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Top Stories of the Day // February 17, 2016

Our 7 Favorite Companies From The 500 Startups Batch 15 Demo Day | Tim Cook Says Apple Won’t Create Universal iPhone ‘Back Door’ For FBI | Google Makes It Easier To Take Machine Learning Models Into Production | Instagram Spotlights vs Snapchat Stories vs Twitter Moments | London-Based Curve De-Cloaks With All Your Bank Cards In One, And Broader Fintech Convergence Play | Instagram Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Fight Hackers | MindMaze, Maker Of A ‘Neural Virtual Reality Platform,’ Raises $100M At A $1B Valuation |
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Lucas Matney, Sarah Buhr, Megan Rose Dickey

Our 7 Favorite Companies From The 500 Startups Batch 15 Demo Day

Despite an investment environment that’s future seems to be growing increasingly cloudy, the 35 accelerator founders who pitched at Tuesday’s 500... Read More…
Jon Russell

Tim Cook Says Apple Won’t Create Universal iPhone ‘Back Door’ For FBI

Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the company will appeal a California judge's order to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the terrorists involved in the... Read More…
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Frederic Lardinois

Google Makes It Easier To Take Machine Learning Models Into Production

Google launched TensorFlow Serving today, a new open source project that aims to help developers take their machine learning models into production.... Read More…
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Giphy Closes $55M Series C, Monetization Is Next

Instagram begins rolling out 2-factor authentication, Apple Pay to launch in China on February 18th, Silk Labs launches Sense device for smart homes, ODately is a new dating concierge app. Watch Now
Josh Constine

Instagram Spotlights vs Snapchat Stories vs Twitter Moments

There is a battle raging for curated social media supremacy. When big things happen, each of these apps wants to be where you see the best of and behind the... Read More…
Steve O'Hear

London-Based Curve De-Cloaks With All Your Bank Cards In One, And Broader Fintech Convergence Play

Curve, the stealthy London-based startup backed by notable fintech investors, finally de-cloaks today with the soft launch of its iOS app and accompanying... Read More…
Josh Constine

Instagram Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Fight Hackers

Instagram accounts are worth stealing. Now at 400 million users including celebrities, brands, and artists making a living, it’s time to add another lock... Read More…
Ingrid Lunden

MindMaze, Maker Of A ‘Neural Virtual Reality Platform,’ Raises $100M At A $1B Valuation

As consumers and businesses begin to focus on what form the next generation of computing may take beyond our current era of the smartphone, startups... Read More…
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