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Source: Uber is in advanced talks to sell Uber Eats India to local rival Zomato in a deal that values Uber Eats India at ~$400M — Uber is in final stages to close a deal to sell its food delivery platform UberEats' India business to local rival Zomato, as the American ride-hailing giant looks …
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Google halts Chrome 79 rollout on Android, which was ~50% complete, after the misconfigured update wipes user data from many apps using Android's native WebView — Chrome 79 started rolling out on desktop and mobile platforms a few days ago. Unfortunately, a bug has cropped up that wipes data … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir wins a one year $111M contract to connect US Army's operations systems into a single dashboard; Palantir reportedly took over Project Maven — - Company beats Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Deloitte — Peter Thiel-backed company is also working on Project Maven
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| Jia Tolentino / New Yorker: |
How social media and apps like FaceTune led to a widespread pursuit of a generic “Instagram Face” look, enabled by non-invasive cosmetic medical procedures — How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look. — This past summer …
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Q&A with Google's head of AI Jeff Dean on using ML for better chip design, ML energy use and climate change, and acting on Google's AI ethics principles — Jeff Dean says the company is trying to build systems that have general smarts, rather than highly specialized intelligence.| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Researchers: deep learning, which led to great advances in AI over the past decade, is nearing its limits and new approaches are needed for further progress — Leaders in artificial intelligence warn that progress is slowing, big challenges remain, and simply throwing more computers at a problem isn't sustainable.
Tweets: @jkleske, @wired, @juansequeda, @alessianigretti, and @joemckendrick
| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Q&A with NYT's Taylor Lorenz on how she covers internet culture and how online harassment of women is fueled by closed, moderated spaces like Facebook groups — Taylor Lorenz, who writes about internet culture, explains how she keeps her finger on the pulse.| Karl Freund / Forbes: |
Intel acquires Israel-based AI chip maker Habana Labs for $2B — Senior Analyst, Machine Learning and HPC — In a strategic move in its datacenter AI plans, Intel has announced that it will acquire Israeli chip startup Habana Labs for $2B. Intel had reaffirmed its plans to deliver …
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CallMiner, which provides call centers with AI-powered speech and text analytics software, raises $75M from Goldman Sachs, bringing its total raised to ~$160M — Despite people of a certain generation's preference for texting, phone calls haven't gone the way of the dodo.| Reuters: |
Argo AI CEO says the company plans to charge per mile for using its autonomous tech in commercial vehicles; sources: Ford and VW each own around 40% of Argo AI — PITTSBURGH/DETROIT (Reuters) - Sky's the limit optimism about self-driving cars is giving way to tougher questions …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A top exec at AFRINIC, one of the world's five regional internet registries, resigned after accusations he sold IPv4 addresses worth $50M+ on the black market — A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Licious, which sells fresh meat and seafood online in seven cities in India, raises $30M Series E led by Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund — Licious, a Bangalore-based startup that sells fresh meat and seafood online, has secured $30 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in the nation.
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