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JD.com’s new accelerator focuses on blockchain startups JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, is launching a new Beijing-based accelerator program for artificial intelligence and blockchain startups. Called AI Catapult, its first batch includes six companies: Bankorus, CanYa, Bluezelle, Nuggets, Republic Protocol and Devery. Read More JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, is launching a new […]

Here’s the latest update on the very spicy beef between two massive chipmakers Broadcom and Qualcomm, the former of which is trying to acquire the latter, are continuing to duke it out on their respective investor relations pages by issuing public statements to investors over how much drama there is over the pricing of this deal. […]

Court rules against AT&T, closing FTC regulation loophole A federal court has ruled against AT&T in a long-running case that found itself tied up in the net neutrality debate. AT&T had argued that the 2015 FCC order classifying it as a common carrier let it off the hook in a case brought against it by the […]

‘Wolverine: The Long Night’ director talks podcasts and superheroes Marvel is making its first move into scripted podcasting next month with the premiere of Wolverine: The Long Night, a 10-episode series that’s launching on Stitcher Premium. Ahead of the premiere, I had a chance to speak to director Brendan Baker about the challenges involved in bringing […]

Fitbit posted a weaker-than-expected quarter and its shares are crashing Fitbit, which has increasingly had to fend off competition from devices like the Apple Watch and is increasingly making moves in the healthcare space, still hasn’t seemed to nail things down quite yet as it posted weaker-than-expected financial results for its fourth quarter. Read More Fitbit, which […]

Uber’s hosting its flying taxi-focused Elevate Summit for a second year Uber will talk about flying taxis, autonomous aerial transport and everything in between, in an industry event designed to bring together stakeholders on the subject in one place. This is the second year in a row that Uber has hosted its ‘Elevate Summit,’ and this […]

The leaked BlackBerry ‘Ghost’ is reportedly a high-end Android phone built for India The clicky-clacky, full keyboard devices that spring to mind when you hear “BlackBerry” might be a thing of the past… but the brand lives on. Famed gadget-unearther Evan Blass dug up a picture of an upcoming BlackBerry device said to be known as […]