Google announces $45 AIY Vision Kit for Raspberry Pi, touting it as a cheap and simple computer vision system that doesn't require access to cloud processing
Google is offering a new way for Raspberry Pi tinkerers to use its AI tools. It just announced the AIY Vision Kit …
Google rolling out Assistant update in US that connects users with local home services, with prescreened providers in many cities
No matter what questions you're asking—whether about local traffic or a local business—your Google Assistant should be able to help.
Google's new Play Store policy bans all non-lockscreen Android apps from placing ads on the lockscreen
Ads are just a fact of life in mobile apps. You can't completely avoid them, but there are some ad implementations that are so annoying that Google has explicitly disallowed them from the Play Store.
Google Home adds support for stringing two voice commands together
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Futures exchanges CME, CBOE, and Cantor complete self-certification with Commodity Futures Trading Commission; CME will launch bitcoin futures on December 18
- The world's largest futures exchange, CME, announces it has completed self-certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
Five women accuse Shervin Pishevar, Uber investor and prominent defender of Travis Kalanick, of sexual misconduct when meeting with him in professional contexts
Five women tell Bloomberg the venture capitalist used his position of power to pursue romantic relationships and unwanted sexual encounters.
AWS Cloud9 collaborative cloud-and-browser-based IDE launches, pre-packaged with popular programming languages, based on open source Ace Editor and c9.io IDE
Amazon Web Services launched a new service today that's designed to provide developers with a full development environment running in its cloud.
Qualcomm files three new patent infringement complaints against Apple, seeks ITC ban on iPhones that use competing Intel chips
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Thursday it filed three new patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iP...
Twitter Lite rolling out to 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, after Philippines test showed a 50% increase in tweets
Twitter is rolling out its “Lite” version, after a successful trial in the Philippines.The Android app will become available …
Sources: Tencent Music and Spotify are in talks to swap stakes of up to 10% in each other's businesses ahead of their expected public listings next year
Companies would own up to 10% in each other's businesses — The music group of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd …
India's ride-hailing startup Ola launches bicycle-sharing service Pedal for short trips, focusing on college campuses, residential townships, and tech parks
Will use Aadhaar integrated solution for users to unlock bicycle with fingerprint — After cabs, autorickshaws, motorcycles and buses …
Vancouver-based connected car startup Mojio raises $30M Series B at a pre-money valuation of $100M+ led by Toronto's Kensington Capital
A Vancouver startup hoping to emerge as a leader in the connected-car business has scored a $30-million venture investment led by Toronto's Kensington Capital …
Periscope expands virtual tipping via Super Hearts beyond the US, to Canada, Ireland, and the UK
Twitter's big push to draw in more live video stars to its Periscope streaming service is now expanding beyond the U.S. The company announced today the Periscope Super Broadcaster program …
Sources: Apple is designing its own power-management chips for use in iPhones from as early as 2018; current supplier Dialog Semiconductor sees shares drop ~19%
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VMware beats with Q3 revenue of $1.98B, up 11% YoY, license revenue of $785M, up 14% YoY, and net income of $443M
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Sources: Lyft made $483M in revenue in the first half of the year, more than all of last year; net loss fell from $283M last year to $206M
but Uber's still way, way bigger, report says Tweets: The Information / @theinformation : On average, Lyft lost around $1.20 per ride in the first half of 2017, down from a loss of around $4 per ride ...
Pinterest President Tim Kendall is leaving at the end of 2017 to work on his own healthcare startup; Jon Alferness to take over his responsibilities
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Twitter says it didn't delete anti-Muslim tweets retweeted by Trump because it makes occasional exceptions to rules so people can see every side of an issue
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Amazon Fire TV adds support for voice commands on third-party apps, including Hulu, NBC, Bravo, Showtime, Sony PlayStation Vue, and CBS All Access
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Group that says it is representing 5.4M UK iPhone users sues Google, claims company improperly collected personal data in '11-'12; Google says suit has no merit
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GoFundMe drops 5% platform fee for personal campaigns in the US, will instead rely on optional tips; 2.9% payment processing fee remains
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Google Cloud announces that the former head of Intel's data center group, Diane Bryant, will join the division as its COO
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Amazon announces Alexa for Business, with launch partners who have developed skills for business customers, and a new marketplace for business apps
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
GM's self-driving division Cruise hires AG Gangadhar as CTO; Gangadhar previously headed Uber unit discussed by Susan Fowler in her post on toxic workplaces
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode : Tweets: @jmbooyah and @susanthesquark Tweets: Johana Bhuiyan / @jmbooyah : Big deal for Cruise. But as we prev. reported, AG Gangadhar was the head of Susan Fowler's departm...
Farmers Business Network raises $110M Series D co-led by T. Rowe Price and Temasek for $600/year social network that lets users share data, buy and sell, more
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
H2O.ai raises $40M Series C co-led by Nvidia and Wells Fargo to expand its platform of AI-related tools for companies without the know-how
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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