Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook to launch Community Actions, a News Feed petition feature for users to tag government agencies and officials and advocate for
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SEC filing: Disney lost $1B+ from streaming in its 2018 fiscal year, with a $580M loss attributed to its stake in Hulu and $469M to ownership of BAMtech (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
Alex Sherman / CNBC: SEC filing: Disney lost $1B+ from streaming in its 2018 fiscal year, with a $580M loss attributed to its stake in
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Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek acquires Philippines-based fintech startup Coins.ph, sources say for $72M, ahead of a planned expansion into the country (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)
Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek acquires Philippines-based fintech startup Coins.ph, sources say for $72M, ahead of a planned expansion into the country
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Tech companies funding journalism projects deepens their codependence and implies the media is the exception that should be protected from tech's disruption (James Ball/Columbia Journalism Review)
James Ball / Columbia Journalism Review: Tech companies funding journalism projects deepens their codependence and implies the media is the exception that should be protected
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Google Maps rolls out ability to see user-reported speed traps via small camera icons, in North America, UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil, India, and Indonesia (Matt Binder/Mashable)
Matt Binder / Mashable: Google Maps rolls out ability to see user-reported speed traps via small camera icons, in North America, UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil,
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Japanese hotel, trying to replace all of its staff with robots, ended up creating more work for staff and frustrated guests as robots didn't perform as expected (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Japanese hotel, trying to replace all of its staff with robots, ended up creating more work for staff and frustrated guests as
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Strategy Robot, founded by the creators of an AI bot that beat 4 top professional Texas Hold 'Em players, signs a $10M two year contract with the US Army (Tom Simonite/Wired)
Tom Simonite / Wired: Strategy Robot, founded by the creators of an AI bot that beat 4 top professional Texas Hold ‘Em players, signs a
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Voicebot survey estimates that about 77M US adults use voice assistants in their cars at least monthly, compared with 45.7M using them on smart speakers (Rani Molla/Recode)
Rani Molla / Recode: Voicebot survey estimates that about 77M US adults use voice assistants in their cars at least monthly, compared with 45.7M using
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DaDa, a Chinese online tutoring service that helps children aged 4 to 16 learn English from native speakers, raises $255M Series D led by Warburg Pincus (Quynh Nguyen/DealStreetAsia)
Quynh Nguyen / DealStreetAsia: DaDa, a Chinese online tutoring service that helps children aged 4 to 16 learn English from native speakers, raises $255M Series
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Chainalysis: Bitcoin transactions on darknet markets rose throughout 2018 to an average of $2M/day, nearly double the activity measured at the start of the year (Anna Irrera/Reuters)
Anna Irrera / Reuters: Chainalysis: Bitcoin transactions on darknet markets rose throughout 2018 to an average of $2M/day, nearly double the activity measured at the
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