James Damore blames Google's intense echo chamber, exacerbated by outside reactions, for his firing
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OpenAI bot has defeated three top professional Dota 2 players in 1v1 play over the last week
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“This Is Just Like GamerGate”: How The Pro-Trump Media Turned James Damore Into A Hero Overnight
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Twitch launches desktop app with support for voice and video calls on Windows and macOS
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Samsung opens up beta version of its Android browser to all devices running Android 5.0 Lollipop or later
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Source: Facebook approved the stealthy release of app similar to Moments in China via a local company that appears to be closely linked to Facebook
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Bitcoin passes $4,000 mark amid ICO frenzy and a slowdown in momentum behind Bitcoin Cash
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Shervin Pishevar and two other Uber investors demand that Benchmark, which sued Travis Kalanick for fraud, give up its Uber board seat and sell its Uber shares
A group of Uber investors has asked that venture capital firm Benchmark step down from the company's board of directors, Axios has learned.
Behind the only formal net neutrality complaint, filed by one man, Alex Nguyen, whose 112-page document catalogs dozens of questionable actions from Verizon
Alex Nguyen filed the only formal net neutrality complaint, and he's still waiting for an answer
Instagram feeds have become dominated by planned candids, dubbed “plandids”, which are usually posed but are supposed to appear effortless
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Baidu COO Qi Lu on company's and China's AI ambitions, Baidu's DuerOS natural language-based AI platform, why Alexa ecosystem is ahead of rivals in US, more
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Google reveals sites that fail ad test, risk being filtered by upcoming Chrome ad blocker, including Forbes, LA Times, Lifehacker, Chicago Tribune
Credit: Illustration by Tam Nguyen/ Ad Age — Betty Crocker might want to check her inbox Thursday. — The iconic brand is one of roughly …
After raising $232M in an ICO, Tezos says it'll commit $50M to fund new companies looking to build on the Tezos platform, via direct venture arm and VC partners
Tezos shot straight through the stratosphere in the blink of an eye with their Initial Coin Offering several weeks back.
FCC extends the comment response period for its net neutrality proposal by two weeks, with deadline now August 30
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Uber's board, minus Kalanick and Benchmark's Matt Cohler, say in statement they are “disappointed” in Benchmark's suit, effectively declining to endorse it
Long time VC watcher, writer … Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch : Uber board ‘disappointed’ by Benchmark's lawsuit against former CEO Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios : Uber board “disappointed” in Benchmark dispute ...
SoundCloud closes $169.5M Series F funding round led by Raine Group and Temasek to stay afloat; former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces Alex Ljung as CEO
LOS ANGELES — SoundCloud has gotten … Adam Rowe / TechCo : SoundCloud Closed the Funding It Needs to Stay Alive Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica : Investors rescue embattled SoundCloud with $170 million ...
Bitfinex to stop all services to US clients in the next 90 days, citing SEC's recent investigative report that said securities law may apply to ICO token sales
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Amplitude raises $30M Series C funding round led by IVP, with participation from Benchmark Capital and Battery Ventures, for its product-focused analytics tools
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Facebook acquires German computer vision startup Fayteq, which specializes in adding and removing objects from videos
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Coding boot camps in the US are facing stiff competition in a crowded field, with eight schools having shut down or planning to close in 2017
Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters : Tweets: @zachcodes , @rossdawson , and @safct13 . Thanks: @dnvolz Tweets: Zach Silveira / @zachcodes : Coding will never work out as a career for those who do it only f...
Snap paid $213M in cash for Zenly and $135M for Placed, SEC filing shows
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Online radio company TuneIn raises $50M in round led by Marker LLC, IVP, and Comcast Ventures; the deal values TuneIn at $500M, a source says
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