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Despite Bitcoin's 'Sell-Off' The Cryptocurrency Space Continues To Attract Investors
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 01:43
Bitcoin and other leading cryptocurrencies like Ethereum have certainly come off their highs after seeing meteoric price rises late last year. Despite the correction money still pours into crowdfunds in the crypto and Bl...
Better Immigration Policies Would Help U.S. Tech Companies
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 06:05
The Trump administration should help U.S. tech companies compete globally by enacting less restrictive immigration policies.
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode is the first game from House of Mouse's new mobile strategy
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 23:57
Disney has teamed up with the PerBlue studio on Disney Heroes: Battle Mode, a mobile brawler that features characters from both the Magic Castle and Pixar. The game comes to iOS and Android later this year, but players c...
Tim House Of Allen & Overy, On Legal Technology, Innovation, The Big Four And Commodifiable Work
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 23:32
Tim House, the head of Allen & Overy's U.S. operations, speaks about A&O's growth, the associate leverage model, legal innovation, the Big Four, commodifiable work and more.
Travel and automotive industries are keeping native ad spend alive
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 23:20
EXCLUSIVE: Native advertising has seen somewhat of a renaissance in recent years, primarily driven by the need to supplement ads that are being blocked by both third-party tools and major browsers. And specific industrie...
Expanding verification could slow the spread of fake news on Twitter
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 23:10
GUEST: A recent study found that fake news spreads faster and further than real news on Twitter. This means false news reaches more people than the truth. In fact, as the study puts it, “the top 1 percent of false news...
Valve wipes Steam Machines hardware section from its store
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 22:01
The console-like Linux-based PC gaming future may need a few more years before it’s ready. Valve has dropped the “Steam Machines” section from its marketplace (as PC Gamer first spotted), which means they are now b...
Hydromax USA Announces Acquisition of Miller Pipetech
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 21:25
PRESS RELEASE: Hydromax USA, LLC ("Hydromax" or the "Company"), a leading provider of data collection services for infrastructure assets, announced the closing of a definitive agreement to acquire the Technical Services ...
Star Wars: Battlefront II is fun after sending old lootbox system down the garbage chute
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 21:05
When Star Wars: Battlefront II came out in November for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, few people were talking about the multiplayer shooter’s gameplay or graphics. A controversial loot box system, which would give p...
What Does Real Leadership Looks Like?
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 20:17
If we want to be successful, who can we count on to step up and take us there? An endless stream of studies have been conducted, libraries of books have been written about it, and yet leadership still seems to be a bit o...
France, China, and Silicon Valley: The fight to dominate AI and the rise of tech nationalism
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 20:15
As new products and services have emerged throughout the history of capitalism, it hasn’t been unusual to see geographic clusters emerge that become an industry’s center of gravity. But the era of artificial intellig...
Intel shares drop on report that Apple will move Macs to in-house chips in 2020
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:56
Apple is actively planning to move away from using Intel-series processors in its Macintosh computers, according to a new report today from Bloomberg. The move to Apple in-house chips is expected to take place in 2020, a...
SiFive raises $50.6 million for licensable custom microprocessors
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:51
SiFive has raised $50.6 million in a third round of funding to further its ambition to create a new licensing model for the semiconductor industry. San Francisco-based SiFive wants to democratize access to custom silicon...
Apple releases iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, and watchOS 4.3.1 betas
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:08
Following last week’s release of the final public version of iOS 11.3, Apple today released the first developer beta of iOS 11.4 for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. A public version of 11.4 beta will follow in the ne...
Fortnite is now available on iOS for everyone, no invite required
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:05
Epic Game’s hit battle royale shooter Fortnite is now available to everyone on iOS. Fortnite entered an invite-only beta for iOS in mid-March. Even then, it quickly became the platform’s top game. Now, anyone can pla...
Chrome Web Store will ban cryptocurrency mining extensions in July
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:00
Google has announced that the Chrome Web Store is banning extensions that contain cryptocurrency mining scripts. New extensions with coin mining scripts submitted to the store are being rejected as of today, and existing...
Facebook introduces more customizable avatars to social VR app Spaces
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 19:00
Facebook is announcing that more customizable avatars, or virtual characters, are coming to Facebook Spaces, its social virtual reality application. The fully redesigned avatars in Facebook Spaces are more expressive and...
Amid Blue Apron's Post-IPO Fumbles, Gobble Finds Its Sweet Spot, Exceeding $25 Million In Revenue And Nabbing NFL Star Richard Sherman As Investor
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 18:40
When Ooshma Garg set out to fundraise for Gobble in 2017, many investors thought the odds were stacked against her. Despite the unsavory headlines surrounding Blue Apron, its largest competitor, Garg managed to secure $1...
Utah Education Software 'Unicorn' Pluralsight Has Filed Confidentially For An IPO
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 18:36
Utah unicorn tech startup Pluralsight is the latest tech company to pursue an initial public offering following Dropbox's strong showing, revealing on Monday it filed confidentially to go public subject to reviewal by th...
The Answer To Equal Access To Funding Isn't Just More Women Leaders
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 18:19
There's no silver bullet for creating a world where all founders have equal access to funding, but one area that deserves more attention is the role that organizations focused on nurturing early-stage startups--incubator...
New Tax Headaches For U.S. Citizens Abroad
Forbes - 2 Apr 2018 18:19
U.S. citizens and even green card holders living outside the U. S. face important new tax liabilities because of the recent tax changes in Washington D.C. In many instances, citizens living abroad have not been reporting...
Denver companies launch Pivot to Colorado campaign targeting Silicon Valley talent
Venture Beat - 2 Apr 2018 18:17
Tech companies in the U.S. heartland are stepping up their efforts to convince tech talent to leave the Bay Area — and parroting some Silicon Valley lingo to do so. On Monday, a group of 10 Colorado tech companies anno...