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Profile of AI assistant Viv, which sources say has received acquisition bids from Google and Facebook, ahead of its public demo Monday — Siri's creators say they've made something better that will take care of everything for you — SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an ordinary conference room …
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LAPD successfully hacked into the locked iPhone 5s of “Shield” actor, while it said it could not access 5c — LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of ‘Shield’ actor, documents show — Actor Michael Jace is flanked by his attorneys Peter L. Carr IV, left …
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Google's training AI with formulaic romance novels to help it become more conversational; uses could include more natural search and email Smart Reply responses — Google Is Feeding Romance Novels To Its Artificial Intelligence Engine To Make Its Products More Conversational — “Her blouse sprang apart.| Fox News: |
Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar known as “Guccifer” claims he breached Hillary Clinton's personal email server in 2013 — Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’ — EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as “Guccifer,” speaking exclusively with Fox News …
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Concerns raised over DeepMind's data-sharing deal with UK's NHS as new report finds Google has been given broader access to patient data than publicly announced — Concerns raised over broad scope of DeepMind-NHS health data-sharing deal — Concerns have been raised about the scope …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will require iOS App Store apps to support IPv6-only networks from June 1 — Apple has announced on its developer blog that it will require all apps submitted to the iOS App Store to support IPv6-only networks from June 1 2016. Apple originally introduced the transition a year ago at WWDC 2015 …
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Pivotal scores $253 million Series C led by Ford on hefty $2.8 billion valuation — Pivotal has a couple of new friends with big wallets. Today it announced that Ford and Microsoft were joining EMC, VMware and GE as investment partners on a massive $253 million Series C investment with a whopping $2.8 billion valuation.
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Craig Wright backs out of promise to provide more proof, says he lacks the courage to face allegations — Bitcoin ‘creator’ backs out of coin move ‘proof’ — The entrepreneur who has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin has reneged on a promise to present new “proof” to support his case.
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Uber announces global advisory board with members including Neelie Kroes and former prime minister of Peru; compensation will be equity — Uber Names Former EU Vice President Kroes to New Advisory Board — Uber Technologies Inc. announced an eight-member public policy advisory board Wednesday …
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Microsoft updates SharePoint with Office Graph feature that analyzes data from Office apps, with iOS and Android apps coming later this quarter — Microsoft Aims to Wrangle Data for Office Teams With SharePoint Revamp — Software giant is keen to win some buzz from likes of Slack, Box by enhancing workplace collaboration
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube working on Unplugged, a subscription service offering cable channels over the Internet, expected to debut 2017 — YouTube Said to Plan ‘Unplugged’ Online TV Service for 2017 — Google has been plotting a web TV service since 2012 — Large media companies CBS, Fox, Comcast haven't signed up
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Instagram testing business profiles that feature a contact button, directions, and more — Instagram Business Profiles to feature ‘Contact’ buttons, directions and more — Instagram had confirmed earlier this year that it was developing business profiles - basically, the Instagram equivalent to a Facebook Brand Page.
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