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How Instagram used DeepText, an AI-based system built at Facebook that mimics the way language works in our brains, to block offensive comments — EVERY WORD HAS at least one meaning when it stands alone. But the meaning can change depending on context, or even over time.
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Microsoft buys Tel Aviv-based Cloudyn to incorporate the startup's cloud management products into its portfolio; sources say the price was $50M-$70M — Back in April, we began hearing that Microsoft was in the process of buying Israeli cloud startup Cloudyn, a company that helps customers manage … | Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day: |
Internet has ushered in an age of “distributed truth”, widely spreading little known knowledge that used to be confined offline, such as Caldbeck's behavior — Apparently, for years, Nora Ephron, who was once married to Carl Bernstein, would openly tell people that Deep Throat was FBI Associate Director Mark Felt.
| Eileen Naughton / Google: |
Google hires ex-Intel VP Danielle Brown as VP of Diversity, says 20% of tech employees are now women, 1% are black, 39% are Asian, 53% are white — Since 2014, when we first released data on Google's racial and gender makeup, we've taken steps to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
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| Marty Swant / Adweek: |
Adobe updates its Analytics Cloud suite to track how users interact with apps built for Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant, and Samsung's Bixby — It's using Sensei to understand big data trends — To better understand how people consume media and marketing via voice-enabled devices … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
How iPhone jailbreaking has evolved over the years, from a widespread phenomenon to an individual pursuit, as Apple and hackers played a game of cat and mouse — How a ragtag group of young hackers made the iPhone what it is today. — The window shades are halfway down, leaving the bedroom dim.
Tweets: @chronic, @emanuelmaiberg, @sarahnemerson, @lorenzofb, @lorenzofb, and @mikko
| Emily Chang / Bloomberg: |
Ann Lai, a former principal at Binary Capital, sues firm for harassment by Justin Caldbeck following her resignation — Co-founder Justin Caldbeck left after reports of harassment — Ann Lai says Caldbeck pressured her after she left firm — A former employee is suing Binary Capital LLC …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Nutanix announces strategic partnership with Google Cloud and unveils new tools for hybrid cloud management — Google Cloud and Nutanix joint customers will be able to manage on-premises and public cloud infrastructure as one unified service. — Nutanix and Google have formed …
| New York Times: |
Malware attack raises concern that the NSA has lost control over cyberweapons they developed, and that damage from the Shadow Brokers leaks could be much worse — Twice in the past month, National Security Agency cyberweapons stolen from its arsenal have been turned against two very different partners …
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| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
GPU database provider Kinetica raises $50M Series A led by Canvas Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners — Kinetica, a startup that builds databases that harness fast graphical processing chips to perform everyday business applications, now has $50 million in new funding.
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| New York Times: |
A look at France's Station F hub, which has space for 1,000 startups, backing from Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon, and aims to make France a startup hotspot — A new start-up incubator in Paris symbolizes France's tech ambitions, but can the land of the 35-hour workweek overcome its cultural …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb plans to launch new service for luxury vacation rentals at mansions and penthouses, will start testing in some markets at the end of the year — ‘Airbnb Lux’ is aimed at wealthy travelers and fatter margins — Company previously started testing hotel-like ‘Select’ tierSponsor Posts
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