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Google announces $45 AIY Vision Kit for Raspberry Pi, touting it as a cheap and simple computer vision system that doesn't require access to cloud processing — Google is offering a new way for Raspberry Pi tinkerers to use its AI tools. It just announced the AIY Vision Kit … | Gummi Hafsteinsson / The Keyword: |
Google rolling out Assistant update in US that connects users with local home services, with prescreened providers in many cities — No matter what questions you're asking—whether about local traffic or a local business—your Google Assistant should be able to help.| Taylor Martin / CNET: |
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Five women accuse Shervin Pishevar, Uber investor and prominent defender of Travis Kalanick, of sexual misconduct when meeting with him in professional contexts — Five women tell Bloomberg the venture capitalist used his position of power to pursue romantic relationships and unwanted sexual encounters.
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| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
AWS Cloud9 collaborative cloud-and-browser-based IDE launches, pre-packaged with popular programming languages, based on open source Ace Editor and c9.io IDE — Amazon Web Services launched a new service today that's designed to provide developers with a full development environment running in its cloud.| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Futures exchanges CME, CBOE, and Cantor complete self-certification with Commodity Futures Trading Commission; CME will launch bitcoin futures on December 18 — - The world's largest futures exchange, CME, announces it has completed self-certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
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Google's new Play Store policy bans all non-lockscreen Android apps from placing ads on the lockscreen — Ads are just a fact of life in mobile apps. You can't completely avoid them, but there are some ad implementations that are so annoying that Google has explicitly disallowed them from the Play Store.| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Lite rolling out to 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, after Philippines test showed a 50% increase in tweets — Twitter is rolling out its “Lite” version, after a successful trial in the Philippines.The Android app will become available …
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Sources: Tencent Music and Spotify are in talks to swap stakes of up to 10% in each other's businesses ahead of their expected public listings next year — Companies would own up to 10% in each other's businesses — The music group of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd … | Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Qualcomm files three new patent infringement complaints against Apple, seeks ITC ban on iPhones that use competing Intel chips — (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Thursday it filed three new patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iPhones.
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| Alnoor Peermohamed / Business Standard: |
India's ride-hailing startup Ola launches bicycle-sharing service Pedal for short trips, focusing on college campuses, residential townships, and tech parks — Will use Aadhaar integrated solution for users to unlock bicycle with fingerprint — After cabs, autorickshaws, motorcycles and buses …
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| Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail: |
Vancouver-based connected car startup Mojio raises $30M Series B at a pre-money valuation of $100M+ led by Toronto's Kensington Capital — A Vancouver startup hoping to emerge as a leader in the connected-car business has scored a $30-million venture investment led by Toronto's Kensington Capital …
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Periscope expands virtual tipping via Super Hearts beyond the US, to Canada, Ireland, and the UK — Twitter's big push to draw in more live video stars to its Periscope streaming service is now expanding beyond the U.S. The company announced today the Periscope Super Broadcaster program … Sponsor Posts
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