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    • Australian Securities Exchange is working with Digital Asset to convert part of its settlement process to blockchain, invests in the startup's $35M Series C (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

    Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Australian Securities Exchange is working with Digital Asset to convert part of its settlement process to blockchain, invests in the startup’s $35M Series C  —  Digital Asset (DA) has raised $35 million in Series C funding, signaling a comeback for the enterprise blockchain startup a year … Australian Securities Exchange is

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    • Palantir wins a one year $111M contract to connect US Army's operations systems into a single dashboard; Palantir reportedly took over Project Maven (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

    Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Palantir wins a one year $111M contract to connect US Army’s operations systems into a single dashboard; Palantir reportedly took over Project Maven  —  – Company beats Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Deloitte  — Peter Thiel-backed company is also working on Project Maven Palantir wins a one year 1M contract to

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    • Argo AI CEO says the company plans to charge per mile for using its autonomous tech in commercial vehicles; sources: Ford and VW each own around 40% of Argo AI (Reuters)

    Reuters: Argo AI CEO says the company plans to charge per mile for using its autonomous tech in commercial vehicles; sources: Ford and VW each own around 40% of Argo AI  —  PITTSBURGH/DETROIT (Reuters) – Sky’s the limit optimism about self-driving cars is giving way to tougher questions … Argo AI CEO says the company

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    • Researchers: deep learning, which led to great advances in AI over the past decade, is nearing its limits and new approaches are needed for further progress (Tom Simonite/Wired)

    Tom Simonite / Wired: Researchers: deep learning, which led to great advances in AI over the past decade, is nearing its limits and new approaches are needed for further progress  —  Leaders in artificial intelligence warn that progress is slowing, big challenges remain, and simply throwing more computers at a problem isn’t sustainable. Researchers: deep

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    • Pinstriped is the productivity tool that actually ends pointless meetings. Get it for $30 today

    With Pinstriped, meetings get organized, stay organized and wipe out all those diversions that send other meetings into the weeds. You set up a timed and structured agenda that goes to all your participants, including all your supporting links, like discussion points, files or other supplemental material. Pinstriped is the productivity tool that actually ends

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    • Flipkart and Walmart invest in Ninjacart, a Bangalore-based fresh produce supply chain startup; sources had said earlier that Walmart could invest up to $50M (The Economic Times)

    The Economic Times: Flipkart and Walmart invest in Ninjacart, a Bangalore-based fresh produce supply chain startup; sources had said earlier that Walmart could invest up to $50M  —  India’s largest online retailer, Flipkart, and its US-based parent entity Walmart have jointly invested an undisclosed sum … Flipkart and Walmart invest in Ninjacart, a Bangalore-based fresh

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