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- Build a drink robot, win prizes. [SFist]
- On the 55th anniversary of the infamous escape from Alcatraz, [CBS 5] takes a look at the case and solves it! Just kidding, they still have no idea if those guys made it or what.
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UC Berkeley study investigates how artificial intelligence can learn metaphorical language. [Daily Californian]
- Legendary Bay Area broadcaster Fred Van Amburg has died. [ABC 7] [CBS 5] [SF Chronicle]
- San Jose doesn't want folks to feed homeless people in public parks, plans crackdown. [KRON 4] [ABC 7]
- Oh, great, here's another Silicon Valley VC firm where a co-founder "had inappropriate interactions with women in the tech community." [500 Startups]
- ...and something tells me this won't be the last time we hear a story like the above, as the [New York Times] talks to scores of other women victimized by Silicon Valley harassers and predators.
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Airbnb's moving into a new office. [SF Business Times]
- [Quartz] goes "Inside Uber’s unsettling alliance with some of New York’s shadiest car dealers."
