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Chris Urmson, CTO of Google's self-driving car project, announces he is leaving after seven years — A key executive of Google's self-driving car project is leaving the company. Chris Urmson, who serves as CTO and technical lead, announced that he was leaving after seven years.
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Sources: Apple acquires Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for around $200M — Machine learning and artificial intelligence startup Turi has been acquired by Apple in a deal characterized as a blockbuster exit for the Seattle-based company, formerly known as Dato and GraphLab, GeekWire has learned.
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Every Mac in Apple's current lineup except the 12-inch MacBook is outdated; the 13-inch MacBook Pro was last updated in June 2012 but still costs $1100 — One thousand, five hundred and fourteen days. Or: four years, one month, and twenty-four days. — That's how long it's … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Disney launches its own messaging app, Disney Mix, aimed at kids and families — Disney today is wading into the mobile messaging marketwith a new chat applicationcalled Disney Mix, aimed at kids, tweens and families. While the app will compete to some extent with popular messaging clients like WhatsApp …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Inside DARPA's first Cyber Grand Challenge, which pitted bot against bot to exploit security holes — Last night, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, seven autonomous bots proved that hacking isn't just for humans. — The Paris ballroom played host to the Darpa Cyber Grand Challenge … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Wal-Mart's $3B acquisition of Jet.com would require Jet founder Marc Lore to head the retailer's online division for several years — Marc Lore said to stay to run retailer's e-commerce division — Purchase for $3 billion would help Wal-Mart challenge Amazon
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US Copyright Office sides with cable companies on set-top boxes, says proposed FCC rules may encourage piracy — Set-top box rules could enable piracy, copyright official warns. — The United States Copyright Office has sided with cable companies in their fight against a Federal … | Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google to shut down Together Android Wear app on September 30, citing redundancy with Android Wear 2.0, according to Android Wear app update — A new update to the Android Wear app is rolling out now to version 1.5..308, but this one carries sad news for those of you who are using …
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Filing: Airbnb raising $850M, sources say at a $30B valuation, bringing total raised to about $3.2B — The home-sharing company Airbnb Inc. is raising $850 million, according to a disclosure filed with the state of Delaware. — The equity round values the San Francisco-based company at $30 billion, people told Bloomberg in June.
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| Lydia Ramsey / Business Insider: |
Honor, a startup that helps connect seniors with home care workers, raises $42M led by Thrive Capital — Honor, a Silicon Valley-based company that helps connect seniors to home care professionals, has raised another $42 million to help it take over the multi-billion-dollar home care industry.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
NPD: sales of portable power packs for mobile devices doubled between July 10 and July 23 compared to same period a year ago, likely due to Pokémon Go — Early on in the Pokémon Go hype cycle, there were signs that players were driving a significant uptick in sales of backup batteries …
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NPD Group, Tech Times, Recode, Fortune, Android Central, Across America, US Patch, HotHardware, USA Today and The Verge. Tweets: @sub8u
| Emily Rauhala / Washington Post: |
Behind Meitu, a Chinese developer of selfie apps with hundreds of millions of MAUs and a valuation in the billions of dollars — XIAMEN, China — The selfie, we all know, is an art form. That cast of light. That tilt of the chin. Not that you're trying.
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