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Startups with robo-advisor products are failing to live up to their initial promise.

As solutions proliferate and consumer adoption remains slower than expected, many firms are re-examining and updating their strategies to survive.  See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Facebook Messenger will soon introduce a feature that lets you delete a message up to 10 minutes after it's already been sent.
• The new feature was spotted in the release notes for the newest Messenger update, but for now it's still listed as "coming soon." 
• Facebook said in April it planned to add such a feature after the platform was caught quietly deleting messages that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had sent via Messenger.

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• The "League of Legends" developer Riot Games is facing a class-action lawsuit claiming the company harbored a sexist work environment with women suffering from unequal pay and regular harassment.
• Reports detailing the company's "bro culture" surfaced in August, leading Riot to issue an apology to current and past employees.
• The two women who filed the lawsuit detailed multiple instances of inappropriate behavior, including a list of "Hottest Women Employees" and unsolicited photos of male genitalia. Читать дальше...

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• Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web, has persuaded Google, Facebook, and the French government to sign up to a set of ethical principles.
• He also suggests breaking up these tech titans.
• The "contract" asks companies and governments to respect people's privacy and to keep the web free.
• Berners-Lee has been hugely critical of Silicon Valley firms monopolising the web.
• He met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this year to discuss how the firm could do better... Читать дальше...

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• The Florida secretary of state ordered recounts in the US Senate and governor races on Saturday.
• Unofficial results in both races fell within the margin that triggers a recount by law. 
• The unofficial results show Republican former Rep. Ron DeSantis led Democratic Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum by less than 0.5 percentage points.
• In the Senate race, Republican Gov. Rick Scott's lead over Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson is less than 0.25 percentage points... Читать дальше...

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The healthcare industry is in a state of disruption. Digital solutions are becoming a necessary part of the new global standard of care for patients and regulation is being fast-tracked to catch up to digital health innovation.

These rapid changes will have ripple effects across the entire healthcare system, impacting incumbents and new entrants alike.

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• The US midterm election race in Illinois' 13th congressional district offered a barometer of American farmers' faith in the trade war with China.
• Democrat challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, who had vowed to lobby for de-escalation of the trade war, came up just short, losing the vote by a mere 1.4 percentage points to incumbent Rodney Davis (R).
• Illinois is the top soybean-producing state in the US, As of April, before the salvo of import tariffs began... Читать дальше...

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The virtual reality (VR) market is expected to rally in 2018 after seeing slow growth from 2016 to 2017. The uptick will be largely catalyzed by the emergence of the newest headset form factor, stand-alone VR headsets, which address some of the biggest pain points that have prohibited mainstream... Читать дальше...

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