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Digital Future Council seeks to unite creative, media, and tech industries

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RCN launches Ripio engine to bring blockchain and smart contracts to loans

Stack Overflow for Teams lets any group use the Q&A platform internally
Entac Medical Announces Funding of Series A2 Round

SoundHound raises $100 million from Tencent, Hyundai, other strategic investors

China’s Xiaomi chooses Hong Kong for $10 billion IPO

Madden NFL creative director Rex Dickson leaves EA after 6 years

Firefox Focus for Android gets tabs

Heartland Tech Weekly: Startups don’t just face a choice between the Valley or bust

Amazon bids for 60% stake in Flipkart, potentially spoiling Walmart deal

The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds metamorphosis continues with update #12

Spotify shares sink almost 9% following first earnings report

Zynga’s active users surge thanks to Poker, Words with Friends, and CSR Racing 2

Zynga founder Mark Pincus reduces voting power after changing stock

Nintendo’s new president hopes silver bullet will blast iOS and Android game sales into Switch territory

Google Maps Platform arrives with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, and Cloud requirement starting June 11

Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

Facebook is using Instagram photos and hashtags to improve its computer vision

Facebook to release PyTorch 1.0 and open source AI tools for translation and gameplay

IDC: Smartphone shipments down 2.9% in Q1 2018, Apple gains on Samsung

T-Mobile says Sprint and fixed 5G will let it challenge cable companies

Google announces investment program to back digital assistant startups

Apple warranty repair practices questioned by BBC as FTC warning looms
Brazilian Parcel Logistics Startup Mandaê Raises USD $7.1 Million Series B from World Bank Group’s IFC, UPS, Mercado Libre and Others to Reinvent Parcel Logistics

Vayyar unveils a new sensor for capturing your life in 3D
LendingHome Honored with 2018 FinTech Breakthrough Award for “Best Digital Mortgage Product”

Analysis
Snap prepares for brutal day on Wall Street following latest earnings disappointment

Google’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures invests in BenchSci to speed up biomedical discoveries

Sphero spin-off Misty Robotics unveils 2nd-gen robot for developers

ARM designs anti-tampering and software isolation into its processors
iBeat Hits $10 Million in Seed Funding as Company Prepares for Consumer and Retail Launch

Hopper’s airfare prediction app now offers exclusive ‘secret fares’

Trusted Key Solutions raises $3 million for blockchain digital identity

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Gameplay as advertising — does it work?

Dog-sitting marketplace Rover.com is launching in the U.K., its first European market

France’s Station raises $3.25 million for ‘workplace browser’ that unifies all your web apps

Nokia to sell its digital health unit back to Withings cofounder Éric Carreel

LG G7 ThinQ features a dedicated button for Google Assistant and Google Lens
