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| Day One: The Amazon Blog: |
Amazon selects New York City and Arlington, Virginia for its new headquarters, receiving $1.5B in performance-based incentives from NY and $573M from VA — Amazon to invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters, and announces Nashville as new Operations Center …
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Facebook: Mayor David Briley. Tweets: @empirestatebldg, @brfreed, @ocasio2018, @ocasio2018, @stacyfmitchell, @mobileharv, @blprnt, @anandwrites, @matthewstoller, @questlove, @orchid_grey, @davidsirota, @davidsirota, @maustermuhle, @ganeumann, @matthewstoller, @mikeisaac, @jamilsmith, @shiraovide, @nxthompson, @danprimack, @jhweissmann, @manveerheir, @calbucci, @davidsirota, @alhart25, @markwarner, @mims, @karentravers, @ingridlunden, @marketurbanism, @ddayen, @maustermuhle, and @anildash
| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it has more than 10,000 employees working on its Alexa virtual assistant and Echo devices, up from 5,000 in September 2017 — Number of employees doubles the staff in that division a little more than a year ago — LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.— Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -.35% …
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Sources provide a behind-the-scenes account of Amazon's HQ2 selection process, say the company made the decision to split HQ2 in two in September — For months, cities vied for Amazon's second headquarters while some executives were realizing that no single place would fulfill its requirements
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Washington Post, Business Insider, GeekWire, and Washingtonian
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Facebook: Congressman Adriano Espaillat. Tweets: @wsj, @ocasio2018, @byrosenberg, @_waleedshahid, @buzzfeednews, @theharryshearer, @juddlegum, @chimeracoder, @tonyromm, @buzzfeednews, @joshuamound, @digiphile, @byrosenberg, @alexrkonrad, @dkthomp, @mekosoff, @anandwrites, and @ryan_wichman
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| New York Times: |
Tyler Barriss, the serial swatter responsible for the fatal Kansas hoax call, pleads guilty to federal charges, will serve between 20 and 25 years in prison — A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making dozens of hoax phone calls during which he reported fake crimes … | Reuters: |
Nigerian internet provider Main One Cable Co says it accidentally caused the problem that misrouted some Google traffic through China on Monday — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nigerian internet provider Main One Cable Co took responsibility on Tuesday for a glitch that caused some Google traffic …
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| Alison Frankel / Reuters: |
Snap says it's responded to subpoenas from the DOJ and SEC about its IPO, following a suit alleging Snap misled the public on how Instagram affected its growth — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have subpoenaed Snap Inc (SNAP.N) …
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PYMNTS.com, The Drum, The Hill, Neowin, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @mr_james_c
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft fixes a zero-day escalation of privilege bug in Windows after Kaspersky Lab researchers noticed multiple cyber-espionage groups exploiting it — Kaspersky: Windows zero-day exploited by multiple cyber-espionage groups. — Microsoft released today its monthly roll-up of security patches known as Patch Tuesday.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is finally re-released, after data loss bugs caused it to be pulled; Microsoft says it's focusing on improving code quality — October update, or November update? — Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 October 2018 Update again today, after bugs forced the company to pull it offline last month.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery in Miami-Dade County — Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving vehicles. — The pilot project is focused on Miami-Dade County …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
DeepMind's health subsidiary, maker of an app called Streams that helps with diagnosing specific conditions, is moving under the newly-formed Google Health unit — - DeepMind's health subsidiary is moving under the newly-formed Google Health led by former Geisinger CEO David Feinberg
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Tweets: @juliapowles, @katiecollins, @ruskin147, @kadhimshubber, and @chrissyfarr. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
In written response to Senate Intelligence Committee, Facebook says free speech and privacy will inform any decision to return to China — Facebook Inc. said if it ever returns to China, the company will do it in a way that preserves rights to free expression and privacy — issues that make such a move almost impossible today.
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US Senate Select Committee … and CNN
Tweets: @tonyromm, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, and @profcarroll
| Clive Thompson / Wired: |
AI needs to be taught everyday common sense, not just pattern recognition, to overcome the limits of deep learning and produce safer, more useful devices — FIVE YEARS AGO, the coders at DeepMind, a London-based artificial intelligence company, watched excitedly as an AI taught itself to play a classic arcade game.| Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo CEO says its driverless car service will be available first in Phoenix and will charge individuals as well as businesses that want to shuttle customers — Waymo, which has been testing the program in the Phoenix area, has spent years and driven millions of miles to develop the technology
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The Next Web, iPhone in Canada Blog, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @bloombergtv and @wsjbusiness
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
IAB data shows digital ad spending in the first half of 2018 reached $49.5B, up 23% YoY, with mobile accounting for 63% of the total, up from 54% last year — The online advertising business continues to grow at double digit rates, according to the latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau … | Ava Kofman / The Intercept: |
Google's plan for a smart city in Toronto is facing resistance from privacy activists, who are fighting against the commodification of their city's data — The world's most ambitious “smart city,” known as Quayside, in Toronto, has faced fierce public criticism since last fall …
Tweets: @theintercept, @leahwestyow, @kenanmalik, @seanmmcdonald, @aaschapiro, and @thistechgirl
| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Intel unveils Neural Compute Stick 2 for developing AI algorithms and computer vision systems locally using its Movidius Myriad X AI chip, for $100 — Ahead of its first AI developers conference in Beijing, Intel has announced it's making the process of imparting intelligence into smart home gadgets …
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / Vox: |
Most period-tracking apps are designed more to aid marketers and medical companies in collecting health data for ad targeting than for women — The golden age of menstrual surveillance is great for men, marketers, and medical companies. — A cartoon cloud told me I might be pregnant.
Tweets: @nishachittal, @pragmatometer, @brittashipsit, @kait_tiffany, @taylorlorenz, and @jamespmcleod
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Israel-based XM Cyber, which provides an automated service to simulate, validate, and remediate advanced persistent threats, has raised a $22M Series A — There's a reason that by 2021, the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide is expected to reach 3.5 million.
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| Variety: |
Spotify launches in 13 markets across the Middle East and North Africa, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a fully Arabic user experience — As expected, today Spotify announced that it has launches its service in 13 new markets in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing the service to 78 markets in total.
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