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Sources: eBay is in advanced talks to sell its classified ads business to Norway's Adevinta for ~$8B — Deal could value eBay unit at roughly $8 billion or more — EBay Inc. EBAY -0.89% is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads business to Norway's Adevinta AS ADE -0.69% A …
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Snap partners with Headspace to debut Headspace Minis, in-app meditation tools, which are the first Snap Minis, “bite-size” in-chat apps to be used with friends — While bringing your attention to your breath and softening your gaze in the newest place to meditate with Headspace … | David Jeans / Forbes: |
Sources say ScaleFactor, which raised ~$100M to automate bookkeeping before blaming COVID-19 for its closure, used dozens of human accountants instead of AI — Kurt Rathmann told his big-name investors he had developed groundbreaking AI to do the books for small businesses. In reality, humans did most of the work.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to release Windows 10X for some single-screen devices in spring 2021, and dual-screen in spring 2022, with limited Win32 app support — Microsoft may change the cadence of its Windows 10 feature rollouts starting next year in order to help prioritize Windows 10X development.
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| Axios: |
Inside the FTC's Facebook probe, as sources detail disagreements between two units over how forcefully to apply existing competition standards — A low-key conflict inside the Federal Trade Commission has strengthened the likelihood the agency will toughen its stance with Facebook.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China is considering retaliating against the Chinese operations of Nokia and Ericsson should EU members follow US and UK in banning Huawei's 5G tech — Chinese Commerce Ministry weighs export controls on Nokia and Ericsson China-made products — Beijing is considering retaliating …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Jack Ma's Ant Group, payments processor for Alibaba, plans a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, sources say seeking a valuation of $200B+ — - Ant is planning to list on Shanghai's STAR market, Hong Kong — Firm was valued at $150 billion in previous funding round
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| Daphne Keller / Stanford CIS Blog: |
Analysis of why the PACT Act is a far better approach to reforming CDA 230 than the EARN IT Act, even with its shortcomings and need for improvement — Alex Feerst, one of the great thinkers about Internet content moderation, has a revealing metaphor about the real-world work involved.
Tweets: @alexstamos, @mchrisriley, @daphnehk, and @ellanso
| STAT: |
Many hospitals and clinics are introducing AI-powered decision support tools, often novel and unproven, but most patients are unaware of them — Since February of last year, tens of thousands of patients hospitalized at one of Minnesota's largest health systems have had their discharge …
Tweets: @rebeccadrobbins, @statnews, @kncukier, @katecrawford, @mkaplanpmp, and @covidblk
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Mark Zuckerberg pushes back on rumors of a deal with Trump, saying there is “no deal of any kind” and describing the speculation as “pretty ridiculous” — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, under fire for allowing President Trump to post inflammatory statements on his platform … | Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Ford says it is expanding its partnership with Intel's Mobileye, using its vision-sensing tech to improve driver-assist features — Ford is making big investments in autonomous driving — now it's using Mobileye's vision-sensing technology to improve driver-assist features, such as forward collision warning and lane centering
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Gyant, which provides AI-enabled remote patient-doctor engagement and symptom checking tools for hospitals and healthcare providers, raises $13.6M Series A — Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB's AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. — Gyant, whose AI-enabled health platform …
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