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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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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 … | 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 … | 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.
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A look at the debate surrounding the economics of popular open source software like OpenSSL, as an ever-increasing workload on maintainers risks causing burnout — A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development. — It was just before midnight on New Years Eve … | Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
Report by a UK parliamentary committee into fake news and disinformation, due Monday, is expected to be very critical of Facebook and its “duplicitous” CEO — Westminster will also urge investigation into foreign meddling in UK elections — Facebook cannot be trusted … | 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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Xuexi Qiangguo, a propaganda app with Snapchat-like messaging features developed by China's Communist Party, becomes top free app on Apple's App Store in China — - Released by China's Communist Party, the app is helping cadres learn more about its political doctrine| Katishi Maake / Washington Business Journal: |
Virginia-based real estate data and analytics company Remine has closed $30M Series A led by Stripes Group, bringing its total raised to $48M — Fairfax-based real estate data and analytics company Remine has closed a $30 million Series A funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $48 million.
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Etsy accidentally charged a number of seller accounts for hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars on Friday, leaving users without money for the long weekend — Etsy hasn't said how many sellers are affected, but there are hundreds of complaints in their seller forums.| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Blippi, a YouTube star popular with kids, says he used DMCA takedown notices for years to remove Harlem Shake Poop, an embarrassing video he starred in 2013 — Someone claiming to represent Blippi filed DMCA copyright takedown requests to Google in order to get an embarrassing viral video hidden.| 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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