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Google Assistant voice apps arrive on Android and iPhone — here’s what they can do
France’s new president picks a millennial entrepreneur to be country’s digital minister
RxAdvance Wins SMART Union Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Contract to Reduce Overall Pharmacy Costs, Avoidable Drug-Impacted Medical Costs, and Optimize Specialty Drug Utilization
How France scored a big win against fake news during its recent elections
Uber threatens to fire self-driving car engineer at center of trade secrets spat with Alphabet
Instagram gives brands and celebrities up to 400% more engagement than Facebook, according to Socialbakers
Zomato agrees to hacker’s demand — will launch bug bounty program in exchange for stolen data deletion
Salesforce beats estimates with Q1 deferred revenue growth of 26%
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AI Weekly: Google shifts from mobile-first to AI-first world
Partner Content
Why threading matters for Ashes of the Singularity
Entrepreneur Mahesh Lingareddy Joins SitterFriends as Investor and Advisor
Guest
Why live chat is failing — and how chatbots fill the void
Telegram Messenger gets bot payments and video messages
Guest
6 steps to creating a killer voice app for Alexa and Google Assistant
On-demand child care startup Trusted expands to New York
Medium now offers audio versions of its stories for members
Guest
How to control your connected home with Google Assistant
FCC votes to scrap net neutrality rules, surprising no one
Android Pay is coming to Brazil, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Canada
Kickstarter rounds up partners to support hardware creators
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From Silicon Alley OG to New York Times CTO (and MB 2017)
Opinion
Can we just call them apps?
Investors pump $34.5 million into 3 French job hunting startups tackling nation’s high unemployment
Qualcomm demos how electric vehicles can be wirelessly charged while driving
Microsoft beats Google and Amazon to announce first African data centers, kicking off in 2018
Aporeto Raises a Combined $14.5 Million of Funding from Wing Venture Capital and Norwest Venture Partners to Deliver Simpler, Stronger, More Scalable Cloud-Native Security
Social Native raises $8 million for user-created advertisements
Analysis
Aporeto raises $11.2 million to help build a more secure cloud
Xontogeny, a New Accelerator Operating Company, Launches with a $25 Million Series A Financing to Advance Early Stage Life Sciences Technology through Clinical Proof-of-Concept
Google and Indian e-taxi giant Ola unveil Progressive Web App that brings native experience to low-end smartphones
Amazon is opening a drone research center in France to boost its Prime Air service
Amazon expands Prime Reading book service beyond the U.S. and into the U.K.
40,000 AT&T workers could go on strike over delays to contract negotiations
Restaurant search service Zomato hacked, says 17 million customer email addresses and passwords stolen
Facebook fined $122 million by EU over misleading WhatsApp information
