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Apple ramps up hiring of artificial intelligence experts specializing in machine learning — Exclusive: Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter — Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Base iPad Pro will have 64GB of storage and “monster” 12.9-inch display that can run 2 full-sized apps side by side; top model prices close to latest MacBooks — iPad Pro: ‘Monster screen’ runs full-sized side-by-side apps, LTE models, keyboard + stylus separate| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release $50 6-inch tablet and new 8-inch and 10-inch versions for holidays — Amazon to Release $50 Tablet as It Struggles to Sell Pricier Devices — Amazon plans to release a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen, in time for the holidays.
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Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic praised by critics, Steve Wozniak after premiere at Telluride Film Festival — Review roundup: Sorkin Steve Jobs biopic receives high praise from movie critics, Wozniak likes it too — The official Steve Jobs biopic, written by Aaron Sorkin … | Startup L. Jackson / Startups and S**t: |
Twitter's core product is fine for current users, but company is overvalued and has to show investors it can grow with projects like Vine, Periscope — Twitter's Product is F**king Fine — It seems all the range to write thought pieces on Twitter's product problems.
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Why Facebook chose Haskell, a functional programming language that ranks 23rd in overall popularity on Github, to build its complex anti-spam system — Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding — Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
How some people are using carpooling via UberPool and Lyft Line as a networking and dating opportunity — Cruising the Carpool: Are Lyft Line and UberPool the New Tinder? — Mitchell, 26, uses the carpool versions of Uber and Lyft — called UberPool and Lyft Line — to meet women.
Tweets: @j_zimms
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FDA-approved Eko Core stethoscope attachment records and sends heart audio wave images to an iPhone app; abnormality-detecting algorithm is in clinical trials — Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone — The stethoscope, that iconic tool of doctors, has been upgraded several times since it was invented two centuries ago.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
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Huawei is the new Samsung: ascendant Chinese smartphone maker adeptly copies competitors' features and designs — Huawei is the new Samsung — Samsung's meteoric rise as a smartphone maker began with the Galaxy S, a 2010 Android handset with some high specs and more than a passing resemblance to the iPhone.
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