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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple is working on Apple Neural Engine, a dedicated chip to power AI on devices — Move would follow similar announcements from Qualcomm, Google — Offloading tasks to dedicated chip may improve iPhone battery — Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software …
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| Chris Johnston / The Guardian: |
British Airways has cancelled all flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick on Saturday due to a major IT failure — IT outage leaves travellers unable to check in online, with some passengers stranded on a plane on the tarmac at Heathrow — British Airways has cancelled all flights …
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: Snap acquires LA-based drone maker Ctrl Me Robotics for under $1M — Snap has acquired Ctrl Me Robotics, a small drone manufacturer based in Los Angeles that should give the company added muscle in its push into hardware. — Snap's interest in drone manufacturers has been rumored for months …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber says that Travis Kalanick's mother has died in a boating accident; his father is in serious condition — Travis Kalanick's father Donald was seriously injured. — Bonnie Kalanick, the mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, has died in a boating accident, a company spokesperson said.
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| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Google says it is too expensive and time-consuming to compile and hand over salary records to the US government in the gender pay case — Officials said it was too financially burdensome and logistically challenging to hand over salary records that the government requested in discrimination case
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: |
Google adds “Personal” tab to search filters, which shows results from user's Gmail, Photos, more — Google now lets searchers filter their search results by “personal” results. By that, it mostly means emails, flights, anything related to that Gmail account they are logged into.
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| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Change.org raises $30M led by LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman and Bill Gates invest too — In 2006, newly minted Stanford grad Ben Rattray sat at a Starbucks in Silicon Valley, pitching LinkedIn founder and early Facebook investor Reid Hoffman to fund his idea for a political website.
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
San Francisco-based food delivery startup Sprig, which raised over $56M, says it is shutting down — The San Francisco food-delivery startup Sprig will be shutting down Friday, Business Insider has learned. — The company had raised over $56 million from Silicon Valley's top investors for its new spin on food delivery.
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| Robert Levine / Billboard: |
Spotify settles class action suit filed by a group of songwriters over mechanical rights, to set up $43.4M fund as compensation for unpaid royalties — Spotify has reached a settlement with a group of songwriters who had sued for copyright infringement, eliminating an potential complication …
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TechCrunch, musictechpolicy.com, and hypebot
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The Challenges and Rewards of Modernizing Data Centers — It's accepted wisdom that the ability to bring new applications and services to market quickly is key to success in today's fast-moving marketplaces. Consequently, organizations are adopting public cloud services …
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Tidal confirms the departure of CEO Jeff Toig; source says he exited in March — A replacement for Toig, who was the company's third CEO since its launch, will be announced soon. — Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal has confirmed the departure of Jeff Toig, its third chief executive in two years.
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The Verge, CNET, SlashGear, Tubefilter, Variety, Cult of Mac, Engadget, MacDailyNews, and hypebot
Tweets: @ericjackson, @mgsiegler, @billboardhiphop, and @pkafka
| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
HTC releases Link mobile VR headset in Japan that pairs with U11 phone; new headset is not part of Vive brand — In a curious move, HTC has revealed a new mobile VR headset called Link that is not part of the company's Vive brand. The move comes just a week after the company announced … | Beth Rigby / Sky News: |
G7 leaders back Theresa May's call for internet firms including Google, Twitter, and Facebook to step up efforts against extremist content — Theresa May secured support from fellow G7 leaders on tackle extremists online and stop foreign fighters returning to the UK and Europe …
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