PathAI raises $60 million for AI pathology and diagnostic tools
Harvard Medical School’s AI estimates protein structures up to a million times faster than previous methods
European Parliament passes online platform rules placing new limits on Amazon and Google
Aeva will supply lidar sensors to Audi’s autonomous driving division
Aidoc raises $27 million for AI head, chest, abdomen, and spine tests
CloudGenix raises $65 million for software-defined networking products
Stord raises $12.3 million to digitize warehousing and distribution
Owl Labs raises $15 million for its 360-degree meeting room camera
Salesforce debuts Einstein Translation and Einstein Optical Character Recognition
Google Search now supports signed exchanges, replacing AMP URLs with actual site addresses
Mozilla details Pyodide, which brings Python to browsers
Google Pixel camera AI now looks for you to smile or kiss
Outreach raises $114 million to automate repetitive sales processes
Facebook’s AI can convert one singer’s voice into another
How to keep Alexa, Cortana, Siri, Google Assistant, and Bixby from recording you
Bridge Connector raises $10 million to help health care organizations unify disparate apps
Microsoft says its datacenters will use 60% renewable energy by 2020
Why companies like Amazon manually review voice data
How Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung treat your voice data
Harvard Medical School’s AI can detect genetic defect that causes some cancers
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The world of blockchain and games comes to GamesBeat Summit 2019
Lightelligence releases prototype of its optical AI accelerator chip
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Oculus VR’s cross-buy strategy main goal: Facebook platform lock-in
Blade & Sorcery interview: One developer redefines physics for VR melee combat
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Why we built our blockchain business on EOS instead of Ethereum
OpenAI Five defeats professional Dota 2 team, twice
AI Weekly: AI is changing the way we study the stars, grow food, and create art
California OKs testing of ‘light-duty’ autonomous trucks on public roads
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Google Cloud is using Anthos and AutoML to differentiate itself from AWS and Azure
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ProBeat: 37% of Google Cloud Next 2019 was fluff
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Make content moderation good for business — and change the world (VB Live)
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