Sources: Samsung is developing a voice-activated smart speaker powered by its digital assistant Bixby, internally code-named Vega, with release date TBD
Samsung is developing a voice-activated speaker powered by its digital assistant Bixby, joining a proliferating arms race in tabletop devices …
South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, was hacked; info of some users accessed and later used in phishing attacks to steal funds from accounts
The largest bitcoin and ether exchange in South Korea by volume, Bithumb, was recently hacked.
Nokia and Xiaomi sign a business collaboration agreement and multi-year patent deal, which includes cross-licensing for cellular standard essential patents
The deal will give the companies access to a wider pool of patents and equipment. — Nokia and Xiaomi have signed …
Amazon confirms Voicebot's analysis: Alexa has over 15K skills, up from 10K in February; Voicebot says Google Home has 378 voice apps and Cortana has 65
Amazon's Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills — the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and others.
Vantiv to acquire British payment processing company Worldpay in a deal valued at $10B; Worldpay accounts for 42% of all retail transactions in Britain
LONDON — Worldpay Group, the British payment processing company, said on Wednesday that it had agreed in principle to be acquired by Vantiv …
Ticketmaster unveils ticketing app that uses Lisnr tech to send data over audio between devices, for ticket-less check-ins and tracking locations of users
Ticketmaster will soon be able to admit you to live events and track your movement using nothing more than a discrete digital audio broadcast from your smartphone.
FTC: Broadcom agrees to provide separate facilities and IT systems for Cisco chip production after Brocade deal to remedy anti-competitive concerns
On Monday, the FTC said that it was putting special provisions in place to protect Cisco from potential damage from the acquisition of its competitor, Brocade.
Baidu forms alliance with 50+ partners for its Apollo self-driving vehicle platform, including 12 Chinese car makers, Ford, Bosch, Nvidia, and Microsoft Cloud
Baidu, the operator of China's largest search engine, said it has formed what it claims to be one of the world's largest …
Preorders open for Token, a $249 ring shipping Dec. with fingerprint reader and NFC for payments or logins; launch partners include MasterCard, Microsoft, Visa
Smart rings aren't a novel idea — there are plenty of fitness tracking, notification-sending, payment or even protective finger ornaments around.
Adviser to top EU court rules against Uber in French case, says Uber should be treated as a taxi service; Uber says it will await final ruling later this year
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New regulations in China require at least two “auditors” to vet all audiovisual content posted online to ensure it adheres to “core socialist values”
China's latest maneuvre in a sweeping crackdown on internet content has sent a chill through a diverse community of filmmakers …
Mark Pincus, Reid Hoffman launch Win the Future to rethink the Democratic Party; project's site will put political topics up for a vote, crowdsource proposals
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Wanli Min, Alibaba's chief data scientist, on firm's approach to AI, cloud computing, and balancing the need for explainable systems vs black box nature of ML
What does it take to compete in a global arena in which retail and cloud are increasingly intertwined?
Baidu acquires Seattle-based natural language startup Kitt.ai, which helps build and power chatbots and voice-based apps across multiple platforms and devices
China's search giant Baidu has made another acquisition to continue its push into artificial intelligence, and specifically to help …
UK's Tide raises $14M Series A to challenge big banks with a mobile-first service for SMBs, partners with iwoca to start a loan program offering up to £100K
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Sources: China's Tencent invests between $100M-$150M in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, which aims to raise up to $1B in the current round
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