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| David Ku / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft acquires Berkeley-based conversational AI startup Semantic Machines — AI researchers have made great strides in recent years, but we are still at the beginning of teaching computers to understand the full context of human communication. Most of today's bots and intelligent assistants respond …
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Facebook and Qualcomm partner to develop high-speed Terragraph WiFi for cities, will begin field trials in 2019 using 60GHz technology from Qualcomm — Facebook's plan to connect neighborhoods and businesses wirelessly, known as Terragraph, will begin field trials in 2019 using 60GHz technology … | Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urges DoJ to review monopolies in tech after a 60 Minutes segment about Google's monopoly in search — - Mnuchin acknowledged that antitrust matters don't fall under his jurisdiction, but said someone ought to be looking. — His comments come on the heels of a … | Mark Scott / Politico: |
European Parliament President says Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with MEPs on Tuesday will be livestreamed — Turnaround comes after plans for a closed-door meeting with the Facebook chief and select MEPs prompted widespread criticism. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with MEPs …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Acer to pre-install Alexa on its PC lineup, starting with Spin 5 laptops, as well as roll the feature out to compatible Acer models over the next few weeks — Acer announced this morning that it is the first to ship notebook PCs preinstalled with Amazon Alexa. It won't be the last.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
HMD Global, developer of Nokia-branded phones, raises $100M round led by Swiss VC firm Ginko Ventures at a valuation of $1B+ — HMD Global, the so-called “home of Nokia phones,” has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by Swiss VC firm Ginko Ventures, with participation …
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| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft consultants approached San Francisco officials about applying for permits for an e-scooter service — Lyft plans to seek permits to run an electric scooter service in San Francisco, The Information has learned. It is the clearest sign yet that the No. 2 ride-hailing firm plans … | David McCabe / Axios: |
Progressive groups including Demand Progress to launch a “six-figure” ad offensive Monday telling FTC to break off Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger from Facebook — A collection of progressive groups will launch a six figure digital ad offensive Monday telling the Federal Trade Commission …
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| Michael J. Coren / Quartz: |
Profile of Duolingo, a language learning app that has 25M MAUs and offers courses, mostly created through crowdsourcing, in 31 languages — Duolingo has pulled off a remarkable feat. The startup, valued at $700 million, has built one of the world's most popular language learning apps while only hiring a handful of translators.
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
OnePlus 6 review: great value, smooth interface, solid battery life, and improved camera, but no wireless charging, and no microSD expansion — I still remember that day, more than four years ago, when OnePlus came out of nowhere with its promise “to spare no expense” to bring us “the perfect smartphone.”
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
TeenSafe, an app for parents to monitor kids' phone use, stored some app login passwords and kids' Apple ID credentials in plaintext on an unsecured AWS server — Exclusive: A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords. — At least one server used by an app …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Crunchbase data shows VC investments in blockchain-related startups, excluding ICOs, reached $1.3B in 2018, exceeding investment totals of previous 18 months — Although bitcoin and blockchain technology may not take up quite as much mental bandwidth for the general public as it did just a few months ago … Sponsor Posts
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