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Facebook “multicultural affinity” ad targeting guesses user's race based on behavior, used to serve different Straight Outta Compton film trailers — Facebook's ad platform now guesses at your race based on your behavior — Company profiles users so Facebook can sell against their “ethnic affinity.”
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How the White House, initially receptive to Apple's arguments for strong encryption, came to support the FBI — The Behind-the-Scenes Fight Between Apple and the FBI — On June 2, 2014, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took the stage at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference …
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Google's Chris Urmson envisions decades-long incremental rollout of self-driving cars, beginning in locations with good weather and easy driving conditions — Google Self-Driving Car Will Be Ready Soon for Some, in Decades for Others — If you're one of the millions of people pining …
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Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of neural networks” on the importance of AlphaGo's use of intuition, why humans shouldn't fear AI, and what AI can take on next — The meaning of AlphaGo, the AI program that beat a Go champ — In the right circles, it had all the buzz …
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| Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press: |
Airbnb in Cuba now available to all, not just US-based travelers, after special authorization from the Obama administration — Online Lodging Service Airbnb Opens Cuba Listings To World — HAVANA (AP) — Online lodging service Airbnb is allowing travelers from around the world to book stays …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
FBI, Department of Transportation, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warn drivers about threat of over-the-internet attacks on cars — The FBI Warns That Car Hacking Is a Real Risk — It's been eight months since a pair of security researchers proved beyond any doubt …
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
NHTSA and IIHS: 20 automakers, representing more than 99% of US auto market, have agreed to make automatic emergency braking standard in US cars by 2022 — Automatic emergency braking will be standard in most US cars by 2022 — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) … | John Callaham / Windows Central: |
Microsoft plans to offer tool to port Chrome extensions to Edge browser — Windows Insider members can try out a few extensions in Microsoft Edge on the PC version of Windows 10, with more promised in the future. However, a lot more could find their way to Edge if Microsoft sticks to a plan …
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| Blaise Zerega / VentureBeat: |
Mattermark announces $7.3M Series B at a $42M valuation, led by Foundry Group, which also led their Series A — Sales research startup Mattermark raises $7.3 million, now valued at $42 million — Mattermark, which has evolved rapidly from a database to help investors rank startups … | John Kennedy / Silicon Republic: |
Movidius' Myriad 2 chip and algorithms power DJI Phantom 4, enabling drone's autonomous features like obstacle avoidance — Movidius chip powers world's first autonomous drone DJI Phantom 4 — The autonomous drone, which went on sale in Apple Stores across the US last week … | Angela Doland / Ad Age: |
GroupM: 49.7% of total ad spend in China will go toward the Internet this year, up 30% year-over-year; 31% of worldwide ad spend will go toward the Internet — Half of China's Ad Spending Will Go Toward the Internet This Year, GroupM Says — The Flipside: Spending on TV is Expected to Drop 4.5% in 2016| Gordon Mah Ung / PCWorld: |
Intel's new Skull Canyon NUC gaming mini-PC supports external Thunderbolt 3 graphics cards, ships in May starting at $650 — Hands-on with Intel's Skull Canyon NUC, the most powerful game-ready mini-PC — What the heck! An Intel NUC that can play Just Cause 2 at 1080p resolution?!
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