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Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage

TechCrunch LA

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone.

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Miss Piggy Goes Live With Online Chats On Facebook

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According to Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media Labs , The Muppets Studios and Disney Accelerator company imperson , Miss Piggy offered up live chats both Monday and Wednesday, and will also do so on Friday between 10am and 11am PST on her Facebook page. Miss Piggy responds directly to Facebook Messages. READ MORE>>.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

And over the past three years, Imperson has developed conversational chatbots powered by their artificial intelligence for several Disney projects, including most recently for Walt Disney World’s Pandora – The World of Avatar , according to a press release.

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A.I. Prizes, Coming to Healthcare, Hit $1M Mark in Cancer Contests

Xconomy

This story is part of an Xconomy series on artificial intelligence in healthcare. Some of the other stories cover a genomics hackathon , A.I. and radiology , and the impact on doctors and patients.

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What to Expect From CES 2020

Tech.Co

In-built virtual assistants will also likely be more common place, with the tech filtering down from high end models to cheaper ones. There's word that Samsung might have something special up its sleeve, with Korean media sources claiming that the tech giant will be announcing a bezel-less TV this year.

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Internet of Things (IoT) – What’s Next in Automotive?

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Take Watson , IBM’s artificial intelligence platform as an example: it has advanced significantly since it handily defeated human opponents on the Jeopardy game show four years ago. Luckily, we are still in control of the machines, but who knows what can happen with all the connected devices and smart computers?

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