After years of explosive growth, coding boot camps are starting to scale back, if not shut down altogether. Two schools have announced plans to close this year: Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco and Iron Yard of Greenville, South Carolina. They have deep-pocketed parent companies, too, having been acquired by Kaplan and the Apollo Education Group, respectively. Now, Galvanize is revealing that… Read More
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The appointment ends a two-month search to replace Travis Kalanick, who was forced out in June.
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Google unveils ARCore, YouTube’s big redesign exits out of beta, Google Maps now makes it easier to find parking and Thiel backs offshore herpes vaccine trial. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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It’s officially official. News reports have been telling you since Sunday that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had been offered the CEO role at Uber, but that was based on sources, not any company statements. It also wasn’t entirely clear if he had formally accepted the offer. Uber didn’t make an announcement until just now. Here is the text of an email from the… Read More
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Commentary: The retailer says several employees made “a big mistake” in offering packs of water for $42.96.
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We don’t do a lot of Kickstarter posts because the outcomes of crowdfunding campaigns, especially hardware ones, are notoriously unpredictable. But it’s with an easy conscience that I recommend Lomography’s new instant film camera; I backed the company’s last one, the Automat, and it’s been fantastic. This one looks similarly fun, and shoots in a larger format. Read More
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A tasty, vital effort to understand how people interact with driverless technology.
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To dispel some of the myths surrounding game engines — what they are, and are not — we sat down with developers from Guerrilla Games and Motiga to discuss the dark alchemy of development.
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Appier, a Taiwanese startup that helps companies harness artificial intelligence to make marketing decisions, announced today that it has raised a $33 million Series C round from an impressive roster of Asian investors. They are SoftBank Group Corp., Line Corp., Naver Corp., EDBI and Hong Kong-based financial services firm AMTD Group. Read More
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The newest Star Trek series is approaching its debut at warp speed. Here’s how to watch the crew’s adventures.
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