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Sources: Google will not make a Twitter bid and Apple is also an unlikely suitor; Twitter stock falls around 20% after the news — Amid speculation, the tech giants have other aims — According to sources close to the situation, Google does not currently plan to make a bid for Twitter.
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Sources: Disney will not bid for Twitter, leaving Salesforce as the last potential bidder — Which leaves Salesforce, for now. — Cross another potential Twitter buyer off the list: Disney isn't pursuing a bid for the social platform, either. — Sources familiar with Disney …
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Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple's Siri — Samsung has agreed to acquire Viv, an AI and assistant system co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham — who created Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.
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LinkedIn now lets users privately signal to recruiters when they are looking for a new job; feature initially available in US, Canada, UK, and Australia — One of the hallmarks of any social network is how it pushes people to share their experiences with others, but increasingly we've seen …
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Marc Andreessen on why AI can spawn a new generation of big, important technology companies — Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning are enabling computers to understand the world and respond intelligently to it. Google is already embracing these technologies for Android …
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Netflix signs deal with theater chain iPic Entertainment to screen its original movies, which will debut on the streaming service simultaneously — Next year, some of Netflix's original movies will have a debut home on the big screen. The streaming service just signed a deal …
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Q&A with Didi CEO Cheng Wei on his journey from obscurity to China business hero, the Kuaidi merger, battle with Uber, self-driving cars, and Didi's future — Photographs by Ka Xiaoxi — At the Beijing offices of the ride-hailing startup Didi, many employees refer to Cheng Wei … | Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom says that over 100M people use its new Stories feature daily — Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom in front of a photo wall at the Blue Bottle café inside the company's new headquarters building. — It's been a hell of a year for Instagram.
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Sources: Apple to move services teams, including Maps, Siri and iCloud, from separate campuses to One Infinite Loop in attempt to improve services — @markgurman , More stories by Mark Gurman — Cue to move cloud service engineering teams to single campus — Company continues shifting services to its own infrastructure
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Many features available on Pixel phones will not be available on Android 7.1, including Google Assistant, unlimited photo/video backup, smart storage, more — At Google's hardware event this week, the new version of the Android operating system, Android 7.1 (Nougat 7.1), was barely mentioned.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
NoSQL database startup ReThinkDB to shut down, says its engineering team is joining Stripe — Stripe has picked up the engineering team behind the NoSQL database startup RethinkDB, ending days of speculation in forums about the company's future. RethinkDB itself is closing its doors … | Ryan Mac / Forbes: |
Behind the struggles of 3D Robotics, a once-promising US drone startup that has burned through almost $100M and laid off 150+ employees — On a clear March day last year, Chris Anderson led FORBES onto the outdoor deck at 3D Robotics' Berkeley, Calif. headquarters to discuss the future of flying robots.
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