Startup Roundup: Letting The Machines Do Their Thing
Startup Roundup: Letting The Machines Do Their Thing
May 31, 2018  |  Startup Roundup

Robots aren’t going to take over every human job, but they are certainly changing what types of jobs humans need to do, as well as...

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Google Partners With Orange For EMEA Investments
Google Partners With Orange For EMEA Investments
May 31, 2018  |  Google

Google has invested in startups around the world through entities such as CapitalG and GV (formerly Google Ventures) – and its parent, Alphabet. But on...

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Ele.me Cleared To Use Food Delivery Drones In China
Ele.me Cleared To Use Food Delivery Drones In China
May 31, 2018  |  Delivery

As China’s local-delivery market grows at a rapid pace, with more people turning to their smartphones to order food, Ele.me has been cleared to deliver...

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Can Siri Begin A Comeback At WWDC?
Can Siri Begin A Comeback At WWDC?
May 31, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

For many, Siri was the first voice-activated assistant they ever used — when it launched back in 2011, there was nothing else like it. Get...

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Walmart Launches Order By Text
Walmart Launches Order By Text
May 31, 2018  |  Retail

The one-upmanship competition that seems to be perennially on between Amazon and Walmart has just gotten its latest entry. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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It’s Too Early To Name GDPR Winners, But Google’s Looking Pretty Good
It’s Too Early To Name GDPR Winners, But Google’s Looking Pretty Good
May 31, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

It’s still early — hardly minute one — in the unfolding history of the General Data Protection Regulation, but a winner is emerging that is...

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Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
Five at Five: Walmart’s College Plan
May 31, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories range from Walmart’s promotion of...

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Mastercard Taps Security Expert To Head Up Cybersecurity Solutions
Mastercard Taps Security Expert To Head Up Cybersecurity Solutions
May 31, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Mastercard announced today that Simon Hunt, a cybersecurity expert, has joined the company as executive vice president to head the cybersecurity solutions unit. In a press...

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SoftBank To Invest $2.2B In GM’s Cruise Self-Driving Car Business
SoftBank To Invest $2.2B In GM’s Cruise Self-Driving Car Business
May 31, 2018  |  Investments

SoftBank is gearing up to invest $2.25 billion in General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise, in what appears to be validating GM’s position in autonomous driving....

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