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An overview of proposals on what the VC industry can do to minimize sexual harassment including: zero-tolerance policies, codifying expectations, transparency — While the rest of America watched fireworks and ate BBQ, the citizens of Startup Land spent the July 4th holiday weekend glued … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat finally lets users attach links to all Snaps and adds voice filters and backdrop editing tool — Snapchat is breaking its long-standing “no links” rule today while also providing some novel new creative tools to keep it one step ahead of Instagram.| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces general availability of Workplace Analytics tool, an Office 365 add-on, to let managers track employee productivity — Microsoft today released a new tool that lets company leaders track how teams spend their time. — The new program, Microsoft Workplace Analytics …
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DeepMind hires three prominent Canadian computer scientists to open a research lab in Edmonton, its first outside the UK — Tech companies scooping up professors raises brain drain fears — DeepMind, the London-based artificial intelligence company, is hiring three prominent computer scientists …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
NotPetya malware-linked hackers empty BTC wallet, ask for 100BTC for private decryption key in attempt to reset narrative that it's ransomware, not wiperware — Hackers connected to the disruptive world-wide ransomware attack that crippled Ukraine and hit computers all over the world have surfaced online.
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Source: Facebook is making a clone of live group video chat app Houseparty that's called Bonfire and is slated to debut this fall — Gather 'round the Bonfire — Facebook is building a standalone app that incorporates ideas from Houseparty, the group video chat app that rose from the ashes of Meerkat, The Verge has learned.| Seth Archer / Business Insider: |
Nvidia and Baidu announce broad AI partnership that outlines cooperation on self-driving, cloud, and home assistant tech — Nvidia is popping after the company announced a partnership with China's biggest internet search company, Baidu. — Shares of Nvidia are up 3.27% on Wednesday following …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba launches Tmall Genie, a voice assistant-controlled speaker for Chinese customers, available in limited beta — Tencent, Baidu also developing their own home assistants — The Tmall Genie will sell for 499 yuan during its trial period — The competition in digital speaker-assistants …
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Electronic Privacy Information Center files privacy suit over Trump election commission's voter data request — Lawsuit: Commission asks states “to send voter records to an unsecure web site.” — As many as 44 US states are now refusing to hand voter data over to President Donald Trump …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Nokia and Xiaomi sign a business collaboration agreement and multi-year patent deal, which includes cross-licensing for cellular standard essential patents — The deal will give the companies access to a wider pool of patents and equipment. — Nokia and Xiaomi have signed …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon confirms Voicebot's analysis: Alexa has over 15K skills, up from 10K in February; Voicebot says Google Home has 378 voice apps and Cortana has 65 — Amazon's Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills — the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and others.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft says it's had 48 straight months of ride growth, is on track for 350M rides this year, and completes 1M rides a day, a milestone Uber announced in Dec. '14 — Lyft, which is only available in the U.S., just announced it's hit one million rides a day. Uber announced one million rides worldwide in December 2014.
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