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How blockchain-based tokens will transform the financing of technology — Tokens are early today, but will transform technology tomorrow. — In 2014, we wrote that “Bitcoin is more than money, and more than a protocol. It's a model and platform for true crowdfunding—open, distributed, and liquid all the way.”
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Despite their disruptive potential for powering infrastructure, it is unlikely that blockchains and cryptocurrencies will gain widespread consumer adoption — Cryptocurrencies are booming beyond belief. Bitcoin is up sevenfold, to $2,500, in the last year.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
ARM announces next-generation CPUs and GPUs focused on efficient machine learning; ARM Cortex-A75 is new flagship mobile chip, now with 22% better performance — ML plus AI, AR, and VR — ARM is taking on the full set of trendy initialisms — On the eve of Computex …
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AlphaGo retires from competitive Go after defeating world number one 3-0 — AlphaGo is going out on top. After beating Ke Jie, the world's best player of the ancient Chinese board game Go, for the third time today at the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Google's DeepMind unit announced …
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Prumentum Group wants to combine robo-advisor tech with human advice for wealth management, raises $25M Series A, reveals stake in finance advice firm Plancorp — A new wealth management startup called Prumentum Group is coming to market with a unique value proposition …
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Sources: DirecTV Now lost 3K customers in February while growth in March was roughly flat — New subscribers to web-TV service have slowed in early 2017 — AT&T CEO: We've ‘pulled back’ on marketing after fast start — AT&T Inc.'s live online video service, DirecTV Now … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Frontier Car Group, which builds and runs marketplaces for used cars in emerging markets, raises $22M — European founders, adept at launching startups which cross many international borders are fast ganging a reputation for launching in emerging markets.| TechCrunch: |
VCs invested over $300M last year in startups building apps, monitoring devices, and services to improve sleep — A lot of startups are pitching ways to put us to sleep lately. In response, investors are perking up and writing big checks. — Call it Big Sleep.
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| Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times: |
Alfa, a UK-based financial software provider, closed up 30% on its first day of trading Friday, after raising £254M in what was UK's biggest tech IPO since 2015 — Stock market capitalisation of financial software group rises to more than £1bn — Read next| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
14 people who say their names were used as part of 450K anti-net neutrality comments without permission ask FCC for public disclosure, removal of fake comments — FCC should investigate and throw out fake comments, impersonation victims say. — Fourteen people who say their names … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted — Campaign targeting more than 200 people also spread disinformation, report says. — E-mails stolen in a phishing attack … | Reuters: |
Sources: Delivery Hero plans to announce by mid-June a Frankfurt IPO at a valuation of about $4.5B — Online food takeaway firm Delivery Hero is set to float before the summer break in a deal valuing one of Europe's biggest start-ups at up to 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion), people close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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