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| Jerome Pesenti / Facebook Code: |
Summary of Facebook's AI-related announcements at F8: PyTorch 1.0 open source framework unveiled, expansion of Open Neural Network Exchange, updates on research — Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform lives, creating new digital experiences while safeguarding our existing online interactions.
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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @shiraovide, @venturebeat, @harrymccracken, @venturebeat, and @venturebeat
| Guy Rosen / Facebook: |
Facebook says it can currently use its advances in AI to flag and remove content before it's even been reported — There are two ways to get bad content, like terrorist videos, hate speech, porn or violence off Facebook: take it down when someone flags it, or proactively find it using technology.
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GeekWire, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook to bring outside advisers for a civil rights audit of its impact on minority groups and to investigate claims it's biased against conservative voices — To address allegations of bias, Facebook is bringing in two outside advisors — one to conduct a legal audit of its impact …
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| Ben Smith / BuzzFeed: |
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Facebook confirms it has fired one of its security engineers who allegedly used privileged access to stalk women online — After a member of the information security community provided evidence to Facebook's chief information security officer, the company has terminated a security engineer …
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Google announces investment program for early-stage startups working on Google Assistant hardware or features, similar to Amazon's Alexa Fund — Funding the Google Assistant ecosystem — Today, Google is launching a new investment program for early-stage startups working to broaden Google Assistant hardware or features.
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Engadget, TechCrunch, CNBC, CNET, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, GeekWire, AndroidHeadlines.com, and SlashGear
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
LG announces G7 ThinQ with 6.1" QHD+ LCD display and notch, dual 16MP rear cameras, 3,000mAh battery, Snapdragon 845, Android Oreo, Assistant button, and more — Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge — After months of leaks, LG's new G7 ThinQ phone is officially here.| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Telegram is calling off its ICO, after raising $1.7B from under 200 investors; Telegram says it's using the money to build its digital payment platform — Telegram plans to put the money it raised into a new digital payment platform, Telegram Open Network, meant for a wide audience| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nokia to sell its digital health division to Eric Carreel, cofounder of Withings, which Nokia acquired for €170M in 2016; deal expected to close late Q2 2018 — Nokia's unsuccessful foray into digital health hardware and services looks like it is finally coming to an end.
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Tweets: @nisummers, @johnwilson, and @martinsfp
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Hulu says it has surpassed 20M subscribers in the US, introduces offline mode, and inks animation deal with DreamWorks — Hulu now has over 20 million U.S. subscribers - that's up from the 17 million-plus it claimed in January. The news of its subscriber growth is being delivered alongside …
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| Giovanni Buttarelli / European Data Protection …: |
Ahead of GDPR, EU data watchdog says internet platforms that collect user data are like “sweatshops” exploiting users in exchange for so called “free” services — The digital information ecosystem farms people for their attention, ideas and data in exchange for so called ‘free’ services.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook says it's partnering with RED to develop a professional-grade VR camera, as part of its Surround 360 platform; pricing and release TBD — We don't yet know what it looks like, or how much it will cost — Facebook is partnering with camera maker RED to develop …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Researchers say critical infrastructure software had security flaws that could have let hackers shut down factories, power plants, and water systems remotely — Researchers discovered security flaws in two software programs used worldwide to control manufacturing sites, power plants …
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Tenable, ZDNet, The Register, TechRepublic, TechSpot, MIT Technology Review, BetaNews, Cyberscoop, Gizmodo, and SecurityWeek
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
BMW, GM, Ford, Renault, and others form a coalition, the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI), to apply blockchain tech in the automotive sector — Four of the world's largest carmakers have joined tech providers and startups to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on applying blockchain tech in the automotive sector.
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| Anna Hensel / VentureBeat: |
Misty Robotics, a spin-off from Sphero that raised $11.5M Series A in June 2017, announces Misty II robot, with plans to “crowdfund” through preorder sales — Misty Robotics, a spin out of BB-8 toy creator Sphero, unveiled the second generation of its robot, Misty II, today.
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| Check Point Research: |
North Korea's state antivirus software, SiliVaccine, contained a decade-old copy of Trend Micro's scan engine and also came bundled with the Jaku malware — Revealed: In an exclusive piece of research, Check Point Researchers have carried out a revealing investigation into North Korea's home-grown anti-virus software, SiliVaccine.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The Pentagon is moving to halt the sales of Huawei and ZTE phones in retail outlets on US military bases around the world, citing potential security threats — Move intensifies a squeeze the Trump administration has put on the two Chinese tech firms — The Pentagon is moving to halt …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Coalition representing Apple, Google, Facebook, and others criticize law enforcement backdoors in devices, after Wired profile of Ray Ozzie's key escrow idea — The tech coalition includes Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Verizon and Yahoo's parent company Oath … | Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Signal says Amazon has warned the company to stop using the anti-censorship domain-fronting technique if it wants to continue using AWS — Telegram has been putting up an impressive fight against the governments of Russia and Iran in high-profile efforts to censor the messaging service over the last few weeks.
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TechCrunch, Help Net Security, ExtremeTech, Engadget, Inquirer, Signal Blog, The Verge, Beyond Search, The Register, SecurityWeek, SlashGear, ZDNet, BleepingComputer.com, CNET, Axios, and The Verge
Tweets: @0xstarcat, @dangillmor, and @codinghorror
| Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker: |
Behind the debate on whether the CFAA should be amended to allow private companies and citizens that are victims of cybercrimes to “hack back” — American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without breaking the law?
Tweets: @hatr, @ericgeller, and @malwaretechblog
| Erin Griffith / Wired: |
Pandora study finds that too many ads can push users to subscribe, but not enough to compensate for lost ad revenue from those listening less due to more ads — AT BEST, ADVERTISING is something people tolerate while consuming media. At worst, it's a turnoff.| Jessica Toonkel / Reuters: |
Verizon's Oath signs distribution deal to place four of its apps, Newsroom, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Go90, on Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ devices in the US — (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc's Oath Inc subsidiary has signed a deal to place four of its most popular apps on millions …
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Tweets: @fromedome and @tylerrobb
| Manish Singh / The Outline: |
Facebook has quietly ended its Free Basics program in more than six nations and territories in recent months including Myanmar and Latin American markets — Facebook enabled ethnic-cleansing-related hate speech in Myanmar; many died and thousands fled. Rather than take responsibility, it's turning away.
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TechCrunch and Engadget
Tweets: @julieowono, @michellemanafy, @caseyjohnston, @r0h1n, @outline, and @oneunderscore__
| Carlos Tejada / New York Times: |
Xerox says its chairman, CEO, and majority of its board are leaving, to be replaced by allies of shareholders that oppose Fujifilm merger — Xerox's plan to merge its business with Fujifilm of Japan looks to be increasingly in jeopardy, as its chairman, its chief executive and a majority …
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