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Australia goes anti-privacy today, starts storing all user metadata

GoTenna raises $7.5 million to enable off-the-grid communications on your smartphone

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Unleash AI-augmented customer service for peanuts (VB Live)

Instagram Stories now used by 200 million people daily, gets new creative tools

Yext starts trading at $14 per share, up 27% from IPO price

Amazon wants Alexa everywhere, opens microphone tech behind Echo to third-party devices

VentureBeat’s personalized news bot is now available on Messenger
AlternaScript Helps Makes It Easier for Americans to Lose Weight

VR First is creating 50 labs for virtual reality education at universities

Visbit moves into open beta and reveals new virtual reality live streaming service

Uber partners with Getaround so you don’t need a car to become a driver

Travis Kalanick’s sweeping authority could hinder Uber’s hunt for a COO

PagerDuty raises $43.8 million to help businesses streamline digital operations

SpotHero snaps up rival Parking Panda to boost its B2B credentials and expand into Canada

Chinese internet giant Baidu snaps up U.S. computer vision firm xPerception

Peloton raises $60 million to improve truck platoon safety and efficiency through automation
BestMile Seed Round Reaches $5.5M with the Addition of $2M from Partech Ventures, Serena Capital and Airbus Ventures, Company Also Appoints a New Chief Technology Officer.

A top engineer at Twitter left the company last month

Apple reportedly hired team to develop diabetes treatment

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Will AI-powered robot lawyers still use cheesy billboard ads?

5 troubling scenarios as brands like Burger King hijack our voicebots

Dropbox uses AI to to recognize words in documents scanned in its mobile apps

When M&A money goes to charity: EscrowUp closes second transaction

Google Home can now set up flight price tracking alerts
Tangent Energy Solutions Named a 2017 Grid Edge Award Winner
Trinity Capital Investment Reports Record First Quarter Results

Facebook Messenger passes 1.2 billion monthly active users

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This app lets you watch YouTube videos with friends in iMessage

Microsoft to host May 2 event in New York, new hardware and software expected
Spreadshirt Breaks the $100M Barrier
Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud

Boomerang’s new $5 streaming service is Netflix for vintage cartoons

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5 ways to conquer ad blocking with a better ad experience

Qualcomm ordered to refund BlackBerry $814.9 million over royalties for past sales

Rockstart launches European AI accelerator program for startups hailing from anywhere

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Emaze website builder launches to give influencers a new home on the internet

OhmniLabs unveils a home robot for connecting families

Marble debuts its autonomous food-delivery robots in partnership with Yelp
