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| Alyssa Hertig / CoinDesk: |
As BIP 91 activates, paving the way for scaling of Bitcoin, Jeff Garzik, lead developer of the SegWit2x network upgrade, talks about what's next for Bitcoin — Jeff Garzik has been accused of a lot of things of late. — Since taking the lead on turning the Segwit2x scaling agreement into code … | Paula Dwyer / Bloomberg: |
Some economists say US tech giants are becoming harmful monopolies, need to be broken up; regulators need to consider alternatives to classic antitrust theory — Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook may be contributing to the U.S. economy's most persistent ailments.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
After multiple user reports of video throttling, Verizon admits it is testing a new video optimization system — Verizon Wireless customers this week noticed that Netflix's speed test tool appears to be capped at 10Mbps, raising fears that the carrier is throttling video streaming on its mobile network.
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| Costas Paris / Wall Street Journal: |
Norwegian companies plan to deploy an electric autonomous container ship by 2020, with testing starting in 2018 — The Yara Birkeland, slated for launch late in 2018, will make short trips delivering fertilizer — OSLO—Two Norwegian companies are taking the lead in the race to build … | Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
UK government plans to require drones weighing 250g or more be registered; drone owners will need to take a drone safety awareness test — The UK government has announced plans to introduce drone registration and safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LiveStories raises $10M Series A led by Ignition Partners with participation from True Ventures, to organize, analyze, and visualize fragmented civic data — Big data analytics continues to be a key driver in how organisations utilise their vast quantities of information to run their businesses …
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| Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal: |
Sizmek to acquire fellow ad tech company Rocket Fuel, whose market valuation peaked at around $2B, for $125M — The deal takes Rocket Fuel private and values the company at $2.60 per share — Sizmek, an advertising technology company owned by private-equity firm Vector Capital … | Haseeb Qureshi / freeCodeCamp: |
Recent $30M+ hack of Parity wallets shows programmers need to rethink the “move fast and break things” mindset when it comes to blockchain and security — Yesterday, a hacker pulled off the second biggest heist in the history of digital currencies.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at initial steps by the US Congress towards regulation of autonomous vehicles as the tech nears marketability — Self-driving cars are zooming at breakneck speed toward America's roadways, and Washington is finally reaching for its seatbelt. — For years, the race …
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
China unveils official policy to build a domestic AI industry worth ~$150B by 2030, calling for AI companies and R&D to be at US levels of innovation by 2020 — SHANGHAI — If Beijing has its way, the future of artificial intelligence will be made in China.| Tova Cohen / Reuters: |
Report: US private equity firm Blackstone Group in advanced talks to buy 40% of Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group for $400M — TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Blackstone Group (BX.N) is in advanced talks to acquire 40 percent of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group for $400 million, Israel's Calcalist business newspaper reported on Sunday.
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| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
AngelList co-founder Babak Nivi has also left the board; sources describe an incident leading to a contractor and Nivi signing a nondisparagement agreement — Often used at tech companies, nondisparagement agreements are increasingly included in employment contracts and legal settlements.| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Lyft announces it is opening Level 5 Engineering Center in Palo Alto to develop its own “open self-driving system” — Lyft is betting the future of the road centers on sharing autonomous vehicles. It aims to be at the forefront of that technology with a new self-driving division …
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