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Alibaba to invest $100M in the Indian short video app and TikTok competitor Vmate, which is owned by its subsidiary UC Web and which has 30M users globally (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Alibaba to invest $100M in the Indian short video app and TikTok competitor Vmate, which is owned by its subsidiary UC Web and which has 30M users globally  —  Chinese tech giant Alibaba is doubling down on India’s burgeoning video market, looking to fight back local rival ByteDance, Google … Alibaba

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Big data analytics vendor MapR cuts 122 jobs, may shut down Santa Clara HQ after potential investor pulls out after "extremely poor results" in the last quarter (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: Big data analytics vendor MapR cuts 122 jobs, may shut down Santa Clara HQ after potential investor pulls out after “extremely poor results” in the last quarter  —  MapR Technologies Inc., one of the troika of unicorn startups that emerged from the early days of the big-data movement … Big data

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Infinity Ward ‘plans’ to support cross-play for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PC and console

Call of Duty is the latest multiplayer game series looking to embrace cross-play. While today’s reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is focused primarily on the game’s gritty single-player campaign, developer Infinity Ward did provide a few details about the multiplayer component. Most notably, the developer says that ”the team plans for Modern Warfare

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Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019, up 55.2% YoY as ear-worn devices grew 135.1%; Huawei grew 282.2%, Samsung 151.6%, and Apple 49.5% (IDC)

IDC: Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019, up 55.2% YoY as ear-worn devices grew 135.1%; Huawei grew 282.2%, Samsung 151.6%, and Apple 49.5%  —  Global shipments of wearable devices reached 49.6 million units during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), up 55.2% … Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019,

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Firefly, which runs targeted, geofenced ads via smart screens on ride-sharing cars in SF and LA, raises $30M Series A as its starts working with taxis in NYC (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Firefly, which runs targeted, geofenced ads via smart screens on ride-sharing cars in SF and LA, raises $30M Series A as its starts working with taxis in NYC  —  Firefly, a startup that allows ridehail drivers to make money from advertising, has raised $30 million in Series A funding. Firefly, which

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Deadspin Foul Ball Appears To Injure Young Child At Cubs-Astros Game [Update] | The Root The 10 Bigg

Deadspin Foul Ball Appears To Injure Young Child At Cubs-Astros Game [Update] | The Root The 10 Biggest Cultural Thefts in Black History | Jezebel Moby’s Book Tour Is Officially Canceled | Splinter Trump Makes Rare Foray Into Accidental Intelligence | News Dark Phoenix reshot its… Read more… Deadspin Foul Ball Appears To Injure Young Child At Cubs-Astros Game [Update] |

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A German regulatory proposal aims to ensure content diversity and non-discrimination on streaming platforms and sites like YouTube via algorithm transparency (Media Policy Project)

Media Policy Project: A German regulatory proposal aims to ensure content diversity and non-discrimination on streaming platforms and sites like YouTube via algorithm transparency  —  Tighter regulation of social media and other online services in now under discussion in several European countries … A German regulatory proposal aims to ensure content diversity and non-discrimination on

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Leap Motion, the gesture startup reportedly almost acquired by Apple, sells to UK haptics company

Leap Motion, which made hand-tracking systems for virtual and augmented reality headsets, is reportedly being acquired by haptics company UltraHaptics. The Wall Street Journal reported the news earlier today, saying that the San Francisco-based Leap Motion had agreed to sell for around $30 million. That’s a fraction of Leap Motion’s $306 million valuation at the

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BlueVoyant, which provides managed security, professional services, and threat intelligence to SMBs, raises $82.5M Series B at a $430M+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: BlueVoyant, which provides managed security, professional services, and threat intelligence to SMBs, raises $82.5M Series B at a $430M+ valuation  —  The pace of malicious hacks and security breaches is showing no signs of slowing down, and spend among enterprises to guard against that is set to reach $124 billion this

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