Index Ventures is on fire this year, with 6 IPOs, acquistions worth more than $2 billion by iZettle and Duo Security, and new funds of $1.65 billion.

Chris O'Brien is based in Toulouse, France, where he is conducting a three-year, government-backed study to determine how much cassoulet, butter and wine a single human can consume on a daily basis. Previously, he covered Silicon Valley for 15 years as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and the Los Angeles Times and he still has the talking sock puppet to prove it. Every day, he wonders what would happen if people in Silicon Valley knew how much less expensive it is to live in the south of France. I follow VentureBeat's ethics policy: http://venturebeat.com/ethics-statement/ This is a complete list of VentureBeat articles written by Chris O'Brien, in reverse chronological order.

The Drone Racing League (DRL) will host a series of races and competitions where autonomous drones will try to beat a professional drone pilot. Teams of university students and other drone enthusiasts will be invited to compete for more than $2 million. The Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit will produce four AI vs. AI …

Khari writes about artificial intelligence for VentureBeat and lives in San Francisco. Nachos make me happy. I adhere to VentureBeat’s ethics policy. This is a complete list of VentureBeat articles written by Khari Johnson, in reverse chronological order.

(Reuters) — Germany’s cartel office has found that Facebook abused its dominant market position, in a ruling that questioned the U.S. social network’s model of monetizing the personal data of its 2 billion users through targeted advertising. Presenting preliminary findings of its 20-month-old probe, the Federal Cartel Office said Facebook held a dominant position among …