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China has banned wearing veils as part of a major crackdown on what it sees as religious extremism in the western province of Xinjiang. - Driving While Drugged: It's More Common Than You Think
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How did a former comedy writer and marketing executive wind up tackling the thorny problem of our politically fragmented modern society? For Daniel Ravner, the 41-year-old founder of The Perspective, the answer was in the last election. The concept is relatively simple — basically create a media an... - CRV just put advanced bioengineering on its shopping list
CRV, an early-stage venture firm that made headlines last year for its stance on then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign, is looking to get out a new (non-political) message: It’s diving more deeply into the business of AI-driven biotech. Read More - Baidu’s AI team taught a virtual agent just like a human would their baby
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Twitter stops counting @ replies, Dropbox takes a $600 million credit line, Audi acquires Silvercar and Toyota drives deeper into AI research. All this on Crunch Report. Read More - I have a lot of feelings about the new ‘Ghost in the Shell’ movie
Ghost in the Shell is one of the best-looking science fiction films in years. Yet, despite how much I enjoyed it, it’s hard not to see it as something of a missed opportunity. Read More - Uber’s Anthony Levandowski invokes Fifth Amendment rights in Waymo suit
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- SpaceX’s reused Falcon 9 rocket nails the landing for a second time
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- SpaceX successfully re-launches an orbital Falcon 9 rocket for the first time
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- Starbucks is going to try out a mobile order-only store
Starbucks introduced its mobile ordering system in 2015, and it’s been a victim of its own success in some ways. Customers at popular spots are eager to use the mobile ordering system to choose their selection and pay in advance, in the hopes of avoiding a line – but they’re having to wait anyway, ... - Twilio now lets developers send and receive faxes
No, this is not an April Fools’ joke: Cloud communications platform Twilio today announced the launch of its “programmable fax” service. While Twilio’s general focus has been on reinventing the phone company (with a focus on developers), fax is a decidedly old-school technology. But it’s an old tech... - Dear @Jack, I don’t love Twitter anymore
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- Weekly Roundup: A big win for SpaceX, Congress votes to let ISPs sell your browsing history
SpaceX gets a big win after successfully relaunching a Falcon 9 rocket, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is officially unveiled and more details surface on Elon Musk’s new company. These are the top stories of the week, plus some long-form weekend reads. Read More - Amazon quietly launches its own social media influencer program into beta
Social media influencers – like Instagram stars or YouTube celebs – often promote products they like, either as part of a brand relationship or as means of generating income through affiliate sales. Now, Amazon is looking to get in on this action as well. The company has quietly launched the “Amazo... - Twitter is getting rid of the egg avatar (because that will totally fix the abuse problem)
- Stealthy gaming company Wonder is ready to tease its new mystery hardware
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- GV’s Tom Hulme on AI, life sciences and the Alphabet VC’s future in Europe
- Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3 billion with big raise from DST
Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has added to its coffers, raising another big round of funding. According to sources, the round was led by Yuri Milner investment vehicle DST Global and values the company at $1.3 billion dollars. Read More - April Fools’ 2017: Here’s the best and worst of this year’s pranks (so far)
April Fools’ Day falls on a Saturday this year. Seemingly worried that the internet goes away on weekends, a bunch of companies rolled out their April Fools’ jokes a few days early. Some of them are really, really good. Some of them… are not. Here’s our round-up of the ones worth a laugh, chuckle o... - If it talks like a government and acts like a government, it must be a tech giant
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The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 31, 2017. Doc checks AdTech’s pulse, Google poisons search with Fake News, and Social stews over trust. Plus the latest G3 with Denise Howell, Halley Suitt Tucker, Elisa Camahort Pa... - Zozi’s ousted CEO sues board following last week’s layoffs
Tour and activities marketplace Zozi fired its CEO earlier this year, but employees were only just informed of this fact last week, when the ousted CEO – who hadn’t been in the office for months – crashed an emergency Town Hall meeting scheduled the day after the company announced a series of layof... - Cloudera finally ready for the public stage
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