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Alphabet Spells Out Google’s Rebound; Ads Revenues Gain 19 Pct
Alphabet Spells Out Google’s Rebound; Ads Revenues Gain 19 Pct
July 26, 2019  |  Earnings

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, easily topped the Street as core advertising business rebounded from previously sluggish growth rates amid a continued shift to mobile search. ...

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China Testing Radical Plan To Judge Citizens’ Behavior
China Testing Radical Plan To Judge Citizens’ Behavior
July 26, 2019  |  International

China is racing to become the first country to implement a pervasive system of algorithmic surveillance, igniting fears that the government will control its citizens’...

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Bitcoin Daily: Head Of Bitcoin Escrow Firm Charged With Stealing $7M
Bitcoin Daily: Head Of Bitcoin Escrow Firm Charged With Stealing $7M
July 26, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The head of a bitcoin escrow company has been charged with defrauding investors for $7 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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DOJ/State AGs Meet To Review Big Tech-Antitrust Connection
DOJ/State AGs Meet To Review Big Tech-Antitrust Connection
July 26, 2019  |  Regulation

U.S. Attorney General William Barr met with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general on Thursday (July 25) to discuss competition and antitrust issues related...

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Apple To Acquire Intel’s Smartphone Modem Unit
Apple To Acquire Intel’s Smartphone Modem Unit
July 25, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has announced that it is acquiring the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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FBI Investigates Long Island Iced Tea For Blockchain-Related Crimes
FBI Investigates Long Island Iced Tea For Blockchain-Related Crimes
July 25, 2019  |  Blockchain

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a search warrant request for a trading and securities fraud investigation related to the blockchain pivot...

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Standard Cognition Gets $35M For Cashless Checkout
Standard Cognition Gets $35M For Cashless Checkout
July 25, 2019  |  Investments

Standard Cognition, a startup that develops autonomous checkout technology that rivals Amazon’s, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round and is valued...

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Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
July 25, 2019  |  Innovation

Waymo, a self-driving and robotaxi company, and DeepMind, an AI company, have teamed up to better train self-driving software in a way that mimics Darwinian...

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NYC Startup Ethyca Raises $4.2M For GDPR Compliance Solution
NYC Startup Ethyca Raises $4.2M For GDPR Compliance Solution
July 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A New York-based data privacy software startup co-founded by Ireland’s Cillian Kieran has raised $4.2 million in seed funding. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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