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Plexchat raises $7 million to provide mobile chat platform for gamers
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Amazon’s push into social may set it on a collision course with Facebook
WeWork launches joint venture with SoftBank to bring its shared work spaces to Japan
Uber to suspend services in Macau due to regulatory hurdles
Twitch’s homepage is now a social network
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ProBeat: Facebook wants to start a VR price war
Uber and Yandex merge their ride-sharing services to form a new $3.8 billion company targeting Russia and neighboring markets
Autotech Ventures closes $120 million first fund to connect automotive giants with startups
Fintech startup Curve raises $10 million to combine all your bank cards into one
Another lawsuit targets President Trump, this time for blocking Twitter users
Snap falls below $17 IPO price for the first time
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds gets official streams on Facebook Live
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Data shows social following isn’t crucial to successful crowdfunding
LimeBike is bringing bike-sharing to the masses via business partnerships
Twitter’s lawsuit over U.S. surveillance gag order moves forward
Ofo raises $700 million as the bike-sharing battle heats up
TomTom and Cisco partner to create ‘next generation’ traffic monitoring tech
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Mark Zuckerberg fishes for basic income support in Alaska
Alphabet’s AI arm DeepMind opens research lab in Canada, first outside the U.K.
Volvo to make only electric and hybrid cars from 2019
Einride debuts prototype T-pod, an autonomous electric truck that can also be controlled remotely
Facebook fights U.S. gag order over government search warrants
Ticketmaster will soon admit you to events using audio data transmitted from your phone
Samsung plans $18 billion South Korea investment to grow its semiconductor chip lead
Facebook launches Wi-Fi hotspot-finding feature globally
Facebook’s huge drone completes second test flight without crashing
AI Weekly: Facebook cannot please all the people all the time
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