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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is trying a new approach to limit the distribution of deepfakes, argues that the definition is too broad and needs to be scoped — Mark Zuckerberg signaled today that Facebook might be taking a different approach to so-called deepfakes, synthetic videos created through …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon launches Counter, its package pickup service, in the US, starting with 100 Rite Aid stores; it will expand to 1,500 locations by the end of the year — Amazon is teaming up with national drugstore Rite Aid as part of a new package pickup service that further expands the tech giant's logistics network.
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Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines — The platform has been criticized for letting politicians break the rules without consequence — Today, Twitter is rolling …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU expert panel recommends that EU should ban AI-based social credit scoring and limit mass surveillance — New recommendations have also been criticized as lacking enforceability — A group of policy experts assembled by the EU has recommended that it ban the use of AI for mass surveillance and mass …
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| Bloomberg: |
Author credits on research papers reveal that several Huawei employees have collaborated on research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel — - Huawei says research was not authorized by the company — Employees collaborated on AI and communications with military
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
Researchers demonstrate how the US Wireless Emergency Alert system, which uses LTE networks, can be easily spoofed with “pirate” cell towers to cause mass panic — With a pirate cell tower, it's easy to send fake emergency alerts warning of a terrorist attack, nuclear bomb, or other disaster.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC gives Verizon permission to lock cell phones to its network for 60 days after activation, despite open-access rules applying to Verizon's 700MHz spectrum — Verizon, seeking to deter theft, gets FCC waiver to lock phones for 60 days. — Verizon yesterday received the government's permission …
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| Polina Marinova / Fortune: |
A profile of Jeff Jordan, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, who became a VC in his fifties and invested early in Airbnb, Instacart, and Pinterest — How Jeff Jordan is applying what he learned during his time at Disney, eBay, and OpenTable to help founders at Airbnb, Pinterest, and Instacart.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Superhuman, a $30/month email service designed for speed that has less than 15,000 users, raises $33M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $260M valuation — One of Silicon Valley's buzziest start-ups, Superhuman, is betting its app's shiny features are worth a premium price.
Tweets: @hunterwalk, @db, @aexm, @scottgal, @ow, @triketora, @joshchafetz, @kevinroose, @caseynewton, @jason, @mcwm, and @liznotlis
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Warburg Pincus announces new $4.25B fund for China and Southeast Asia, which will focus on tech, consumer services, healthcare, financial services, media, more — Warburg Pincus, the private equity fund with over $60 billion under management, is doubling down on Asia after it announced … | Zoe Schiffer / INSIDER: |
Report: ecommerce startup Brandless has hired John Rittenhouse as CEO after Tina Sharkey resigned in March amid tensions with SoftBank, which has a 40% stake — - In March, Tina Sharkey stepped down as CEO of Brandless, the direct-to-consumer retailer of “unbranded” household items.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Line unveils new products including Line Stickers Premium, a subscription service for stickers, Line Score, an AI-driven social credit rating system, and more — Japan's dominant social media company unveils a dizzying array of new products — Today, I spent my afternoon in an amphitheater next … | Anna Benckert / Facebook: |
Facebook announces updates to its terms of service, adding details on how the company makes money, content removals, and users' IP rights, effective July 31 — People should have clear, simple explanations of how online services work and use personal information.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Google, UChicago, and its medical center sued in a lawsuit accusing the hospital of sharing hundreds of thousands of identifiable patient records with Google — SAN FRANCISCO — When the University of Chicago Medical Center announced a partnership to share patient data with Google in 2017 …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Less than a week after ransomware victim Riviera City paid ~$600K, another Florida town, Lake City, votes to pay ~$500K in BTC to ransomware hackers — Lake City officials give in and agree to pay nearly $500,000 to ransomware gang. — Less than a week after a first Florida city agreed …
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| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
YouTube gives users a “don't recommend channel” option and a way to pick topics of interest for videos showing in Up Next or homepage, now on iOS and Android — No matter how advanced algorithms get, none will understand your YouTube viewing preferences better than you.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Twitch launches beta of Subscriber Streams, which will let Twitch streamers who are Twitch Affiliates or Twitch Partners offer subscriber-only streams — A potentially useful tool for big events — Twitch is giving its well-behaved streamers a chance to offer a new …
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Twitch Blog, Engadget, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, Game Informer, PC Gamer, ScreenRant, Kotaku, Dot Esports, SlashGear, and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @twitch
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Some Philips Hue smart bulbs now come with Bluetooth built in, allowing them to be set up and used without the $60 hub; prices start from $15 — Philips Hue smart bulbs are getting what may be their biggest upgrade ever: many bulbs will now ship with Bluetooth built in …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla launches Firefox Preview, a pilot of its new Android browser powered by its GeckoView engine, to replace the current Firefox for Android app this fall — Mozilla today announced Firefox Preview, a pilot of its new Android browser. Firefox Preview, which is powered …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
IBM wins unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $34B acquisition of Red Hat — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) on Thursday won unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $34 billion acquisition of software company Red Hat (RHT.N).Sponsor Posts
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