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Silicon Beach Report Dec. 1: Faraday Future’s Chief Designer, Richard Kim, Resigns

L.A. Business Journal

Early executive and chief designer at Faraday Future, Richard Kim, resigns; Disney sues Redbox over movie download codes; and Tinder’s artificial intelligence feature suggests who to ‘Super Like.’

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Nervana’s $400M+ Buyout Reflects Key Tech Trend in Machine Learning

Xconomy

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Artificial Intelligence Does your application leverage AI in any way? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported? Reporting can be endless! Graphic design? UI/UX design? If so, will you also have your own account system? For customer service? Are they dismissable?

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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech

TechCrunch LA

As reported by Bloomberg, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen took to Facebook on Sunday to post about the nation’s capacity to provide water to its citizens and businesses in the face of the worst drought the nation has faced in 56 years. ”

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Startup Spotlight: Cyber Security, Car Care, and Reducing Grunt Work

Tech.Co

Their product suite, PREtect, contains 5 cyber risk management solutions designed to optimize the protection of data assets and the detection of malicious events by addressing the most common vulnerabilities in the enterprise. Any business, small or large is vulnerable today. Panamplify is the reporting easy button for businesses.

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Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018

Tech.Co

In a report by the National Student Clearinghouse only 18 percent of women graduated with a science degree in 2014. Deep Learning Analytics. Using artificial intelligence to compartmentalize and discover patterns within large volumes of data is a forte of Deep Learning Analytics. SmartGurlz.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

TechCrunch LA

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling.