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Microsoft and Amazon AWS announce Gluon, a new open source deep learning interface to simplify deep learning models — New Open Source Interface Simplifies Deep Learning Development — At Microsoft we have a vision and passion to amplify human ingenuity with the transformative power of AI.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to be a “lot more transparent in our actions” around suspending users, after it its broke silence on Rose McGowan — Twitter has abruptly broken its own policy of not commenting on individual accounts to explain why it temporarily suspended …
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday the company was fully committed …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google announces new education initiatives: $1B in global grants to nonprofits, US-based Grow with Google for training and resources, Goodwill partnership — Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in Pittsburgh Wednesday to announce a new five-year, $1 billion program to help close the global education gap.
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Sources: Waymo sought public apology, independent monitor on Uber's autonomous vehicle tech, and at least $1B in damages in settlement talks with Uber — SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc …
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Facebook says it fixed a CrowdTangle “bug” that allowed a researcher to analyze the reach of Russia-linked account posts — Social media analyst Jonathan Albright got a call from Facebook the day after he published research last week showing that the reach of the Russian disinformation campaign …
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South Korean lawmaker says North Korea put malware into third-party antivirus tool to hack military database that was inadvertently left connected to internet — Hackers allegedly used antivirus software to access South Korea-U.S. military plans from network mistakenly connected to the internet for more than a year
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Lyft adds in-app support for Google Maps to its drivers app — Lyft is working with Google Maps. — As the battle to win over ride-hail drivers continues, Lyft is working to improve its driver experience relative to Uber, its larger rival. The next step: Making it easier for drivers to know where they're supposed to be going.
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Five major Hollywood studios join Disney's Movies Anywhere service, a digital locker that brings together movies from Amazon Video, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu — Disney-owned Movies Anywhere service gets backing from most of the majors, launches tonight — Stephanie's Most Recent Stories
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| Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Target customers can now shop on Google Express, including by voice with Google Assistant — - Other retailers on the Google Express platform include Wal-Mart, Costco, Kohl's and Ulta, according to Google's website. — Target shoppers nationwide will now be able to make purchases on Google Express …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it's opening up Facebook Stories to all Pages over the coming months — No one's posting to Facebook Stories. Only 8 of my 2800 friends have Stories up right now, and 3 came from the new ‘cross-post from Instagram Stories’ feature. Maybe younger or international demographics are … | Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Google says it will permanently remove top touch functionality on Google Home Mini after report that device would repeatedly record, transmit audio to company — Google is permanently disabling a feature on the forthcoming Google Home Mini smart speaker, after a reviewer discovered …
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Facebook debuts Rift Core 2.0 with redesigned Dash UI featuring dock-like hub and Home, the desktop-like space that can be shown to friends in VR, coming in Dec — Today, we announced Rift Core 2.0, a complete overhaul of Rift's core experience that lets people do more in VR than ever before.
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