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Bipartisan support, including free-market Republicans, growing for federal regulation of cryptocurrencies after recent surge of interest in virtual markets — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving …
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Apple's reported new focus on software reliability isn't reactionary or a massive pivot, it's a predictable evolution of an extremely robust and proven system — The following was shared as a twitter thread. Here's the medium version. — 1/ Apple has a software problem.| Matthew Hutson / Science: |
Missing data hindering replication of AI studies as survey of 400 algorithms presented at major conferences finds just 6% included code, 30% included test data — Last year, computer scientists at the University of Montreal (U of M) in Canada were eager to show off a new speech recognition algorithm …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Huawei Mate 10 Pro review: great build quality and performance with exceptional battery life, but the software is buggy and poorly designed for an $800 phone — Huawei's premier smartphone is let down by bad software — We're less than two months into 2018, and so far, the year hasn't been very good for Huawei.| Tuomas Forsell / Reuters: |
Nokia has started a “review of strategic options” for its digital health business and plans 400+ job cuts in Finland as part of €1.2B global cost-savings plan — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish network gear maker Nokia has started a strategic review of its digital health business …
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| Jackie Snow / MIT Technology Review: |
CB Insights report: AI startup investment rose 141% YoY in 2017 to $15.2B with Chinese companies accounting for 48% of funding versus 38% for US companies — Of $15.2 billion invested in AI startups globally in 2017, 48 percent went to China and just 38 percent to America.
Tweets: @cbinsights and @techreview
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Bipartisan group of senators proposed Cloud Act to access data stored overseas, authorizing DOJ to enter into agreements with countries with similar due process — Congress is now considering long-overdue legislation that authorizes faster access to internationally stored electronic data needed …
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Former Meetup employees describe how competition from Facebook, the WeWork acquisition, and a mandatory arbitration agreement weakened the culture at Meetup — Meetup was supposed to be different. — While much of the tech industry struggled to create inclusive work environments …
Tweets: @vboykis, @stormyafternoon, @kateconger, @joshconstine, @tnewmstweet, and @melaniehannah
| Maiya Keidan / Reuters: |
Number of crypto hedge funds doubled to 226 in the last 4 months and is up from 37 at the start of 2017; assets under management reached between $3.5B and $5B — Maiya Keidan, Jemima Kelly — LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies have struggled to eke out returns … | Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
A look at changes in SF's short-term rental market, including a drop in listings and average price, as registration deadline for Airbnb and other hosts passes — SF short-term rentals transformed as Airbnb, others make peace with city. Stricter rules stop homes from becoming hotels.
Tweets: @cbloggy, @whimsley, and @sfchronicle
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Uncommon.co launches its AI-powered platform that matches submitted resumes to employer job descriptions and announces $18M Series A round — Traditional models of recruiting are a mess. At companies like Google, quite literally millions of people apply for open roles … Thanks:@vscpr
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How decentralized cryptonetworks, with better incentives for developers, can win against centralized platforms like Google in the next era of the internet — The first two eras of the internet — During the first era of the internet—from the 1980s through the early 2000s …
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