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- Communities Work to Build Understanding 25 Years After LA Riots
- Communities Work to Build Understanding 25 Years After LA Riots
- Arkansas Execution: One Woman's Long Wait to See Her Husband's Killer Die
- 100 Days of @RealDonaldTrump: A Data Dive
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- Greta Van Susteren's Advice for the Tweeter-in-Chief
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- Watch Live: White House Correspondents' Dinner
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. Tech News
- Didi Chuxing, the Uber of China, confirms $5.5B raise for global and AI push
After weeks of reports that Didi Chuxing, the Uber of China, was raising another monster round of funding, today the company confirmed the close: it has raised a fresh $5.5 billion, it said in a statement today, to continue global expansion and to invest deeper into emerging areas like artificia... - Google Wifi now available in Canada
Google Wifi, the mesh router that Google unveiled first last October, is now on sale in Canada. The router sells either individually for $179 CDN, or in a 3-pack for $439 CDN, which is pretty close to U.S. pricing given current exchange rates. The Wifi solution’s mesh networking approach means i... - Netflix is playing down the significance of its first major distribution deal in China
- Investors are betting 3DR can find life after Solo as a drone data platform
- Cloudera and Carvana, tech’s next two IPOs, both price at $15 per share
- Apple stops paying royalties to Qualcomm
It’s no secret, Apple and Qualcomm have been fighting relentlessly for a few months over royalty payments. Apple told Qualcomm that it would stop paying the disputed licensing fees. Qualcomm confirmed the aggressive move and said that its revenue and profits would be lower than expected. Apple s... - The Cinder is the Terminator’s panini maker
Come with me if you want to sear. The Cinder, which we first looked at two years ago, is now selling on Indiegogo and I had the unique opportunity to try this clever sous vide-style meat cooker. Basically the Cinder cooks meat perfectly. You place a hunk on the internal platter, set the temperat... - Alexa learns to talk like a human with whispers, pauses & emotion
- Meet four of the startups in the Founder Spotlight at TC Disrupt NY
- Apple’s self-driving test Lexus SUV photographed on Silicon Valley roads
- Uber adds privacy info and easy account deletion
- StreetDrone’s new autonomous electric car is made for the education market
- Bitcoin and Ether prices hit all-time high
- Musical.ly reportedly partners with Apple Music for its music snippets
- Watch how Elon Musk’s Boring Company tunnels will move cars faster
Just what does Elon Musk’s Boring Company want to accomplish? This might be our clearest picture yet – a video shown during Musk’s TEDTalk from Friday morning, which includes a rendering of a future underground transit network where cars travel on crisscrossing layers of tunnels that include sle... - Weekly Roundup: FCC’s plan to revoke net neutrality, Uber defends tracking practices
Two new unicorns are born, Uber faces two lawsuits and the FCC unveils its proposal to revoke net neutrality. These are the top tech stories you need to know this week. Read More - Deep Sentinel raises $7.4M to bring deep learning to home security
- The Awair Glow is a nightlight that senses – and reacts to – bad air
- Report: Content recommendation companies Taboola and Outbrain are in advanced merger talks
- Plug and Play launches a fintech accelerator in Paris
- Rollout.io’s Rox lets app developers deploy new features safely – just like the big guys do
- Equity podcast: Earnings clown car and the profitable-ish Dropbox with Hunter Walk
- BMW’s plug-in hybrid 530e iPerformance will get wireless charging
- Auto site Carvana tumbles 26% in stock market debut
Carvana, the site for buying and selling cars, had a rough first day in the public markets. After pricing its IPO at $15 per share, it ended the day down 26 percent, at $11.10. Bankers typically recommend a price that would cause the shares to go up about 20 percent or so on the first day. But C... - California orders RydenGo to shut down its website
On April 13, the state of California issued a cease and desist letter to RydenGo, saying that the company had to take down its website. The letter stated that the ride-hailing startup was operating without a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The problem with the orde... - Cloudera finishes up 20% in stock market debut
- Apple offers feedback on California’s proposed driverless testing rule changes
- Microsoft hires former FTC figure for new privacy role
- Tumblr just added a switch in the iOS Settings that lets you turn the porn back on
- Exploring Virtualities, a Utah VR arcade and theater startup taking over a dying mall
- Elon Musk teases Tesla electric semi truck, up to 4 new Gigafactory locations
- NSA ends controversial collection of Americans’ emails that mention foreign targets
- Military social network wants you to hire a vet for your next tech opening
Veteran-focused social platform Sandboxx wants to pair its community members with experts who can ease their transition back into the workforce — and hopefully even land them a job. Global firm Betts Recruiting will join the self-described “military media and technology company” to empower vets ... - City of Portland may subpoena Uber for details on Greyball program
The Rose City isn’t happy with Uber… again. After the company failed to turn over details on its deeply sketchy “Greyball” software by Portland’s deadline, the city may seek to compel Uber to hand it over with a subpoena. Those intentions, reported by the Oregonian, were articulated by Portland ... - Former NSA director explains why the spy agency will end a controversial surveillance technique
- Amazon is shutting down its ‘Underground Actually Free’ program that gives away free Android apps
- Jack Dorsey just spent $9.5M buying more Twitter stock
- Someone scraped 40,000 Tinder selfies to make a facial dataset for AI experiments
- Tencent to open AI research center in Seattle
- Yik Yak shuts down after Square paid $1 million for its engineers
- Data management startup Rubrik confirms $180M round at a $1.3B valuation
- Climate marches draw hundreds of thousands on Donald Trump’s 100th day in office
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities around the country marking President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with protests against his environmental policies. In Washington, organizers of the climate march estimated some 200,000 people showed up to march, clogging the street... - Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey
Wikipedia, the online user-generated encyclopedia, has been blocked by the Turkish government. News of the blockage was first reported by the website Turkey Blocks, at around 1AM Eastern this morning. Confirmed: All editions of the #Wikipedia online encyclopedia blocked in #Turkey as of 8:00AM l... - Snapchat is stifled by its un-algorithmic feed
- Giant companies that won’t buy your startup
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- Middle East startups are growing fast, and that’s even before the flying taxis arrive
- How Echo Look could feed Amazon’s big data fueled fashion ambitions
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