Day: October 22, 2018

White House to meet executives from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM today urging them to make it easier for their workers to do tours of duty in government (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Tony Romm / Washington Post: White House to meet executives from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM today urging them to make it easier for their workers to do tours of duty in government  —  The White House plans to convene technology giants including Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft and IBM on Monday and urge … White House

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Phil Schiller talks about the R in iPhone XR and the choices Apple made to make it more appealing to a broader audience (Chris Velazco/Engadget)

Chris Velazco / Engadget: Phil Schiller talks about the R in iPhone XR and the choices Apple made to make it more appealing to a broader audience  —  The iPhone XR might be the most interesting phone Apple has made in years.  —  Think about it: Apple just released its flagship XS and XS Max

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The Scanmarker Air Scanner lets you scan notes and save them to your phone or computer— and now, it’s $30 off

The Scanmarker Air Wireless OCR Pen Scanner brings note-taking into the 21st century with a truly innovative concept that’ll instantly change how you compile and store information. And with this limited time offer from TNW Deals, you can knock $30 off the price of this digital highlighter, bring it down to just $89. The Scanmarker

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Netflix says it's going to raise $2B through debt securities, the sixth time in less than four years it's raising $1B+ through bonds (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix says it’s going to raise $2B through debt securities, the sixth time in less than four years it’s raising $1B+ through bonds  —  Netflix is again going to debt markets to fund its enormous appetite for content, announcing plans Monday to raise $2 billion in financing through debt securities. Netflix

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Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service, raises $15M in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Capital (Tom Krazit/GeekWire)

Tom Krazit / GeekWire: Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service, raises $15M in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Capital  —  It didn’t take long for the ex-Microsoft engineers behind Pulumi to prove their software development platform for multicloud computing was worthy of additional investment. Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment

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Startups that blend profit with purpose can apply to win a share of $1 million in funding at Chivas Venture 2019

As will.i.am said at this year’s TNW Conference, “the superstars of the future are going to be founders of startups that solve tomorrow’s problems.” Sustainability is more important than ever before, but it can be really hard to build a for-profit business that aims to do good in the world. Luckily, entrepreneurs don’t have to

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Detecting fake news using AI will require a number of major advances far beyond today's AI, which just flags word patterns and operates at a keyword level (New York Times)

New York Times: Detecting fake news using AI will require a number of major advances far beyond today’s AI, which just flags word patterns and operates at a keyword level  —  At least not for decades to come.  Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg.  —  Dr. Marcus is a professor of psychology and neural science. Detecting fake news

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London-based fashion e-commerce startup Thread, which uses AI to help suggest clothes to buy, raises $22M and announces an equity crowdfunding campaign (Andrii Degeler/Tech.eu)

Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: London-based fashion e-commerce startup Thread, which uses AI to help suggest clothes to buy, raises $22M and announces an equity crowdfunding campaign  —  British menswear suggestion and matching startup Thread has raised $22 million in a Series B funding round from Balderton Capital … London-based fashion e-commerce startup Thread, which uses

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IBM and Visa partner to upend global payments using Ethereum tech

Visa has just announced it has partnered with IBM ahead of the commercial release of its blockchain-powered global financial payments platform, B2B Connect. Upon its expected launch in the first quarter of 2019, Visa will have integrated its core assets (including B2B Connect) with the proprietary IBM Blockchain Platform, which IBM built using open-source Ethereum technology.

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Google Home Hub review: smart photo frame and home control panel, a capable digital assistant, photos and videos look crisp but sound quality is mediocre (Andrew Gebhart/CNET)

Andrew Gebhart / CNET: Google Home Hub review: smart photo frame and home control panel, a capable digital assistant, photos and videos look crisp but sound quality is mediocre  —  Google Assistant helps this tiny screen feel powerful  —  $149.00  —  CNET may get a commission from these offers.  —  Compare These Google Home Hub

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