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Calling all hackers! Join us for TechCrunch China’s Shenzhen Hackathon on Nov 17
Attention coders, designers and all other builders: the TechCrunch China Hackathon is returning to Shenzhen, the city known as the hardware capital…
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The RetroBeat: Why Blizzard is remastering Warcraft III — and what it’s changing
Warcraft III is one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, and its rich story and memorable characters…
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Walmart is building an AI lab inside one of its store
Walmart has just announced its plans to launch what it’s calling an Intelligent Retail Lab inside one of its stores…
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China debuts creepy AI that reads the news like a real(ish) anchor
Don’t adjust your TV set, that’s just a new computer-generated news anchor working out the bugs. Xinhua, a Chinese…
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All I want for Christmas are these kitschy VC trading cards
Just kidding. Please don’t buy me these collectible trading cards featuring Silicon Valley venture capitalists for Christmas. But if you are in the…
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SpaceX’s Starlink aims to put over a thousand of its communications satellites in super-low orbit
SpaceX’s planned communication satellite constellation, known as Starlink, will now be targeting a much lower orbit than originally planned, at…
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Google walkout organizers aren’t satisfied with CEO’s response
Organizers of the massive walkouts at Google last week are — rightfully so — not letting up on their demands.…
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Three challenges facing blockchain technology
Nearly five years ago, Overstock.com became the first major retailer to accept bitcoin as a form of payment. It now…
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Researchers develop AI that estimates acute kidney injury risk from clinical notes
Acute kidney injury (AKI) — a condition in which the kidneys suddenly fail to filter waste from the blood — can…
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Fortnite’s concurrent players now number over 8.3 million
Epic Games revealed in a recent interview that the concurrent player count of the world’s most popular game has…
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