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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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    • The data loss bug in Windows 10 shows Microsoft hasn't developed the processes and systems needed to sustain the two feature updates a year for Windows approach (Peter Bright/Ars Technica)

    Peter Bright / Ars Technica: The data loss bug in Windows 10 shows Microsoft hasn’t developed the processes and systems needed to sustain the two feature updates a year for Windows approach  —  Buggy updates point at deeper problems.  —  It’s fair to say that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has not been Microsoft’s

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    • China drafts regulation to stamp out blockchain anonymity

    After killing all legitimate cryptocurrency businesses in the country, Chinese authorities are now turning their attention to other blockchain service providers. The country’s apex internet regulator, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released a draft policy on Friday that will require all companies to collect their users’ real names and national identification card numbers before offering them

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    • Profile of Symphony, a secure messaging app for financial industry that also lets bots at different institutions talk to each other and settle trades (Oliver Staley/Quartz)

    Oliver Staley / Quartz: Profile of Symphony, a secure messaging app for financial industry that also lets bots at different institutions talk to each other and settle trades  —  For almost 40 years, Bloomberg has been an unescapable fact of life in the financial world.  —  Older than the internet … Profile of Symphony, a

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    • Survey of 5,844 US college students finds 89% at least got some news from social media weekly, with 71% getting news from Facebook and 55% from Snapchat (Mallory Locklear/Engadget)

    Mallory Locklear / Engadget: Survey of 5,844 US college students finds 89% at least got some news from social media weekly, with 71% getting news from Facebook and 55% from Snapchat  —  A number of studies have shown that people turn to social media for news, and of all of the social networks out there,

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