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Researchers claim they used 3D masks and photos to deceive facial recognition systems used by Alipay, WeChat Pay, Schiphol Airport, and train stations in China — Masks and simple photographs are enough to fool some facial recognition technology, highlighting a major shortcoming in what is billed as a more effective security tool.
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| Alex Wellerstein / Restricted Data: |
Creator of NUKEMAP, which lets users visualize effects of nuclear explosions, explains why it isn't using Google Maps anymore, citing API stagnation and pricing — When I created the NUKEMAP in 2012, the Google Maps API was amazing.1 It was the best thing in town for creating Javascript mapping mash-ups …
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon is delivering half of its US packages, will soon pass UPS and FedEx in total volume, at a current rate of 2.5B packages a year — - Amazon Logistics is the e-commerce giant's in-house logistics operation. — “Our AlphaWise analysis shows …
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| Kane Wu / Reuters: |
In China, investors and bankers say SoftBank's involvement, once a sign of promising prospects, is now viewed as a red flag that a company was likely overvalued — HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - For SoftBank Group Inc, financial technology firm OneConnect's IPO should have been a vindication of an aggressive China investing strategy.| Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: |
Ping An's financial technology arm OneConnect closes flat on its first day of trading after raising $312M in its US IPO, which valued the company at $3.66B — - Shares close first day of trading at its $10 offer price — Software company Bill.Com's performance tops week's U.S. IPOs| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's next-gen “Project Scarlett” Xbox to be called Xbox Series X and available holiday 2020 with support for frame rates of up to 120 fps and ray tracing — Xbox now looks like a PC — Microsoft's next-generation Xbox is officially called Xbox Series X. Microsoft revealed …
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| Financial Times: |
Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering a slew of financial services, but many are bleeding cash — Rice Basket Queen is the name of a stall run by Ruri Ruhyaty in a bustling suburb of Jakarta. A year ago it was typical of thousands of others.
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| Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: |
Music streaming subscription prices have remained flat for a decade, amid competition from tech giants like Apple that can operate their music arms at a loss — The price of music streaming has stayed flat for a decade, but not because tech companies are generous| Simone Stolzoff / The Atlantic: |
A graduate of Slack's Next Chapter initiative, which helps former prison inmates land tech jobs, recounts how he managed to land a full-time job at the company — Jesse Aguirre's workday at Slack starts with a standard engineering meeting—programmers call them “standups”—where he and his co-workers plan the day's agenda.
Tweets: @sameerpatel, @ckinstitute, @theatlantic, @tlm, @gregghoush, and @simonestolzoff. Thanks:@simonestolzoff
| Anil Dash: |
Instagram's limit of allowing one web link for users as a “Link in Bio” is a slow knife - a subtle, pervasive attempt to kill the open web — We don't even notice it anymore — “link in bio”. It's a pithy phrase, usually found on Instagram, which directs an audience to be aware …
Tweets: @rdw0409 and @mimosaishere
| Amanda Mull / The Atlantic: |
How the concept of free shipping forces small e-commerce businesses to eat the cost of shipping, as large sellers like Amazon do so at scale — How retailers hide the costs of delivery—and why we're such suckers for their ploys — It was a pair of feather earrings that helped Ann Miceli get out from underneath strangers' cars.
Tweets: @yalesom, @jmilchen, @j_chien, @acperling, @lingerie_addict, and @amandamull
| Will Knight / Wired: |
China's AI unicorns like Megvii, which thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, are now facing challenges amid US sanctions and cheaper tech — Companies such as Megvii thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, but they face challenges from US sanctions to cheaper tech.
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