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Microsoft updates Bing with improved conversational search, Intelligent Image Search, ability to better surface different viewpoints, Reddit partnership, more — At a special AI-focused event today in San Francisco, Microsoft announced a number of feature updates to Bing that it hopes … | Kirk Koenigsbauer / Office Blogs: |
Microsoft adds more AI to Office 365, including highlighting patterns in Excel, sharing acronym definitions in Word, bringing real time traffic info to Outlook — Today's post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team. — Earlier today in San Francisco …
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NY AG asks for delay in net neutrality vote at FCC because public comment process was corrupted with up to 2M comments that had used stolen identities — - Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released new details of his office's investigation into fake comments submitted during …
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Politico: |
Sources: FCC CTO Eric Burger, appointed by Ajit Pai, emailed FCC commissioners' offices to express concerns about the consequences of repealing net neutrality — The warning challenges the FCC's official line on the planned repeal of the net neutrality rules, set for a vote Thursday.
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Unsealed court documents show three men have plead guilty to creating the 2016 Mirai botnet that disrupted access to major internet platforms — (Reuters) - A former Rutgers University student and two other men have agreed to plead guilty to computer crimes related to the creation and use …
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| Anjali Athavaley / Reuters: |
AT&T has started trials in Georgia state to deliver high-speed internet over power lines, says it has no timeline for commercial deployment — NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc has started trials in Georgia state and a non-U.S. location to deliver high-speed internet over power lines …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it's bringing Assistant to tablets running Android 6.0+ and phones running Android 5.0+ in US, UK, India, Australia, and elsewhere — The Google Assistant, Google's take on Siri, Cortana and Alexa without the approachable name, has long been available on most modern phones and tablets.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators — Patreon has called off plans to add a service fee to patrons' pledges, a proposed update that angered many users.
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Nine European press agencies call for internet giants including Facebook, Google, and Twitter to be forced to pay copyright for using their news content — Nine European press agencies, including AFP, called Wednesday on internet giants to be forced to pay copyright for using news content on which they make vast profits.
| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Federal judge unseals letter confirming that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected to Uber/Waymo allegations — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A recent letter from the U.S. Attorney's office confirms that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected …
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Target says it plans to acquire grocery delivery platform Shipt for $550M in cash and will run it as independent unit; Shipt has 170 staff and has raised $65M — Target will offer same-day delivery from half of its stores by summer. — Another domino just fell in the wake of the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Redbox launches Redbox On Demand with 6,000+ movies and TV shows available to rent or buy, starting at $3.99 for 48-hour VOD rentals — Redbox is finally opening a bridge to an online digital-entertainment future. — The company, known for its nationwide network of DVD-rental kiosks … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says Russia-linked accounts spent just $1,031.99 on six Brexit-related ads during regulated campaign period before UK referendum from April to June 2016 — Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote.| David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times: |
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