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Dropbox seeks to raise up to $648M in IPO, plans to sell 36M shares at $16 to $18 a share, which at mid point of the range would give it a valuation of ~$7.5B — Dropbox, the online file storage company, said on Monday that it hoped to raise as much as $648 million in its forthcoming stock market debut …
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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 … | 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Singapore-based Broadcom to redomicile to the US by April 3, two days before the chipmaker's acquisition target Qualcomm holds its annual shareholder meeting — (Reuters) - Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) said on Monday it expects to redomicile to the United States by April 3 …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A look at blockchain-based apps like Graphite Docs, Blockstack, OpenBazaar, Storj, and DTube that are part of the movement to build a decentralized internet — I USUALLY WRITE in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings.
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| 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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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Alleged NSA EternalBlue exploit, which leaked a year ago, has become a go-to tool for hackers because of its versatility and the many machines still unpatched — AN ELITE RUSSIAN hacking team, a historic ransomware attack, an espionage group in the Middle East, and countless small time cryptojackers all have one thing in common.
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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
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| 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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