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How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes

How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes

People are (rightfully) freaking out about their privacy as both Senate and Congress voted to let internet providers share your private data with advertisers. While it’s important to protect your privacy, it doesn’t mean that you should sign up to a VPN service and tunnel all your internet traffic through VPN servers. A VPN doesn’t […]

Crunch Report | YouTube now blocking ads on low-view channels

Crunch Report | YouTube now blocking ads on low-view channels

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Samsung is back in business as it forecasts 50% profit jump

Samsung is back in business as it forecasts 50% profit jump

Samsung is back in business. Fresh from its highest profit jump in three years and the successful launch of its new flagship Galaxy S8, the Korean company is now forecasting a big jump in profits for its upcoming Q1 2017 financials. The company is predicting profits for the quarter will come in around 9.9 trillion KRW ($8.7 billion), which […]

Carjojo uses natural language to find a new car

Carjojo uses natural language to find a new car

Carjojo’s latest update brings some big changes to its Edge2Edge machine learning technology. The service has allowed users to search for and buy a new car since going live in November 2016, but new features make it easier to search every. single. car. on dealership lots right now — about 4 million on any given […]

Fred Destin leaving Accel to focus on Seed and earlier-stage investing

Fred Destin leaving Accel to focus on Seed and earlier-stage investing

Fred Destin, one of European VC’s biggest personalities, is leaving Accel, the London-headquartered VC firm he joined from Boston’s Atlas Ventures in mid 2014, to focus more on Seed and earlier-stage investing. Specifically, I understand  that the plan is for the Belgium-born VC to create his own franchise, either with a team or as a […]

TV streaming app Molotov now has 1 million users

TV streaming app Molotov now has 1 million users

French startup Molotov is trying to define the future of TV. It’s a promising start as there are now one million registered users on the platform — the service is only available in France. On average, users spend 80 minutes per day on the platform. It is available on smartphones, tablets, computers and TVs. Users […]

Discussing the limits of artificial intelligence

Discussing the limits of artificial intelligence

Alice Lloyd George Contributor Alice Lloyd George is an investor at RRE Ventures and the host of Flux, a series of podcast conversations with leaders in frontier technology. More posts by this contributor: It’s hard to visit a tech site these days without seeing a headline about deep learning for X, and that AI is […]

ANA’s new C-3PO jet is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication

ANA’s new C-3PO jet is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication

Fancy paint jobs for airplanes are nothing novel, but few airlines ever really commit to making their jets look unique like Japan’s ANA. The air carrier’s latest custom craft is one of its Star Wars series of planes, commemorating everyone’s favorite golden protocol droid with a C-3PO yellow fuselage wrap, and interior decorating to match. The […]