Mon. 08/19 - The Silicon Chip To Define The AI Era?

Libra gets competition, Spotify and Roku get family friendly, Amazon is sitting out the launch of Disney+ (for now), Ikea is serious about becoming a smart-home player, and can the world’s largest semiconductor chip kickstart an AI revolution?

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• Pixelunion.net
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Links:

• Binance planning to launch ‘Venus,’ similar to Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra (The Block)
• Spotify's Premium Family plans get an explicit content filter (Engadget)
• The Roku Channel is adding a kids and family section with free TV shows and movies (The Verge)
• Disney+ will stream on these devices at launch (The Verge)
• Ikea goes all in on smart home tech (The Verge)
• Hacker Releases First Public Jailbreak for Up-to-Date iPhones in Years (Motherboard)
• A new unicorn is born: Toor Insurance raises $100 million for a $1 billion valuation (TechCrunch)
• Root raises $350 million to drive auto insurance change (Axios)
• Cerebras (Pierre Lamond)

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