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WeWork is the latest sign tech IPO valuations are nonsense
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 17:15
GUEST: With WeWork getting ready to start its pre-IPO road show, I’ve been thinking a lot about initial public offerings. The company, which provides shared workspace, has been valued at up to $47 billion despite the f...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Masters makes $26 million in first week
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 23:40
The new mobile Pokémon Masters made $26 million in its first week, according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. It is on iOS and Android.
AI Weekly: Protecting the powerful underpins debates at Stanford and MIT
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 23:16
Petitions in support of MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito and in opposition to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt at Stanford University reveal AI ethics debates.
Google open-sources datasets for AI assistants with human-level understanding
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 23:05
Google open-sourced the Coached Conversational Preference Elicitation and Taskmaster-1 datasets to model natural language systems.
Samsung sells 2 million 5G phones, predicts over 4 million by end of 2019
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 21:13
Growing demand for Samsung's 5G phones is leading to significant first-year milestones, even though the numbers are still well below 4G levels for now.
Done With Strategy? Eight Signs That A Revolution Is On Its Way
Forbes - 6 Sep 2019 20:30
There are no less than eight signs that a revolution in strategy is inevitable and on its way. Will this make strategy finally live up to its promise?
Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 20:16
Four years after selling his company to Microsoft, 6Wunderkinder cofounder Christian Reber wants to buy the product back from the software giant.
Steam has over 40,000 'indie' games, and this is fine
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 19:56
Steam adds hundreds of new games each month from developers all around the world. Its "indie" category alone has surpassed 40,000 store entries.
Apple blasts Google Project Zero over iOS Uighur security claims
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 19:45
After public call-outs by Google's Project Zero security team, Apple has responded to 'false' claims that it allowed iOS vulnerabilities to linger.
Dropping Out Of College And Not Qualifying For A U.S. Visa Guided This Entrepreneur To His Venture
Forbes - 6 Sep 2019 19:16
Sean dropped out of college to pursue his startup dreams in South America, only to realize that he couldn't develop his Spanish language skills beyond conversational niceties.
Medal.tv raises $9 million for short-form gaming videos
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 18:00
Medal.tv said it has raised $9 million in funding for short-form videos that have become a big means of self-expression in the social media age.
Signia Venture Partners unveils $85 million early-stage venture fund
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 17:30
Signia Venture Partners revealed its third early-stage venture capital fund, with $85 million to invest and a focus on consumer and enterprise technology.
Huawei's PocketVision app lets visually impaired users read text with their phone's camera
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 17:01
Huawei has launched a new AI-powered app called PocketVision, designed to help visually impaired people read text through their smartphone camera.
The unlimited potential in on-device AI for camera and imaging
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 16:50
For developers and consumers, AI tools for edge devices like smartphones are opening the way for new cutting-edge features and applications.
Steam's latest experiment tests beefier search features
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 16:44
Steam search is getting some notable improvements, like infinite scroll, to help people more easily discover hidden games that they may enjoy.
Devcom perspectives: The uncomfortable and familiar topic of video game violence
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 16:15
The Devcom game developer event tackled video game violence in a panel entitled, "The uncomfortable and familiar topic of video game violence."
Apple wants Siri to discuss health problems and translate speech in 2021
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 16:08
Apple's digital assistant Siri might be capable of actual conversational AI in 2021, if the company holds to a timetable included in leaked documents.
Polymega retro console promises to accurately emulate Sega Saturn
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 15:33
The Polymega could end up as the ultimate retro console -- especially if it plays difficult-to-emulate Saturn games well.
Using AI As A Guide This Organization Fights Climate Change By Empowering Women
Forbes - 6 Sep 2019 15:00
The organization uses a unique scoring algorithm called MNKB92 to optimize energy strategies for villages where they train women and girls to assemble and sell solar lamps and to deploy biodigesters to create methane for...
Qualcomm promises more affordable 5G chips and longer-range mmWave in 2020
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 14:00
Over the next year, 5G will cease to be a premium-only feature for phones, as Qualcomm modems will bring the latest cellular tech to budget devices.
Sphero Mini now comes in a soccer ball design
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 14:00
At IFA 2019 in Berlin, Sphero took the wraps off of two new robotics products: Sphero Mini Soccer and the Sphero Mini Activity Kit.
5G is the future, but what about Wi-Fi?
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2019 13:10
5G is a gamechanger, but Wi-Fi will be an important complement to cellular connectivity. Here are three areas where 5G and Wi-Fi will interact.