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Microsoft acquires Berkeley-based conversational AI startup Semantic Machines — AI researchers have made great strides in recent years, but we are still at the beginning of teaching computers to understand the full context of human communication. Most of today's bots and intelligent assistants respond …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
OnePlus 6 review: great value, smooth interface, solid battery life, and improved camera, but no wireless charging, and no microSD expansion — I still remember that day, more than four years ago, when OnePlus came out of nowhere with its promise “to spare no expense” to bring us “the perfect smartphone.”
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
AT&T launches LTE-M, an Amazon Dash-like button that users can program to place online orders or send alerts with a click — AT&T has launched a new product called LTE-M button, which allows users to place an order online in one click. Yes, it sounds just like Amazon Dash — in fact … | David McCabe / Axios: |
Progressive groups including Demand Progress to launch a “six-figure” ad offensive Monday telling FTC to break off Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger from Facebook — A collection of progressive groups will launch a six figure digital ad offensive Monday telling the Federal Trade Commission … | Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Inside the community of “Bird hunters”, who search for and charge e-scooters for firms like Bird and compare the activity to playing Pokémon Go, but for money — Every afternoon around 4:00 p.m., when school lets out, Brandon, an 18-year-old high-school senior in Los Angeles …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
TeenSafe, an app for parents to monitor kids' phone use, stored some app login passwords and kids' Apple ID credentials in plaintext on an unsecured AWS server — Exclusive: A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords. — At least one server used by an app …
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| Katrin Bennhold / New York Times: |
Inside Facebook's deletion center in Berlin, where 1,200 people review posts violating firm's rules or German law and decide what is free speech or hate speech — A country taps its past as it leads the way on one of the most pressing issues facing modern democracies: how to regulate the world's biggest social network.
Tweets: @hctechburger, @albertonardelli, @melissakchan, @abusulayman, @nytimesbusiness, @danielsilvabook, and @nytimes
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft consultants approached San Francisco officials about applying for permits for an e-scooter service — Lyft plans to seek permits to run an electric scooter service in San Francisco, The Information has learned. It is the clearest sign yet that the No. 2 ride-hailing firm plans …
Tweets: @coryweinberg and @joshconstine
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Analysis: Amazon Channels, which resells subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and others, now accounts for 55% of à la carte direct-to-consumer video subscriptions — Amazon has quietly become a major player in the subscription video sales business: Amazon Channels, the company's platform …
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| Brady Dale / CoinDesk: |
VideoCoin, blockchain-based video streaming project backed by CNET co-founder Halsey Minor, raises $50M in an ICO completed via private placements — Streaming a TV show or a sports game directly to your laptop doesn't make big TV networks much money today.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
McAfee report: North Korea-linked hackers posted three apps on Google Play to steal personal info from defectors; hackers made contact with targets via Facebook — Apps hosted in Google market for two months were spread over Facebook. — Researchers said a team of hackers tied …
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| Patrick Winn / GlobalPost Investigations: |
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| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
In a step toward GPL compliance, Tesla open sources some of its code for Autopilot and infotainment systems — Tesla has been taking some flak for years now in the software community for using open source software without complying with the licenses. — In a step toward compliance …
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| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
CowaRobot, Chinese startup that makes robots for street cleaning and logistics and also created a smart suitcase that can follow the owner, raises $21M Series B — SoftBank China Venture Capital and China Creation Ventures, a Beijing-based venture firm focused on TMT investments in China … Sponsor Posts
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