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Facebook says it will ban white nationalist and white separatist content, pointing users to nonprofits, after initially only banning white supremacist content — After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy …
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Apple says it is “sorry” that a “small number of users” are still experiencing issues with third-generation butterfly keyboards in newer MacBooks — Nop, I havn'tt fogottttn how tto witt. No did my ditto go on vacattion. — You s, tto sha tth pain of using …
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Three pioneers of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio, win the $1M Turing Award for their work on neural networks — SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004, Geoffrey Hinton doubled down on his pursuit of a technological idea called a neural network. — It was a way for machines …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Lightspeed Venture Partners says VC Chris Schaepe has left the firm after admitting he hired Rick Singer to aid in the college admissions process for his son — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chris Schaepe is out at Lightspeed Venture Partners, after telling his partners …
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Spotify says it will begin to personalize some of its human-curated playlists — Spotify is starting to algorithmically personalize some of its curated playlists, making a major change to how people discover music on the streaming service. — Spotify is already known for having …
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Memo: Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela tells employees not to engage in any public-facing April Fool's Day pranks because of “unwanted news cycles” — No Clippy pranks this year — Everyone hates April Fools' Day, and Microsoft is taking a stand against its own corporate pranks.
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As part of her platform to help small farmers, Sen. Warren suggests national “right-to-repair” bill that would make it easier for consumers to fix their devices — It would apply only to farm equipment, but Warren becomes the most powerful national politician to support a consumer's right to repair the things they own.
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FTC says it has shut down and settled lawsuits with four robocalling companies responsible for “billions” of US calls — Four “robocalling” companies, including an operation that allegedly scammed businesses by pretending to be Google, have shut down and settled lawsuits with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Sources: Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun is seeking to sell Grindr, the popular gay dating app, after a US govt panel raised concerns about its ownership — (Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016 …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Hands-on: new AirPods have markedly reduced sound latency, faster device sync, and Hey Siri, a big step up from double-tapping; sound quality is mostly the same — The Apple AirPods have led the truly-wireless earphone industry and maintained their crown ever since their release in late 2016.
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The EU's Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, has the potential to further fracture the open web based on location — How the Copyright Directive reshapes the open web — It's strange to think about now, but until the 1920s, you didn't generally need a passport to travel.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple iPad Air (2019) review: excellent screen and fast processor but it only supports first-gen Pencil, speakers are on one side, and no Face ID — A good step up from the basic iPad — There sure are a lot of different iPads now. Last week's announcement of a new iPad Air and iPad mini means … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
How a vulnerability disclosure by researchers to Atrient, a vendor of player reward kiosks for casinos, led to competing claims of assault and blackmail — “Ethical hackers” tried to disclose problems to a casino software company—it got messy. — People who find security vulnerabilities commonly run …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Mailchimp acqui-hired Shopify competitor LemonStand, which said on March 5 it was shutting down, in February; Mailchimp says deal unrelated to Shopify breakup — Here's an interesting twist on the story from last week about the break-up between Shopify and Mailchimp, after the two said they were at odds … | Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent says it is relaunching BitTorrent Live, its defunct Sling TV-like service, as a Snapchat-like social media app for iOS and Android, currently in beta — BitTorrent today announced it is reviving one of its most ambitious services as it looks for ways to expand since being acquired by blockchain startup Tron last year.
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US Census Bureau has asked Google, Facebook, and Twitter for help protecting upcoming 2020 count from disinformation campaigns designed to dissuade participants — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau has asked tech giants Google, Facebook and Twitter to help it fend off “fake news” … | Vanessa Friedman / New York Times: |
Talk of wearables and fashion has gone quiet since the lead up to Apple Watch's 2014 debut, as many fashion brands now market tech wearables as niche products — When Apple introduced the Apple Watch five years ago, the whole tech industry began to flirt with style. But interest in wearables has cooled.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researcher warned ASUS of hacking risks two months ago, after finding ASUS staff published passwords to GitHub repos; some passwords were public for over a year — A security researcher warned Asus two months ago that employees were improperly publishing passwords in their GitHub repositories …
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How a Kentucky startup is using AI on health records from insurers to help identify women at risk of preterm births, the leading cause of infant death in the US — EMILY PICKETT, A doula in Louisville, Kentucky, is used to hearing hard truths from expecting mothers.| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Google Podcasts is auto-transcribing podcast episodes and using those transcripts as metadata to help listeners search for shows — Google Podcasts is now automatically generating transcripts of episodes and is using them as metadata to help listeners search for shows, even if they don't know the title or when it was published.
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Sources: Chinese smartwatch and AI startup Mobvoi, backed by Google, is close to raising $100M at a $1B valuation, ahead of an IPO in China — - Mobvoi is said to seek $100 million in funding round — The startup is said to target an IPO on China's new tech boardSponsor Posts
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