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As residential neighborhoods near highways struggle with the traffic sent by navigation apps like Waze, Leonia, NJ is closing 60 of its streets to outsiders — LEONIA, N.J. — It is bumper to bumper as far as the eye can see, the kind of soul-sucking traffic jam that afflicts highways the way bad food afflicts rest stops.| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
SingularityNET raises $36M in 60 seconds in an ICO to build out its decentralized blockchain-based marketplace for AI algorithms — SingularityNET — an ambitions project to create a decentralized marketplace for AI — has raised a lot of money in its token sale.
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Sources: years after FBI began tracking Russian disinformation efforts and US intel agencies drew up counter operations, the US still equivocates — The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow.
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Baidu is suing its former autonomous driving chief Wang Jing and his startup JingChi for alleged intellectual property theft — China's largest search engine provider suing JingChi, led by former executive Wang Jing, demanding the start-up cease using purportedly stolen technology| Steven Sinofsky / Learning by Shipping: |
History shows the best time for startups to out-innovate incumbents in tech is when incumbents have achieved extreme product-market-fit and seem unassailable — One of the most interesting challenges in building an enterprise startup is navigating around, through, under, or over the big tech companies.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Passport, provider of backend management software for public transport systems, raises $43M Series C from Bain Capital Ventures — Passport, company that's managing much of the technical aspects of how people pay to use public transportation resources in cities like London, Miami and Los Angeles, has just raised $43 million.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
In 2017, YouTube's business grew while its public image suffered after lacking protections against hate speech and disturbing kids' videos — Will YouTube's mounting scandals ever slow the business down? — 2017 was a wild year for YouTube. It continued to extend its dominance …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
CNN ends its daily Snapchat news show, The Update, launched just four months ago, saying it couldn't make enough money from advertising — CNN is ending its daily Snapchat news show, “The Update,” launched just four months ago — after concluding, at least for now, that it couldn't make money …
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| Leslie Hook / Financial Times: |
Uber's new COO Barney Hartford talks about his plans to make Uber more efficient by reigning-in promotions and discounts, reducing ride drop rates — Uber's newly appointed chief operating officer, Barney Harford, is planning to reduce costs and “bring a dose of financial discipline” …
Tweets: @financialtimes, @raju, and @lesliehook
| Telegraph: |
London Metropolitan Police's head of digital forensics says it will use AI to scan for child abuse images on suspects' devices within two or three years — Artificial intelligence will take on the gruelling task of scanning for images of child abuse on suspects' phones and computers …
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Gizmodo, New York Post, Inquirer Technology, Alphr, Engadget, PetaPixel, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @jeffbigham
| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Facebook launches tool that shows if you followed or Liked Russia-linked US election related accounts on Facebook and Instagram between Jan. 2015 and Aug. 2017 — Not all users who saw that content, however, can take advantage of a new tool out today. — Facebook has rolled out its new hub …
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Facebook, Ubergizmo, The Verge, The Independent, Neowin, Digital Trends, Lifehacker, Slate, The Next Web, TechCrunch, The Guardian, SlashGear, Engadget, Wired, Deadline, CNET, SiliconBeat, Axios, CNNMoney, and Mashable
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| George Avalos / Mercury News: |
Google unveils proposal for 1M+ square feet of new offices in Sunnyvale, which the company says could accommodate 4,500 employees by 2021 at the earliest — SUNNYVALE — Google on Wednesday unveiled its plans for a striking new development in Sunnyvale's Moffett Park, where thousands …
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