


Otto unveils keyless smart lock for busy families

Tanzania taps California’s Zipline to build ‘world’s largest drone delivery network’ for medical supplies

Google launches App Engine firewall so developers can easily restrict specific IP addresses

Scott Stratten, unmarketing, and how AI is not optional for retail – VB Engage

Baidu and China Life to launch $1 billion technology investment fund

Google Station public Wi-Fi program expands beyond India into Indonesia

India’s top court rules that individual privacy is a fundamental right

Augmented reality’s future isn’t glasses. It’s the car

Facebook brings its AR, VR, and consumer hardware teams closer together

Heartland Tech Weekly: The risk of letting tech jobs cluster

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Uber is still burning cash at a rate of $2 billion a year

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Blockchain startup Winding Tree could upend the travel industry

FTC approves Amazon’s $13.7 billion Whole Foods acquisition

What Amazon and Walmart might buy next, according to Foursquare foot traffic

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Farmers face vendor lock-in as agriculture goes digital

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AI fact vs fiction: AI biz decisions that really work (VB Live)

Gabi raises $2.6 million to disrupt car, home, and renter’s insurance

Uber has reportedly been sued at least 433 times in 2017

LexisNexis is testing chatbots for lawyers

Samsung confirms plans to launch a smart speaker

Galaxy Note8 specs: What Samsung changed

Samsung unveils Galaxy Note8 with 6.3-inch Infinity display and dual rear cameras; preorder August 24
Augmenix, Inc. Announces Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto Coverage for SpaceOAR® Hydrogel

Kimbal Musk’s vertical farming startup Square Roots raises $5.4 million

Lab-grown food startup Memphis Meats raises $17 million from DFJ, Cargill, Bill Gates, others

SoftBank’s Pepper robot programed to perform Buddhist funeral rites in Japan

‘World’s first’ fully autonomous drone delivery service kicks off in Iceland

Lumity raises $19 million to bring data-driven recommendations to company health plans

Forward Networks raises $16 million to secure network operations

Robot makers slow to fix vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to spy and disable safety features

Walmart taps Google to challenge Amazon’s hold on voice-assisted shopping

IBM blockchain project adds Nestle, Tyson, and other food companies

Apple may be building a self-driving shuttle for employees, with the unfortunate name PAIL

GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is retiring this year

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Attention app publishers: Mobile ad dollars for the taking (VB Live)

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Female founders in Chicago still struggle to secure funding

Microsoft unveils Brainwave, a system for running super-fast AI

Microsoft will sunset its GigJam collaboration app on September 22
