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Google says it provides TensorFlow APIs to US Dept of Defense to help interpret drone footage, is working on policies and safeguards for use of machine learning — Google has partnered with the United States Department of Defense to help the agency develop artificial intelligence …
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WeWork says it's acquiring SEO and marketing company Conductor to build a “marketing cloud” for enterprise customers — WeWork is acquiring Conductor. — The two businesses might not seem like an obvious fit. Why would a coworking giant buy a company that's best known for search engine optimization?
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Washington becomes first state to enact its own net neutrality protections as its bill is signed into law; 25+ states have introduced net neutrality bills — Internet providers will be required to treat all lawful content the same in Washington state under a landmark net neutrality law that just became official.
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Microsoft Surface Pro LTE review: seamless connectivity, light and portable design, and satisfactory battery life, but its 7th gen Intel Core CPU is outdated — The cellular-connected laptop for consumers has arrived — For the past week or so, I've been using a computer to work from a train, at a park, and in a coffee shop.| New York Times: |
Right-wing journalist Peter Schweizer plans to release a documentary on tech companies' role in filtering the news, casting them as censorious and oppressive — Conservatives are zeroing in on a new enemy in the political culture wars: Big Tech. — Arguing that Silicon Valley is stifling … | Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Netflix update lets parents set custom PINs for individual movies or shows and displays maturity level ratings when hitting play — Netflix today announced that it is updating its parental controls to create more detailed protection for young viewers. The service is also adding clearer maturity level rating labels to its content.| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Bumble updates policy to ban firearm images and will use ~5K moderators to remove gun-related content, won't censor images appearing in users' Instagram feeds — A few swipes into the popular dating app Bumble, and the diversity of interests is obvious: Users post photos of themselves swinging …
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Crunchbase Report: since January 2017, blockchain related startups worldwide have raised ~$4.5B via ICOs, almost 3.5x the ~$1.3B raised in traditional VC rounds — Recently, we found that, for 2018, the amount of money being raised by blockchain and blockchain-adjacent companies via traditional VC rounds … | Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Analysis finds WordPress powers 30% of the top 10M websites, nearly 10x the market share of its nearest competitor Joomla, which has a 3.1% share — Open source dominates the content management system market — The web-watchers at W3Techs have just noted a milestone: WordPress now accounts for 30 per cent of the world's web sites.
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Sources: used car site Vroom, which had raised ~$320M, lays off 25%-50% staff and halts Dallas and Indiana operations — Vroom, an on-demand car buying and selling startup that has raised over $300 million in venture funding, has hit a bump in the road. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
HQ Trivia says it has raised $15M at a $100M post-money valuation, led by Founders Fund, to grow out its engineering team — HQ, the live trivia game-show app, tells Axios that it has raised $15 million in new VC funding at a $100 million post-money valuation.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
MoviePass CEO says its app tracks user locations before and after movies, which is not information currently disclosed in the company's privacy policy — Everyone knew the MoviePass deal is too good to be true — and as is so often the case these days, it turns out you're not the customer, you're the product.
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A look at the tweets of those making money from private accounts with Premo: John Schindler appears to earn $17K/month and Eric Garland $3K/month — I know, because I read them. — Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services … | Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Sequoia Capital is seeking to raise $12B+ across seven funds, including $8B for its global growth fund, $2.5B for China, and $675M for Southeast Asia — More than $12 billion in capital is sought across seven new funds — One of Silicon Valley's best-known venture-capital firms …
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Google's search app for iOS adds an extension for iMessage in US, a Safari share sheet option to see related content suggestions, and iPad drag and drop support — Google Search is now available within iMessage. In an effort to more deeply integrate Google's search engine on iOS devices … | Yahoo! Finance: |
Indonesia blocks Tumblr for ignoring order to remove pornographic content, says 360 accounts contained porn, will make it accessible when Tumblr complies — Indonesia has blocked online blogging service Tumblr over pornographic content, the government said Tuesday, in Jakarta's latest crackdown on obscenity.
Tweets: @caseynewton and @hannahkuchler
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Uber begins using its self-driving trucks for some long haul cargo trips in Arizona as part of Uber Freight service, leaving the last stretch to human drivers — Via Uber Freight, the company's standalone trucking app — Uber's big push to dominate the trucking industry took a leap forward today …
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Romania-based UiPath, which develops AI-based bots that automate mundane enterprise tasks, confirms it raised $153M Series B at $1.1B valuation led by Accel — Last week, we reported that UiPath, a startup out of Romania building AI-based services for enterprises in the area of robotic process automation …
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