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Nokia says it will stop work on future versions of its Ozo VR camera and cut up to 310 staff, or about 30% of its workforce, in its Nokia Technologies unit — In an abrupt about-face, Nokia said Tuesday it will halt work on future versions of its Ozo virtual reality camera and cut …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Nvidia unveils Pegasus computing platform for level 5 fully autonomous cars, delivering over 320 trillion operations per second, over 10 times it's predecessor — No steering wheels, no pedals, no mirrors — Nvidia, one of the world's best known manufacturers of computer graphics cards … | Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter is working on a bookmarking tool allowing users to save tweets to a dedicated section of the product — A “save for later” option is coming to Twitter. — The company is working on a bookmarking tool that will allow you to save Tweets and return to them in a dedicated section the product …
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| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Cloud-based digital payments platform Bill.com raises $100M led by JP Morgan Chase and Temasek — Bill.com, a cloud-based payments platform for U.S. businesses, announced today that it has raised an additional $100 million to digitize payments. JP Morgan Chase and Temasek co-led the round …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Mapping and location search startup Mapbox raises $164M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, says it provides mapping technology to 900K+ developers — Technology is key to self-driving vehicles — As auto makers and tech giants rush to develop autonomous vehicles, SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 3.15% …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Zuckerberg-backed Andela raises $40M to train African software developers and connect them with US tech firms — When Tolulope Komolafe first heard the pitch, she was skeptical. A fledgling company in Lagos, Nigeria, would pay her to learn how to write modern computer code and then offer her a good job in the high-tech economy.
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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
In the last year Google has paid partners, including Apple and Android device manufacturers, $7.2B to be the default search, over 3x what it paid in 2012 — Traffic acquisition costs raise concern about pressure on margins. — There's a $19 billion black box inside Google.
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Analysis shows that much of the content found on Russia-linked Facebook pages used in 2016 election was taken directly from Americans — YouTube videos of police beatings on American streets. A widely circulated internet hoax about Muslim men in Michigan collecting welfare for multiple wives.
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Chinese Airbnb rival Tujia raises $300M round at $1.5B valuation led by online travel giant Ctrip.com and All-Stars Investment — Tujia.com gains a valuation of more than $1.5 billion — The Beijing startup is taking its fight with Airbnb global — Airbnb's biggest rival in China …
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| Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: |
In the wake of Las Vegas shooting, YouTube has blocked some videos showing how to modify guns to fire more rapidly and updated its guidelines — Fifty-eight people were killed in the Las Vegas massacre last week, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
SEC filing shows MongoDB plans to price IPO at $18-$20/share, would raise ~$152M at ~$930M valuation mid price, less that its $1.6B valuation as a private firm — Unicorn startup MongoDB has taken another step toward its IPO by offering a price range for its shares.| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Enterprise tech startup Petuum raises $93M Series B led by SoftBank to help mainstream businesses start using AI — - Systems from Petuum help businesses start using AI, even if they don't have the deep tech skills of a Google or Amazon. — Enterprise tech start-up Petuum is on a quest …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Flipboard launches self-service program for publishers, will now highlight mobile friendly sites with a lightning bolt icon — New self-serve tools let smaller publishers find readers on Flipboard-and give content creators an incentive to present their work in the best available light.
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