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Daily Precap - Monday 23rd July 2018


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Hey I’m Domm, it’s Monday 23rd July 2018, and this is your daily precap of the latest and greatest technology, startups, and business news.
 
Be careful translating anything important on Google Translate.  THe service has been spitting out weird religious texts for some users around the world, when attempting to translate inputs like the word ‘dog’ repeated over and over.
 
Although the reason is unclear, some experts believe it may be because Google has used the bible and other religious documents to help train its artificial intelligence engine.  
 
However, Google has dismissed this, and said its simply nonsense in, nonsense out.
 
Ola, the Indian Ridesharing Giant who recently became Ubers newest competitor in Australia, has now completed 1.5 million rides since launching here in February.  
 
Under direction from its newly appointed managing director Simon Smith, the company is promoting a better and fairer deal for driver partners, with Ola taking lower commissions, than its competitors.
 
He may be under fire across the world at the moment, bu Elon Musk will be celebrating after this weekend when his space company, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its Falcon 9 rocket, while putting the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite into a high orbit above Earth. The mission marks the 13th launch of the year for SpaceX and the 26th successful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster.
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