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Ex-Google CEO: New MIT College Could Help Shrink A.I. Talent Gap

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Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and former executive chairman of its parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL ), argues that the A.I. Regardless, many in the industry agree that the demand for A.I. Eric Schmidt believes we’re entering an era where artificial intelligence will underpin most facets of human life.

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With a $10.2M Boost, YourMechanic Aims At Mobility Fleet Market

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Every month, there’s news of another partnership among carmakers like GM and tech companies such as Uber, as they vie for dominant roles in a transportation future where individual car ownership may largely give way to rides-on-demand from fleets of autonomous and tech-enabled vehicles.

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Exploring A Brave New World Of Domain Names, With Rightside

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To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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Will Driverless Cars Ever Yield Profits for Uber and Lyft?

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Uber has suffered a series of troubles early this year, from sexual harassment claims by a former staff engineer to an intellectual property theft lawsuit by Google unit Waymo. Among the pressures the company has been facing: Cities have demanded background checks on drivers to protect passengers, while drivers have sued for the right.

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Finding and Discovering New Music With Earbits

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We caught up with co-founder and CEO Joey Flores to learn more about the service, plus hear more about the new on-demand service and the challenges it is trying to help musicians and labels deal with in the age of Internet streaming. But, since it was radio style, on-demand was something we didn't allow. What is Earbits?

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. I like to call it a cross between blogging and Tweeting. Enter P2P lending. It sucked. It still does.