Free-to-air faces fiscal failure and the team talks two trade shows.
Source: CNET
500 Startups has announced the close of its fund for Japan, more than 18 months after it was first unveiled. The effort is backed by the Japanese government, which has chipped in as an LP via its Cool Japan Fund. (Yes, that really is the name of the fund, which is aiming to use about $1 billion in public money over its lifecycle.) Initially U.S.-based 500 Startups targeted a $30 million close,… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Amid ongoing struggles at Uber, one of its stronger regional rivals in transportation on demand has raised a significant round of funding, picking up a significant strategic investor in the process. Careem, a transportation startup currently in 80 cities across the Middle East, has raised another $150 million — closing out a $500 million Series E round that it confirmed in December when… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Reply threads on Facebook are about to get a lot more animated. To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF format, all users will get the new GIF comment button that Facebook began testing three months ago. Facebook also announced that almost 13 billion GIFs were sent on Messenger over the past year, with 400 million GIFs sent just on New Year’s Day 2017. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
After beating humans at Go, an AI has now claimed the top score of 999,990 points in the game, smashing the human record by four times.
Source: CNET
Commentary: It seems that Uber, once a one-man band, is now putting the onus on teamwork. A novel concept.
Source: CNET
Element AI raises $102 Millon, Another board member resigns from Uber and Chan Zukerberg Initiative invests $5 million into Landed to help teachers afford housing in Palo Alto. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Michel Ancel’s vision for this game seems impossibly grand.
Source: CNET
All your medical data could be available on your iPhone with new initiative, CNBC reports.
Source: CNET
At Grenfell Tower in London, firefighters couldn’t compartmentalize or suppress the fire. But it’s evacuation that still bedevils fire researchers.
Source: Wired