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Apple execs Cue, Schiller, and Federighi as well as key Siri scientists Alex Acero and Tom Gruber explain Apple's secretive approach to AI and machine learning — On July 30, 2014, Siri had a brain transplant. — Three years earlier, Apple had been the first major tech company to integrate …
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| Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney: |
Five years after Tim Cook became Apple CEO, the company has doubled staff, is more socially conscious, but hasn't created a new product category rivaling iPhone — Hours after Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple, his successor Tim Cook sent an email to reassure employees about the company's future.
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| Jan Dawson / Beyond Devices: |
Breaking down Apple's last five years in charts covering R&D spend, regional trends, profit margins, cash on hand, unit sales and revenue by category, more — This week marks the fifth anniversary of Tim Cook's appointment as permanent CEO at Apple—he was appointed CEO on August 24th, 2011.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google brings Wi-Fi Assistant, a previously exclusive Project Fi feature that cuts down on data usage, to all Nexus devices in the US, UK, Canada, and more — Starting in the coming weeks, Google is adding a new data-saving perk for owners of its Nexus smartphones.| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Legalist, a startup launched by a Thiel Fellow, will fund lawsuits in exchange for up to 50% cut of settlement based on algorithmic calculation of winning — It's a startup idea that looks like it's ripped straight from the headlines. — This summer, Forbes revealed that tech luminary Peter Thiel …
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Thanks:@lexnfx| Jim Weber / LinkedIn Pulse: |
Sports writer says Twitter permanently banned his account with nearly 100K followers after he tweeted three Olympics GIFs — I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones' online bully and terrorists. Apparently those who post a GIF …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Sources: YouTube building Backstage feature that allows creators to share photos, polls, links, and more that will appear in subscribers' feeds, slated for fall — EXCLUSIVE: — YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars … | Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch: |
Drone data management firm DroneDeploy raises $20M Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners — A San Francisco-based startup called DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding to grow their drone data management platform. — The drone tech startup closed its Series B deal …
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| Monte Reel / Bloomberg: |
Baltimore police have been testing an aerial surveillance system that uses wide-angle cameras flown at 8.5K feet, without informing the public, since January — Since January, police have been testing an aerial surveillance system adapted from the surge in Iraq. And they neglected to tell the public.
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| Chris Williams / The Register: |
Microsoft details HoloLens' Holographic Processing Unit: TSMC-made, 24-core, performs 1T calculations/second, handles all environmental sensing and other inputs — How to make your own virtual reality brain — Hot Chips Microsoft today revealed a first look at the inside …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft updates Word Flow keyboard for iOS with built-in search for animated GIFs, images, contacts, and the web via Bing — Microsoft today released version 2.0 of its swipe-friendly Word Flow third-party keyboard for iOS. Now the app is a much better match for the Gboard iOS keyboard that Google released in recent months.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Auth0 raises $15M Series B led by Trinity Ventures to help developers, websites manage identity, authentication; the company now has 75K subscribers — “Identity-as-a-service” startup Auth0 (pronounced “auth zero") has raised $15 million in Series B funding.Sponsor Posts
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