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Peeking Into Your Neighbor's Remodel, With Porch's Founders

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Earlier this week, a new startup, Porch (www.porch.com), launched its service to let people get a look at their neighbor''s home improvement projects -- complete with before and after photos, costs, and details on contractors and more. Matt Ehrlichman: Porch is really the first, home improvement network. What exactly is Porch?

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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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Hold Your Horsepower: For Mobility Industry, “Reality Is Sinking In”

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Because there is no legal framework in place at either the state or federal level for fully autonomous vehicles to operate on the nation’s roads, there would presumably be human “safety attendants” on board in GM’s ridesharing fleet.

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What Startups Can Do About Cyber Attacks

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A cybersecurity report by Ponemon Institute, in association with Keeper Security, found that in the 12 months leading up to June 2016, 55 percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a cyber attack, while 50 percent encountered data breaches involving customer and employee information. A Good Cybersecurity Program Matters.

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Interview with Darrius Thompson, OpenCandy

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Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. This summer, we started talking to individuals to get an idea if funding was a path we'd like to go down. What's the idea behind OpenCandy? That happened with David.

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Gaining an Edge: Understanding Cyber Risk Appetite

Xconomy

The moves they’re making to get ahead in the marketplace—globalization, mergers and acquisitions, extension of third-party networks, movement to the cloud—are the same tactics that create cyber risk. Where to Start? Which applications, databases, systems, and information sources should they concentrate on?