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Walmart strikes strategic partnership to use Microsoft's cloud technology, AI, machine learning, and other services — The shared rivalry with Amazon ‘is absolutely core to this,’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says — Walmart Inc. WMT -.07% agreed to use Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT -.49% cloud technology …
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Samsung announces 10nm 8GB LPDDR5 DRAM chip, targets 6.4Gbps data transfer rates and 30% reduced power — Samsung has been on a roll lately with memory & storage-related announcements, and that roll is continuing today with a new DRAM-related announcement out of the juggernaut.
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IBM asks jury to award $167M from Groupon for alleged infringement on ecommerce patents, says Amazon, Facebook, Google licensed patents for $20M-$50M per firm — WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Monday asked a U.S. jury to award it $167 million … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Travel giant Booking Holdings, formerly known as Priceline, invests $500M in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing — Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company, has pulled in some strategic capital after Booking Holdings invested $500 million into its business.
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Andreessen Horowitz names Connie Chan a General Partner, ending the VC firm's no-promotion policy — Connie Chan is Andreessen Horowitz's first general partner promoted from within. — Andreessen Horowitz has prided itself on breaking some of venture capital's long-time norms in its nine years of operation.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dialpad, which provides conferencing software and voice transcription apps, raises $50M Series D led by Iconiq Capital — Dialpad announced a $50 million Series D investment today, giving the company plenty of capital to keep expanding its business communications platform.
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Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya defends his work after a string of prominent staff departures and a failed expansion that have left investors dismayed — Seven years ago, Social Capital made its debut as one of the hottest venture funds in Silicon Valley, the brainchild … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snapchat is partnering with four news discovery platforms to help journalists better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared on the app — Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions …
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Microsoft launches Skype version 8.0 for desktop, with HD video, screen-sharing in calls, and improved chat, plans more features this summer like call recording — Skype's redesign launched last year was met with mixed reviews, but the company is forging ahead by rolling out a number …
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Netflix reports Q2 membership growth of 5.2M, 1M less than forecast, and a profit of $384M, up from $65M last year; stock down 9% — Video site blamed faulty internal forecasting, not business reasons like price increases — Netflix Inc. missed its own forecasts by more than a million subscribers …
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Detailed medical histories and contact information of 80K+ patients in Ontario allegedly held for ransom after data breach at CarePartners healthcare provider — Data contained names and contact information for more than 80,000 patients, plus detailed medical histories| BBC: |
The company behind a Kodak-branded crypto-currency mining rig, which was shown to the press at CES and seen as a scam by critics, has dissolved — The company behind a Kodak-branded crypto-currency mining scheme has confirmed the plan has collapsed. — In January, a Bitcoin mining computer … | Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Zoox, which has been building an autonomous car from scratch since 2014 and has raised $800M to date, including $500M in July at a valuation of $3.2B — The mystery box sits inside an all-white room in an office building in San Francisco. It's a large, wooden crate with no features …
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