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French Family Office Invests $5 Million In Twiga Foods
Forbes - 14 Jun 2019 09:50
Creadev, a French investment firm wholly backed by the Mulliez family, has invested $5 million into Twiga Foods, a Kenyan mobile-based business-to-business food supply platform, to enable the firm upscale its support to ...
E3 2019 killed CG reveal videos
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 23:51
The E3 trade show is still a great place to get excited about new, upcoming games. But it's a little bit harder to get hyped up for CG trailers.
IBM's AI creates new labeled image sets using semantic content
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 18:55
Researchers at IBM describe in a newly published paper an AI system that can synthesize image labels from only a few examples.
The UK Networking And Support Groups That Female Entrepreneurs Should Know About
Forbes - 14 Jun 2019 16:36
A strong network can be the difference between business failure and success. Here are some of the most exciting ones in the UK for female entrepreneurs.
Retouching the Mona Lisa Is Restoration, but a Mickey Mantle? Collectors Cry Fraud
The New York Times - 14 Jun 2019 15:00
Millions of dollars' worth of baseball cards are at stake as collectors question the authenticity of their purchases and wonder whom they can trust.
Activist investor drives to put Callaway Golf up for sale
New York Post - 14 Jun 2019 04:29
As golfers stormed Pebble Beach, Calif., for the US Open Thursday, the world's largest golf club manufacturer found itself under attack by an activist investor. Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners unveiled a 9.2 percent sta...
Penn Station construction to close over 10 retail businesses inside
New York Post - 14 Jun 2019 04:15
Progress is galloping ahead at Penn Station -- and it's trampling more than 10 retail businesses that have been there for years. Construction is slated to begin next week on a new entrance for the gritty commuter hub at ...
Bank exec was improperly tipped off to damning memo: suit
New York Post - 14 Jun 2019 03:52
The chief executive of an embattled California bank was improperly tipped off to an internal memo about allegedly questionable money transfers into his personal checking account -- by the head of the company's compliance...
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Plan For Minority Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 14 Jun 2019 23:50
$7 billion grant program would be paid for by taxes on the wealthy.
Samsung's Galaxy Fit fitness tracker ships June 18 for $100
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 21:08
The inexpensive new wearable offers half the features of a Galaxy Watch Active at half the price, in a much smaller housing.
Google's Evolved Transformer achieves state-of-the-art performance in translation tasks
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 21:02
Scientist at Google describe a novel AI architecture -- the Evolved Transformer -- that achieves state-of-the-art results in translation tasks.
Main Street feels the pinch from China tariffs
CNBC - 14 Jun 2019 20:54
Small U.S. business advocates and owners are increasingly pushing back on tariffs.
Pot Peeves: 10 Things That Dissuade Cannabis Reporters From Writing About You - And How To Avoid Them
Forbes - 14 Jun 2019 20:02
Top cannabis, CBD, and hemp journalists explain what elements in a pitch dissuade them from covering a company. From calling yourself a leader to not knowing the reporter's beat, these are the things you should avoid.
ProBeat: Google finally admits single camera defeat with Pixel 4
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 19:30
By putting two rear cameras on the Pixel 4, Google is finally admitting that AI can't do it all. The single-camera Pixel is no more.
Researchers say 6G will stream human brain-caliber AI to wireless devices
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 19:03
In the 2G era, storing 1,000 songs in your pocket was a big deal, but with 6G, your pocket device will wirelessly access human brain-caliber AI, anywhere.
Pinterest details Complete the Look, a context-aware visual search tool
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 19:00
Pinterest today shared details about Complete the Look, visual search AI that considers a person's body type or the season to make fashion recommendations.
Culture Change For Climate Change
Forbes - 14 Jun 2019 18:43
What do fishermen, school cafeterias, and the Catholic Church have in common? Turns out they have central roles to play when it comes to climate change.
Facebook open-sources AI Habitat to help robots navigate realistic environments
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 18:00
Facebook AI Research and Facebook Reality Labs open-sourced the Habitat embodied AI simulator and Replica data set to train robots.
Google's chief decision scientist: Humans can fix AI's shortcomings
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 17:45
Google chief decision scientist Cassie Kozyrkov addresses the importance of human intervention in developing safe AI systems and allaying users' fears.
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2019
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2019 17:00
Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat picks his top 16 games from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles.
Pour decisions? The better educated you are, the more you drink
NBC News - 14 Jun 2019 16:50
Americans with a graduate degree spend 10 times more per year on booze than high school dropouts do.
Solid U.S. retail sales offer economy some respite
Reuters - 14 Jun 2019 16:45
U.S. retail sales increased in May and sales for the prior month were revised higher, suggesting a pick-up in consumer spending that could ease fears the economy was slowing down sharply in the second quarter.