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| | | | | Thursday, November 14, 2019 ⢠By Anthony Ha |
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Happy Thursday Oculus CTO John Carmack is stepping down to pursue his passion for AI, 1Password raises a massive Series A and Instagram expands its test of hidden Like counts. Here’s your Daily Crunch for November 14, 2019. |
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| Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebookâs Oculus after six years to focus on a personal project â no less than the creation of Artificial General Intelligence, or âStrong AI.â Heâll remain attached to the company in a âConsulting CTOâ position, but will be spending all his time working on, perhaps, the AI that finally surpasses humanity. This follows the departure of Oculus’ founders and early executives. His plan is to pursue his research from home, âVictorian Gentleman Scientistâ style, and make his kid help. Read more |
| | Image Credits: Drew / Flickr under a CC BY 2.0 license. |
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| 1Password has been around for 14 years, and the founders grew the company the old-fashioned way — without a dime of venture capital. But when they decided to take venture help, they went all in. Read more |
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| Instagram tells TechCrunch the hidden Likes test is expanding to a subset of users globally. The change could make those users more comfortable sharing whatâs important to them without the embarrassment of receiving a tiny number of likes. Read more |
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| Disney plans to bring its on-demand video streaming service to India and some Southeast Asian markets as soon as the second half of next year, sources told TechCrunch. In India, the company plans to bring Disney+âs catalog to Hotstar, a popular video streaming service it owns. Read more |
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| In September, Apple announced its plans for a research app that would allow U.S. consumers to participate in health studies from their Apple devices. Users can currently opt to participate in three health studies, including a womenâs health study, hearing study and a heart and movement study. Read more |
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| Eigen is working primarily in the financial sector, but the plan is to use the funding to continue expanding to cover other verticals, such as insurance and healthcare â two other big areas that deal in large, wordy documentation that is often inconsistent in how it’s presented, full of essential fine print, and typically a strain on an organization’s resources to handle correctly. Read more |
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| Despite the over-saturation of the market, there are still opportunities for new players. Currently, there are two key areas that have yet to see a lot of action and are therefore ripe for disruption. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more |
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