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| Aviva Rutkin / New Scientist: |
Experimental Facebook face-recogniton software can discern identity with 83% accuracy even when faces are hidden — Facebook can recognise you in photos even if you're not looking — Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up.
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| Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek: |
Docker, CoreOS unite with Google, Amazon, Microsoft, VMware, others to define container standards under new Open Container Project, backed by Linux Foundation — Docker Rivals Join Together in Open Container Effort — The open-source container community is uniting today …
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Business Wire, Computerworld, VentureBeat, CoreOS Blog, TechCrunch, Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, The Tech Portal, The Next Web, Linux Foundation Blogs, The Register, InformationWeek, Docker Blog, InfoWorld, Data Center Knowledge, Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @stshank. Thanks:@techjournalist
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Windows 10 Upgrade and Installation Frequently Asked Questions — We have had plenty of time to pick apart and interpret Microsoft's recent blog post about the Windows Insider Program as well as the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 for Windows 7 and 8.1 users.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft Windows 10 upgrade: free for users with valid Windows 7 or 8 license, all Insider program members will continue to receive preview releases — Microsoft clarification kinda clears up free Windows 10 license confusion — It's free if you upgrade from Windows 7 or 8—or stay forever in preview.
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| The Intercept: |
NSA and GCHQ have tried since at least 2008 to reverse-engineer antivirus software like Kaspersky, monitored company emails for new malware they could use — Popular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks — The National Security Agency and its British counterpart …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Big Data Startup Snowflake Raises $45 Million, Launches First Product — Snowflake, a big data startup led by longtime Microsoft executive Bob Muglia, has landed a $45 million funding round led by Altimeter Capital, and also announced the general availability of its product for analyzing business data in the cloud.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba folds its US-based Amazon competitor 11 Main, other US holdings Into OpenSky — Alibaba Rethinks Its US E-Commerce Strategy, Folds 11 Main, Other U.S. Holdings Into OpenSky — China's e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba has been clear about its ambitions to grow its presence in the U.S. …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Hillhouse, an investor in China's taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi, leads $1B investment in Uber — China's Hillhouse Leads $1 Billion Uber Investment Deal — Hillhouse Capital is an investor in Didi Kuaidi Joint Co. — Chinese fund manager Hillhouse Capital Group is leading …
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| Alexander Martin / Wall Street Journal: |
SoftBank sells entire stock of 1,000 humanoid Pepper robots within a minute of it going on sale, company expects to produce 1,000/month — SoftBank Robot Pepper Sells Out in a Minute — There was no problem finding a home for the first batch of humanoid robots known as Pepper.| Vikram Dodd / Guardian: |
New Europol unit hunting Isis social media accounts starts July 1 with help from social media firms; aims to take down accounts within two hours of detection — Europol web unit to hunt extremists behind Isis social media propaganda — Europe-wide police team aims to find key figures …
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Engadget, BBC, Wired.co.uk, Security Affairs, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, The Hill, NEWS.com.au, Daily Express, IBNLive, Newsweek, NBC News, The Next Web and Gizmodo UK
| Reuters: |
Alibaba and its affiliate Ant to invest nearly $1B in Chinese local services startup Koubei — Alibaba, Ant to pour nearly $1 billion into local services startup — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its affiliate Ant Financial will invest nearly $1 billion in a joint venture that they hope … | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Getty Images added as “interested third person” to EU antitrust case against Google — Getty Joins EU's Google Complaint — Photo agency added as ‘interested third person’ in case against search giant. — Getty Images Inc., the world's largest photo agency … | Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Swarm brings back Foursquare mayorship, adds a flashy crown badge — Swarm is bringing back Mayorship, a feature many who used Foursqaure ahead of its split have been longing for. — To become the mayor of a location, just check-in more than anyone else.
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The Foursquare Blog, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, The Daily Dot, Gizmodo, International Business Times, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, iMore and WebProNews
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| Grant Gross / PCWorld: |
Supreme Court declines to review Street View patent case that Google lost in appeals court — Supreme Court rejects Google request in Street View patent case — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by Google to hear a patent case involving the company's Street View service …
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