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| SV Angel: |
SV Angel no longer raising funds for seed rounds; Ron and Topher Conway will invest their personal money at $25K-$100K per company and co-manage existing funds — The investing ecosystem has gone through significant changes over the last 10 years. When we started SV Angel, there were just a handful of funds investing in seed rounds.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces an update for Microsoft Launcher for Android letting parents track kids' location, and MSN Kids, a new curated news website for children — Microsoft is launching an update to its Android launcher today that gives parents the ability to track their kids' location.
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| Jaikumar Vijayan / eWeek: |
Google says Pixel 2 encryption feature prevents even an attacker with highly-privileged access to the device from accessing data without the owner's cooperation — An encryption feature available with Google Pixel 2 smartphones ensures even an attacker with highly-privileged access to a mobile device won't be able to access data.
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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Binance announces $1B fund of funds which will also invest directly in blockchain firms, with ride-hailing initiative backed by Didi cofounder as first project — Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced it is launching a $1 billion “Social Impact Fund” …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Interview with United States Digital Service head Matt Cutts, an ex-Googler, on the unit's work, and projects he highlights while working under Trump — THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION doesn't hold much regard for asylum seekers or projects started by President Obama.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Box acquires Redwood City-based workflow startup Progressly for an undisclosed amount, all twelve Progressly employees will join Box immediately — Box announced today that it has purchased Progressly, a Redwood City startup that focuses on workflow. All 12 Progressly employees will be joining Box immediately.| Robert Triggs / Android Authority: |
ARM announces next-generation CPUs and GPUs focused on efficient VR and AI; ARM Cortex-A76 is new flagship mobile chip, now with 35% better performance — You probably haven't complained about high-end smartphone performance for a while now, but processors can always be a bit faster and, more importantly, power efficient.
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| Rich Woods / Neowin: |
Microsoft retiring Groove Music apps for iOS and Android on December 1; if installed, apps will stop working; PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone apps will still work — At the end of last year, Microsoft killed off its Groove Music Pass service. The Groove apps themselves continues to function … | Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
Amazon will require Australians to use its Australian site instead of its US site due to new 10% sales tax on imported goods effective July 1 — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it will force Australians to use its Australian website instead of its much larger U.S. site …
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| Makiko Yamazaki / Reuters: |
Toshiba says it has concluded the $18B sale of its microchip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had completed the $18 billion sale of its chip unit to a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital.| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Facebook is shutting down Trending after four years, tests new features, including a breaking news label that publishers can add to stories, Today In section — Facebook is shutting down its sometimes-problematic “trending” news section after four years. — This image provided by Facebook shows …
| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
Unicode Consortium announces that 2018 emojis are coming on June 5, proposes adding flamingo, white heart, diving mask, Hindu temple, more to 2019 emoji — Unicode 11.0 arrives on June 5, 2018. This signals the date which companies can begin supporting the new emojis.Sponsor Posts
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