Uber Strikes Deal With Volvo to Buy 24,000 Self-Driving Cars
6 years ago
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Something important might be missing from your next Uber ride: your driver. Uber has just announced that it will purchase 24,000 SUVs from Volvo and outfit them with self-driving systems beginning in 2019. The fleet of Volvo [..]
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Twitter removes verified badge from some white supremacist accounts
6 years ago
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A week after being criticized for verifying the account of white nationalist Jason Kessler, Twitter has revoked the blue checkmark from his account. They have also removed the verification from other far-right white [..]
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Here are the Booming Hubs for Startups from Around the World
6 years ago
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When you think of startups, you likely think of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley as its hub. This area has been the hotbed of startup activity since the 1970s and 1980s, as the region developed into what would [..]
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Chinese news app Toutiao buys Musical.ly for $800 million
6 years ago
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The Chinese news aggregator app Toutiao has something new to sing about after acquiring the popular video-based social network, Musical.ly.
Launched in 2014, Musical.ly allows users to upload and share 15-second lip-sync [..]
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Snapchat’s Major Redesign Will Launch December 4th and Will (Hopefully) Make the App Easier to Use
Snapchat is undergoing a major visual overhaul that is scheduled to be released to the public on December 4th. After a shaky Q3 that left shareholders doubting the future of the social media app, Snapchat’s design [..]
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Why Technologies Die and What Could’ve Been Done to Save Them
6 years ago
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Every few years, we witness the advent of new technology, websites and apps, which embark on a similar trajectory as our lives. They, like us, start off as optimistic children full of unrealized potential, then they venture [..]
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JPMorgan Chase Buys Fintech Startup WePay
6 years ago
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JPMorgan Chase has just announced that it has purchased WePay, an online payment provider founded in 2008. With clients such as Constant Contact, Infusionsoft, and GoFundMe already using WePay’s service, the start-up [..]
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Tesla Motors Fires Hundreds of Employees Citing “Bad Performance” as the Reason
6 years ago
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Last week, a significant number of employees were dismissed by Tesla Motors following the completion of its annual performance review in spite of the fact that efforts are being made by the automobile manufacturer to enhance [..]
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Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes for Insensitive VR Tour of Puerto Rico
6 years ago
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was fiercely attacked after streaming a live video of him on a virtual reality tour of the hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico which was aimed to promote his new Facebook [..]
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Starbucks Shuts Down Its Online Store. Their Reason for Doing it Kinda Makes Sense.
In a world where every business from giant corporations to local mom & pop stores are pushing to make their business more relevant in the online world, Starbucks has decided to say “no thanks”. This [..]
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