Now playing: Watch this: Snapchat may be worth $30 billion with IPO filing 1:30 The new move for Snap may be going public. The Venice, California, startup has “filed confidentially” for an initial public offering of its shares, according to Reuters, which cited sources familiar with the situation. The company behind the popular Snapchat app …
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Microsoft has formed a partnership with OpenAI, an Elon Musk-backed company, to research artificial intelligence. The two companies will focus on “making significant contributions to advance the field of AI” and will work on their “mutual goal of using AI to tackle some of the world’s most challenging problems,” Microsoft said Tuesday in a blog post. Microsoft added that it …
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Samsung has tumbled — exploding Galaxy Note 7 phones precipitated the company’s fiery fall from grace — but the company is undoubtedly going to try to get back up by making more reliable, less fire-prone phones. In the wake of recalling and then completely ceasing production on the Note 7, Samsung’s profits plummeted to its lowest in nearly eight years. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Digital ways to follow Election Day, or just chill with… 2:14 Josh Miller/CNET The 2016 presidential election that’s been obsessing the nation for months culminates tomorrow, November 8. Election Day has become a charged event characterized by polarized views of the candidates, and while all eyes will be glued to the results, the good news is …
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Internet products come and go, and microvideo platform Vine — which built itself on the notion of just 6 seconds of footage per video — is set to be on the way out. Twitter purchased the startup for $30 million in 2012, launched it shortly after in October of that year, and in October 2016 announced it would be closing …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s ‘Bixby’ assistant may have its own button on… 1:55 Samsung plans to launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant with its upcoming Galaxy S8 phone, the company said Sunday according to Reuters. The announcement comes a month after Samsung revealed it had agreed to acquire the artificial intelligence startup behind Viv — a voice assistant that …
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Eye-tracking might be the next great wave in virtual reality tech. If you’re dead-set on being an early adopter, intriguing startup Fove has finally made their worlds-first eye-tracking headset, the Fove 0, available for preorders starting today. Fove 0 promises eye-based controls for focusing on objects, controlling interfaces via eye movements and selectively rendering details more intricately depending on where …
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Uber is trying to save passengers time. How? By completely overhauling its app, putting a focus on speed and efficiency. “It’s not just a normal update,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said during a press briefing Tuesday at the company’s swanky San Francisco headquarters. “This is a radical redesign and rebuild of the app from scratch.” Uber’s premise is simple: It …
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GIF maker Giphy is becoming more popular with investors, thanks to our never-ending thirst for short videos ranging from silly to serious. The search engine to find your favorite GIFs has raised another $72 million in funding from investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, China Media Capital and existing backers, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Giphy is …
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Facebook may be getting Snapchattier. The social network on Thursday began testing new camera and messaging features that look and feel similar to staples of Snapchat, the social network’s trendy rival, beloved by teens and young adults. The new features include digital masks, which uses software to superimpose an image onto your face, similar to Snapchat lenses. There are other …
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