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March 12, 2018, 9:25 AM

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Lauren Goode / The Verge:
Toshiba launches dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses, a new head-mounted display tethered to a mini-PC, aimed at business users, starting at $1,899  —  But they work great with a hard hat  —  Nascent technologies are sometimes described as solutions in search of a problem, and that's certainly something …
More: BetaNews, CNET, and Engadget
Aliya Ram / Financial Times:
Uber to expand UberEats food delivery to 100 new cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including 40 in the UK and 35 in France  —  Uber is increasing investment in food delivery this year with plans to launch its UberEats takeaway app in 100 new cities across Europe …
More: PYMNTS.com
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Intel's rumored bid for Broadcom seems suicidal and is likely motivated by fear that a combined Broadcom-Qualcomm will again become Apple's sole modem supplier  —  The Smartphone 2.0 era has destroyed many companies: Nokia, Blackberry, Palm... Will Intel be another victim …
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired:
To thrive in the age of Instagram, sex workers learn to be hyper social media literate while fighting inconsistent rules of platforms, creeps, and the law  —  ONE MORNING LAST May, Melody Kush discovered that someone was using her Twitter photos to catfish people into paying for a Snapchat premium account that didn't even exist.
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Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI, and Accenture are testing an AI-based taxi dispatch support system that can predict demand for taxi services in Tokyo  —  AI applied to taxi services in trials have predicted demand with a 94.1 percent accuracy rate.  —  Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI …
Bloomberg:
Source: online bulk-order wholesaler Boxed has rejected a $400M acquisition offer from Kroger and will instead pursue a new funding round  —  E-commerce startup said to pursue new round of funding  —  Amazon, Costco, Target all said to have expressed interest
More: TechCrunch
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Atomwise, which uses AI to shorten the process of discovering new pharmaceuticals as well as agricultural pesticides, raises $45M Series A  —  Atomwise, which uses deep learning to shorten the process of discovering new drugs, has raised a $45 million Series A. The round was led by Monsanto Growth Ventures …
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
The term blockchain needs a universal definition as its general usage has become diluted and has led to many misconceptions about its capabilities  —  'You keep using that word.  I do not think it means what you think it means'  —  Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have entered …

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