Thursday, March 24, 2016

Top Stories of the Day // March 24, 2016

The top 7 startups from Y Combinator Winter '16 Demo Day 1 | Boom, the startup that wants to build supersonic planes, just signed a massive deal with Virgin | Google launches new machine learning platform | Google opens access to its speech recognition API, going head to head with Nuance | Smartwatch firm Pebble lays off 25% of its staff | Here are the 59 startups that demoed at Y Combinator Winter ’16 Demo Day 2 | Explainer alert! Here’s what the iPad Pro’s embedded Apple SIM means for you |
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THURSDAY, MARCH 24 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine

The top 7 startups from Y Combinator Winter '16 Demo Day 1

We asked investors what their favorite startups were from the 60 that launched at Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. After huddling with our writers... Read More…
Greg Kumparak

Boom, the startup that wants to build supersonic planes, just signed a massive deal with Virgin

Have you heard about Boom? Boom is a relatively new startup that’s aiming to build something pretty crazy. They’re not building an app… or a... Read More…
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Google launches new machine learning platform

Google today announced a new machine learning platform for developers at its NEXT Google Cloud Platform user conference in San Francisco. As Google chairman... Read More…
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Virtual Reality Comes To Pornhub

Virgin teams up with Boom for supersonic jets, Google annouces machine learning, an AI-powered Microsoft bot, Cor for at home blood testing, and Pornhub’s virtual reality section. Watch Now
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Google opens access to its speech recognition API, going head to head with Nuance

Google is planning to compete with Nuance and other voice recognition companies head on by opening up its speech recognition API to third-party developers.... Read More…
Jon Russell

Smartwatch firm Pebble lays off 25% of its staff

Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is laying off 25 percent of its staff amid increased financial concerns. This situation has been coming. Last year, we reported the... Read More…
Josh Constine, Megan Rose Dickey, Sarah Buhr

Here are the 59 startups that demoed at Y Combinator Winter ’16 Demo Day 2

“Food, housing, healthcare, transportation. Life essentials made better and more affordable.” These are the types of startups that partner Paul... Read More…
Matthew Panzarino

Explainer alert! Here’s what the iPad Pro’s embedded Apple SIM means for you

When Apple introduced its new iPad Pro 9.7", one of the small technical specifications the company touted prompted the most questions from readers: the new... Read More…
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