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Special counsel Mueller charges 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking DNC, Clinton campaign, others and releasing their emails during 2016 election — Special counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a new indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats during the 2016 presidential election.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Adobe plans to unveil the full version of Photoshop for iPad at its annual MAX creative conference in October and release it in 2019 — - Users in media, entertainment want to edit work ‘on the fly’ — Long-term effort will spread to other Adobe programs later
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Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for government regulation of facial recognition, says Microsoft's ICE contract did not involve facial recognition — OVER THE PAST year, Silicon Valley has been grappling with the way it handles our data, our elections, and our speech. Now it's got a new concern: our faces.
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Comma.ai demos Openpilot 0.5 software with face-tracking for an advanced driver assist system compatible with most new Toyota and Honda cars, and some from GM — Autonomous vehicle technology is just starting to go mainstream, which means, for the most part, it's still only available … | Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
Apple, in partnership with several of its suppliers, announces the China Clean Energy Fund, a $300M fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China — - Apple in partnership with several of its suppliers announced on Thursday a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China.
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Dating app Hinge says its Most Compatible feature uses machine learning to find the perfect matches for users, offering them suggestions every day — Hinge's newest feature — Most Compatible — attempts to use all your cumulative data to find the perfect match for you.| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Chinese police shut down a gambling platform that had 330K users and $1.5B in transaction volume in various cryptocurrencies over the past eight months — Local police officials in China seized more than $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrencies as part of a crackdown on gambling during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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US Department of Commerce on Friday officially lifted a ban on US companies selling goods to ZTE — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on U.S. companies selling goods to ZTE Corp, allowing China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business.
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Epic Games says Unreal Engine creators will now get 88% of sales instead of the previous 70%, and that this will apply retroactively to sales since 2014 launch — Epic Games announced today that it will be taking a smaller cut of sales made through its Unreal Engine Marketplace …
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The FCC says it will bolster the Emergency Alert System by allowing “live code” tests that use the same alert codes and processes as real emergencies, and more — The FCC announced today that it'll bolster the country's Emergency Alert System to prevent unexpected false alarms …
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Sources: Amazon Web Services is considering selling its own networking switches to business customers, challenging companies like Cisco, Juniper, and Arista — Amazon Web Services already dominates the market for cloud services. Now, it is eyeing a part of the cloud business it doesn't already control … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Uber, in partnership with Checkr and Appriss, will now conduct driver background checks continuously, in real time — As part of a plan to improve safety for its riders, Uber is rolling out ongoing background checks for its drivers, the company tells Axios.
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Microsoft debuts free version of Microsoft Teams with team storage capped at 10GB, and Microsoft 365 launches live events with facial recognition and more — Microsoft 365 can now host live events, and the new service comes equipped with AI-powered features such as facial recognition …
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