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The newsfeed is the heart and soul of Facebook, yet remains a pretty big mystery both in terms of how it works and how people use it. So at TechCrunch Disrupt SF writer Josh Constine sat down with Adam Mosseri, a VP at Facebook and head of Newsfeed, to hear more about how exactly Newsfeed works. The talk started with Constine asking Mosseri much content people consume daily on their… Read More... →

Cruise’s Kyle Vogt was on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016, and the CEO of the self-driving car startup that GM acquired earlier this year shared some updates about the company’s progress under its new owner. Vogt said that access to GM’s considerable resources has helped it accelerate its efforts. GM previously revealed that it was testing cars on roads in San Francisco… Read More... →

Despite reaching its funding goal, Amadas will cancel its Kickstarter campaign on Monday, as it wasn’t as successful as the company hoped, the company’s CEO tells me. The challenge is that the backers and the company had some misunderstandings about the features of the product. The campaign might make a return to the platform early next year. Read More... →

Основатель онлайн-кинотеатра Tvigle.ru Егор Яковлев перешел в китайский холдинг LeEco. Об этом говорится в сообщении компании. Егор Яковлев занял должность вице-президента LeEco Russia and Eastern Europe, отвечающего за направления контента и маркетинга. Ранее Егор Яковлев работал директором по маркетингу по региону Восточная Европа, Ближний Восток и Африка компании Intel, генеральным директором издательства «Компьютерра», вице-президентом по продажам и маркетингу в компании «Амедиа». В 2007 году он запусти... →

The company that both Ford and Baidu are betting $150 million on in autonomous driving hardware has a new version of its LiDAR sensor. The new Puck Hi-Res has a name that reflects both is shape and what distinguishes it form the original puck – higher resolution LiDAR imaging that helps it offer up the “most detailed 3D views possible from LiDAR,” according to the… Read More... →

Hundreds of millions of dollars of investment have been put into commerce startups in the fast-growing market of India, from marketplaces like Flipkart and Snapdeal through to payment startups like PayTM. Now one of the more interesting of these has been acquired. PayU, an online payments company with a focus on developing markets that is owned by South Africa’s Naspers, has… Read More... →

Cloud-based collaboration tool Frame.io has raised $10M in Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from SignalFire, FirstMark Capital, and Shasta Ventures. Actor Jared Leto, who was a seed investor in the company, has also invested in the Series A as well as actor Kevin Spacey. Frame.io is a collaboration tool for video creators and compares themselves to a InVision or Github… Read More... →

In its press material, LeEco refers to as a “global internet company,” a phrase that doesn’t really mean that much on the face of it – but when you’re LeEco, it’s probably best to be purposely vague. The Chinese technology firm’s ultimate goal appears to be an everything company. The brand, formerly known as LeTV, is probably best known for its… Read More... →

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Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — Android-приложение «Горный компас», которое позволяет без интернета производить геологические измерения, определять координаты места измерений, сохранять точки с фотографиями и текстовыми заметками и выстраивать по ним маршрут. Передаем микрофон.... →

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The final day of Disrupt is upon us. Which means that I don’t have the energy for enthusiasm. That said, today’s lineup is absolutely killer. Alongside some amazing speakers, including Twitch’s Emmett Shear, Facebook’s Adam Mosseri, and Instacart’s Apoorva Mehta, we’re also heading into the Finals of the Battlefield. Finalists include BlazingDB, Carbon… Read More... →

Luma, an Atlanta-based company that makes a sleek router with a wide variety of bells and whistles, has added $9.5 million to a previously closed Series A round. The capital comes from Andreessen Horowitz and GV and adds to an initial, $12.5 million in funding that was co-led in April by Accel Partners and Amazon and included participation from Felicis Ventures. Seemingly, investors are… Read More... →

Uber is now dispatching self-driving cars to a select group of users in Pittsburgh, and invited us along for the ride. I hailed a car from Uber’s Advanced Technologies Campus Tuesday and took a 45-minute ride through the city’s downtown, eastern and northern neighborhoods. I watched as the wheel turned itself, carefully maneuvering us through crowded streets and around other cars… Read More... →

Canva, a design platform for web and mobile that gives anyone the ability to make professional graphics, without needing an advanced skill set, today announced a new infusion of $15 million in funding and a doubling of its valuation in 12 months. Previously valued at $165 million, the added capital brings Canva’s valuation up to $345 million, the company says. Canva closed on its Series… Read More... →

Google объявила конкурс на взлом смартфонов Nexus 5X и 6P, в котором победитель сможет получить награду в $200 тысяч. О старте состязания Project Zero Contest компания сообщила в своём блоге.... →

Германский автоконцерн Volkswagen (VW) и бывший глава Общей службы безопасности Израиля «Шин-бет» (также «Шабак») Юваль Дискин (Yuval Diskin) создали компанию CyMotive Technologies для разработки систем кибербезопасности для самоуправляемых автомобилей и машин, подключенных к интернету. Об этом сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на заявление сторон.... →

Как и предполагалось, первыми беспилотный Uber смогли заказать жители Питтсбурга... →

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