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In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it's exiting the general-purpose facial recognition business and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance — In a letter to members of Congress on Monday, IBM said it is existing the general-purpose facial recognition business …
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| Ramesh Nagarajan / The Keyword: |
Google Maps to show COVID-19 related travel alerts and local restrictions, as well as crowdedness predictions — Product Management Director, Google Maps — Getting from A to B can be more complicated these days. Because of COVID-19, it's increasingly important to know how crowded …
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International Business Times, MacRumors, Pocketnow, BGR, Inc42 Media, Android Headlines, Wccftech, CNET, TechCrunch, Android Police, Android Central, Thurrott, Input, Trusted Reviews, Droid Life, Mercury News, Engadget, XDA Developers, The Verge, MSPoweruser, 9to5Google, CNBC, Neowin, Reuters, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @googlemaps
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning to announce a shift to its own Arm-based processors in Mac computers, replacing chips from Intel, as early as this month at WWDC — - Company readies Macs for next year without Intel processors — Apple is holding virtual version of WWDC event week of June 22
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Deep dive on how Google Meet's AI-powered noise cancellation works as it begins rolling out to customers — Google is turning on AI-powered noise cancellation in Google Meet today. Like Microsoft Teams' upcoming noise suppression functionality, the feature leverages supervised learning …
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Android Police, Voicebot.ai, MSPoweruser, Android Central, PCWorld, and Laptop Mag. Tweets: @epro
| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch has had a “sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips” from 2017 to 2019, as creators bemoan the three strike rule and lack of bulk deletion tools — There has been a flurry of takedown requests in the last few days — Over the last few days …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Nextdoor's reliance on untrained volunteer moderators has raised concerns over censorship and targeting of people of color, an issue amplified by recent events — Kalkidan G. moved to Rancho Santa Fe because it was one of the nicer neighborhoods in San Diego.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon sues former AWS VP of product marketing Brian Hall, alleging his new role at Google Cloud violates a non-compete agreement — A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, alleges that his new role at Google Cloud violates …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
MIT researchers have designed a chip with tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses called memristors that could effectively recall images in high detail — Researchers at MIT have published a new paper that describes a new type of artificial brain synapse which offers performance improvements vs … | Matt Burgess / WIRED UK: |
Reflecting on DuckDuckGo's rise as the privacy-focused search engine and the possibility of increased market share because of EU regulatory pressure — In July 2018, Google was fined €4.34 billion for limiting search on Android phones. Almost two years later, its rivals claim little … | Reuters: |
Online used car seller Vroom raises $467.5M in its US IPO after pricing its shares at $22, above the initially marketed range of $18-$20 — (Reuters) - Online used car seller Vroom Inc raised $467.5 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company said on Monday …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it's working on a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelines and an option to request verification from within the app — Twitter is developing a new in-app system for requesting verification, according to a recent finding from reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, which Twitter has since confirmed.
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International Business Times, The Verge, Android Police, CNET, BetaNews, The Overspill, Engadget, MediaNama, Neowin, Pocketnow, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Adweek, and Mashable
Tweets: @wongmjane, @luca, @chrisstrub, and @carribugbee
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Digital volunteerism has spread alongside the pandemic, with community-driven projects like AllClear which provides a directory of COVID-19 testing locations — Three start-up veterans who created an online directory of testing sites are among a wave of volunteers contributing to the virus fight.
Tweets: @evelynrusli, @daiwaka, and @nytimesbusiness
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