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March 15, 2016, 5:05 PM
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Meal delivery service SpoonRocket, which has raised $13.5M to date, shuts down after failing to raise new financing  —  SpoonRocket shuts down amongst on-demand apocalypse  —  SpoonRocketinformed its investors it's shutting down its on-demand pre-made meal delivery service after failing …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google Maps goes beyond Uber, adds Ola, Hailo and more car services to its app  —  Google reportedly is working on building its own Uber competitor, and while some believe this will come in the form of a fleet of autonomous cars, there is a more immediate option for how Google can position itself …
Cade Metz / Wired:
Google's AI Wins Fifth And Final Game Against Go Genius Lee Sedol  —  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — In the final game of their historic match, Google's artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has defeated Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol, finishing the best-of-five series with four wins and one loss.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Here Maps drops support for Windows Phone and Windows 10  —  Here maps has been a strong part of Microsoft's Windows Phone offering for years, but that's coming to an end later this month.  Here is announcing today that it plans to pull its mapping apps for Windows 10 on March 29th, and …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
After 0 successful submissions, Google doubles top reward for hacking a Chromebook to $100,000  —  Over the past six years, Google has paid security researchers over $6 million (over $2 million last year alone) since launching its bug bounty program in 2010.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google's new Analytics 360 Suite for enterprise marketers directly challenges Adobe's Marketing Cloud  —  Google announces Analytics 360 Suite for enterprise marketers  —  Google is launching a new product for enterprise marketers today that will directly challenge Adobe's Marketing Cloud and similar services.
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Apple News now lets publishers of all sizes edit and deliver their stories in the Apple News format, improves statistics dashboard, and launches ad campaign  —  Apple Just Opened Up Its News App In a Big Way  —  Apple will now let individuals and independent publishers deliver content through its native news platform.
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
Apple News introduces ad format for sponsored posts that appear in feeds alongside articles, with Apple keeping 30% of revenue
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
GM, Lyft announce Express Drive, a short-term car rental program for Lyft drivers, going live in Chicago first  —  Lyft and GM partner on Express Drive, a rental service that paves the way for autonomous cars  —  Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment …
Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
AMD announces $1499 dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo video card for VR content creation, reveals Crytek partnership to deliver VR hardware and software to universities  —  AMD bets big on virtual reality with new cards, partnerships  —  AMD is expected to provide details at an event in San Francisco on Monday night.

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Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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