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UK parliament's report on fake news and disinformation says “digital gangster” Facebook deliberately broke laws, calls for antitrust, data abuse investigations — A final report by a British parliamentary committee which spent months last year investigating online political disinformation makes …
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An account of the rise and untimely death of Vine and HQ Trivia cofounder Colin Kroll, based on interviews with and documents from friends, police, and others — Self-taught coder Colin Kroll shot to startup fame, allowing him to live life in a fast lane — Colin Kroll, a college dropout …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU negotiators agree on regulations to curb unfair trade practices, requiring more transparency on how internet platforms list and rank products — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, Amazon and other tech firms will have to tell companies how they rank their own or rival products on their platforms under …
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Sources: the UK government has concluded that it can mitigate the risk from using Huawei equipment in 5G networks, a setback for the US-led anti-Huawei campaign — The British government has concluded that it can mitigate the risk from using Huawei equipment in 5G networks … | Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
Research: machine learning techniques today are designed to find patterns and always make a prediction, making a lot of ML-based scientific research unreliable — Artificial intelligence is being applied with undue haste to analyse data in some areas of biomedical research … | Samuel Horti / PC Gamer: |
Gaming hardware maker Razer says it will close its digital game store on February 28, less than a year after it opened — Razer Game Store offered exclusives discounts on games and Razer hardware. — Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer is shutting its digital game store later this month, less than a year after it opened.
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| Corinne Purtill / Quartz: |
A look at how the Enron Corpus, a public database of 600K+ emails that helped bring down Enron, has enabled AI researchers to train natural language models — During its 2002 investigation of the bankruptcy of Enron, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) checked the energy company's emails …
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| Gina Loukareas / Boing Boing: |
Etsy accidentally charged a number of seller accounts for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars on Friday, leaving users without money for the long weekend — People who sell crafts and other goods on Etsy, an e-commerce site focused on handmade and small-batch products … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
DJI unveils a new 3D geofencing system that will prevent the company's drones from flying too close to major airports in the UK and 32 European countries — The new restrictions form a no-fly zone in the shape of a 3D bow tie — A three-dimensional “bow tie” geofence will soon prevent DJI's drones …
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Japan's second-largest mobile carrier KDDI says it is investing about $800M for a 49% stake in online securities company Kabu.com — Japan's second-largest wireless provider hurries to diversify from smartphones — TOKYO — KDDI will invest in online brokerage Kabu.com Securities …
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| Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority: |
Leaked images of V50 ThinQ, LG's first 5G phone, which will likely launch on Feb. 24, show a triple camera system and a rear fingerprint sensor, similar to V40 — We've known for a while that LG would reveal a 5G phone in early 2019, just like every other OEM apparently.
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Gizmodo, The Verge, TechSpot, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, XDA Developers, Android Central, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Neowin, and Gizchina. Tweets: @evleaks
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Seattle startup Xnor unveils a 100% solar-powered prototype AI camera with 320x320 resolution, an FPGA chip, and an object recognition algorithm loaded on board — Stick it in sunlight and it can transmit data pretty much indefinitely — A big trend in AI is the transition from cloud to edge computing.Sponsor Posts
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