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Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK at GDC 2019 to enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC and Xbox consoles.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Attorneys General of CT, IL, MA, NY, NJ, and NC are investigating how Facebook has handled user data, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — - Cambridge Analytica data breach triggered state probes — Facebook Inc. has become the target of at least three more state probes … | Simone Stolzoff / Quartz: |
Ahead of his fifth anniversary as CEO, a look at how Satya Nadella changed Microsoft's culture by using a Stanford professor's concept called “growth mindset” — It was March 27, 2014, and Satya Nadella was about to make his first public appearance as CEO of Microsoft.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researcher finds “admin@kremlin.ru” backdoor accounts on 2,000+ exposed MongoDB databases that handle financial transactions of businesses operating in Russia — “Admin@kremlin.ru” account spotted on thousands of Russian-linked, internet-exposed MongoDB databases.
Tweets: @martinsfp, @akihheikkinen, and @zdnet
| South China Morning Post: |
How a 14-year-old developer from Hong Kong built Timeless, an app that uses an AI and facial recognition to help Alzheimer's patients identify people in photos — For many teenagers, their lives typically might revolve around schoolwork and spending time with friends. Not so for Emma Yang.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
As machine learning algorithms get as good as humans at text, image, and speech recognition, Google's CAPTCHA are getting too hard for humans to solve — At some point last year, Google's constant requests to prove I'm human began to feel increasingly aggressive.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
A college student who stole $5M+ in cryptocurrency via SIM hijacking gets 10 years in prison and is the first person in the US to be sentenced for such a crime — A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks …
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| John Detrixhe / Quartz: |
Report: Ant Financial accounted for 35% of global VC investment in fintech startups in 2018, raising $14B, almost as much as the $15.9B raised in EU and US — When it comes to financial technology companies, Ant Financial is in it own league. The affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $14 billion … | Jeffrey Westling / Techdirt: |
Today's fear mongering about AI-enabled “deep fakes” is similar to the end of truth panic that followed the Photoshop launch in the early nineties — In just a few short months, “deep fakes” are striking fear in technology experts and lawmakers.
Tweets: @jeffreywestling
| Reuters: |
Source: Vision Fund is in talks to invest up to $1.5B in Chinese used car trading platform guazi.com in a deal that would value the company at $8.5B pre-money — HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - The SoftBank-led Vision Fund is in talks to invest up to $1.5 billion in Chinese used car trading platform Guazi.com …
| Matt Simon / Wired: |
How PlantVillage app uses AI to identify plant diseases and satellite data provided by the UN to monitor the growth of crops for small-scale farmers in Kenya — CLIMATE CHANGE IS the most horrific threat our species has ever known: No matter how powerful you are or how much money you have …
Tweets: @rnfrstalliance and @wired
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
A look at AI-powered audio mastering services like Landr, which promise artists access to professional-sounding mastering without the cost of human engineers — The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines — Making music is one of the most human things we do … Sponsor Posts
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