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    • Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

    Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors … Sources:

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    • Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

    Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers  —  Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [NYSE:WIT] is investigating reports that its own … Indian IT outsourcing giant

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    • As The New York Times launches a 5G Journalism Lab to explore storytelling possibilities, a look at how speedier mobile networks could boost newsrooms (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)

    Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: As The New York Times launches a 5G Journalism Lab to explore storytelling possibilities, a look at how speedier mobile networks could boost newsrooms  —  If there’s one thing you can count on in modern life, one truism that will never let you down, it is this: You want more

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    • A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women (Colin Lecher/The Verge)

    Colin Lecher / The Verge: A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women  —  A new report explores AI’s ‘diversity crisis’  —  The artificial intelligence industry is facing a “diversity crisis,” … A

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    • Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm (Nikkei)

    Nikkei: Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm  —  Intel pulls out of 5G smartphone chips as iPhone maker commits to rival  —  The Apple logo is seen outside an Apple store in Bordeaux, France. Sources: Apple was concerned

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    • Kickstarter says game projects on the site have brought $1B+ in donations to creators since 2009, with $236M going to video games and $21M to gaming hardware (Giancarlo Valdes/VentureBeat)

    Giancarlo Valdes / VentureBeat: Kickstarter says game projects on the site have brought $1B+ in donations to creators since 2009, with $236M going to video games and $21M to gaming hardware  —  Games represent one of the biggest categories on Kickstarter, and it looks like it’ll stay that way. Kickstarter says game projects on the

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    • At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded pointed questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience (Emily Dreyfuss/Wired)

    Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded pointed questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience  —  ON TUESDAY, JACK Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, came to TED 2019 to answer for the sins of his platform. At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey

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