating (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/technology/facebook-ai-race-primates.html)  —  Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.”  The company has struggled with other issues related to race. Open / Comment

2021-09-04 03:47:18 Facebook apologizes after its AI recommendation feature categorized a video of Black men as "about Primates"; Facebook disabled the feature and is investigating (Ryan Mac/New York Times)
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2021-09-04 02:55:34 Raphael Satter / Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/):

Source: Google has temporarily locked an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, as the Taliban seeks to acquire former officials' emails (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-google-locks-afghan-government-accounts-taliban-seek-emails-source-2021-09-03/)  —  Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, according to a person familiar with the matter … Open / Comment

2021-09-04 02:55:34 Source: Google has temporarily locked an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, as the Taliban seeks to acquire former officials' emails (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
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