Wed. 11/06 - Xerox Makes Some News!

Twitter announces Topics, Xerox might take a run at HP, Uber’s getting into the ads business, Ford’s electric Mustang makes Tech Crunch angry, and the best blockchain startup idea I’ve heard of in a long time. Sponsors:Metalab.coLeap.FidelityCareers.com Links:Twitter is rolling out Topics, a way to follow subjects automatically in the timeline (The Verge)Xerox Considers Takeover Offer for HP (WSJ)California Says Facebook Failed to Comply With Subpoenas (NYTimes)California asks for court order forcing Facebook to hand over Cambridge Analytica documents (The Verge)Self-Driving Uber in Crash Wasn’t Designed to See Jaywalkers (Bloomberg)Uber is entering the ads business (TechCrunch)Neural Magic raises $15 million to boost AI inferencing speed on off-the-shelf processors (VentureBeat)How Arweave's Permaweb cheaply hosts sites & apps forever (TechCrunch)Ford built an electric Mustand with a manual transmission. And we're mad. (TechCrunch)

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