Google’s Voice AI accelerator launches 12 startups

Google today announced the first cohort in its Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice AI, a 10-week program designed to pair startups with experts to help tackle product development, machine learning, and other technical challenges. The 12 companies selected will gain access to resources across Google’s programs and products, Google says, as well as to its people and technology. The pandemic appears to have supercharged voice app usage, which was already on an upswing. According to… Source link

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Google seeks to clamp down on public access to its Mountain View tech campus | News

Google’s main campus. Photo by Michelle Le Visitors to Google’s tech campus in Mountain View can walk right up to the front doors of the Googleplex, enjoying the views of the public courtyard outside one of the largest companies in the world. But that could change soon. In an effort to reduce security risks at all of the company’s sites, Google is looking to revamp its 1995 headquarters — along with a second North Bayshore office building currently under construction — and clamp down… Source link

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Millions of student loan borrowers left out of pandemic payment pause amid decade-old quirk

When the U.S. government bailed out student loan lenders during the Great Recession, legislators unintentionally set off a series of cascading events that has left more than 6 million student loan borrowers locked out of a crucial benefit more than 10 years later amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two consumer advocacy groups are pressing the Biden administration to change that. “The Trump administration exercised executive authority to cancel student loan interest charges and pause loan payments… Source link

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Tesla scores about $1 billion in profits from Bitcoin: Wedbush’s Dan Ives

Tesla’s (TSLA) investment in Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has garnered the electric vehicle company about $1 billion in profits — at least on paper, according to estimates from Wedbush Securities Managing Director Dan Ives. “That’s more than all they made on EV vehicles in 2020, but that continues to be the double-edge sword. It’s going to add risk to the story, and we’re seeing that in terms of the volatility,” Ives told Yahoo Finance Live on Monday. Earlier this month Tesla announced it had… Source link

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In shocking move CBS will not bring back analyst Rich Gannon

The Guardian Democrats lost Texas because of Covid and Republican voter drive, report finds A party postmortem says more outreach to non-voters is needed after a predicted blue wave failed to materialise in 2020 A supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden prepares for a Ridin’ With Biden event in October 2020, in Plano, Texas. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Sign up for the Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Get-out-the-vote efforts hampered by the coronavirus pandemic and an… Source link

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Timberwolves fire coach Ryan Saunders, hire Chris Finch

The Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders on Sunday night. The team announced the decision shortly after multiple reports of his dismissal Sunday evening. The Timberwolves officially hired Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch on Monday, after The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Sunday that Finch would take Saunders’ place. Finch will join the Timberwolves as their full-time coach, not on an interim basis, according to the report. The Minnesota Timberwolves are hiring… Source link

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4 Bitcoin Bear Signals To Be Aware Of

While it’s easy to get caught up in bitcoin’s parabolic rally, four bearish factors could impact prices over the coming months. Bitcoin has experienced a meteoric rise during 2021, doubling from last year’s final price of $29,112 to the current all-time high at $58,332. One of the leading catalysts for this surge has been a notable uptick in institutional interest and investment, including Tesla announcing it had purchased over $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin as part of a new investment… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Soccer: Tuesday UCL Picks

MATCHES (EST) FORWARDS Robert Lewandowski, FCB at LAZ (€32): Lewandowski has found the back of the net in 11 of his last 12 appearances, and at this point, it’s more surprising to see him not score a goal when he takes the field. Oddsmakers tabbed him with the highest anytime goalscoring odds, and with Bayern the biggest favorite on the slate, it’s hard to imagine him not peppering the goal as usual.  Joao Felix, ATM vs. CHE (€28): Felix eclipsed 10 points without a goal or assist in his… Source link

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