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Facebook testing M, an AI-based, human supervised virtual assistant inside Messenger that can complete tasks such as purchasing on your behalf — Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana — Today, a few hundred Bay Area Facebook users will open their Messenger apps to discover M, a new virtual assistant.
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How Facebook's M virtual assistant's artificial intelligence works — Facebook's Human-Powered Assistant May Just Supercharge AI — Face it: Siri sucks. So often, she has no clue what you're saying. And when she does, there's a pretty good chance she'll respond with nothing more than a page filled with Internet links.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Rovio To Cut 260 Jobs As The Angry Birds Franchise Becomes Irrelevant — It looks like Angry Birds maker Rovio is having some troubles to pay the bills. The Finnish company is about to cut 260 jobs after reducing its workforce by 110 employees in October 2014. At the end of 2013, the company had 800 employees in total.
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YouTube Gaming launches on the web, Android, and iOS — Meet YouTube Gaming, Twitch's Archenemy — YouTube just launched YouTube Gaming on the web, Android and iOS. As expected, YouTube Gaming goes head-to-head against Twitch, mirroring many popular features of the existing gaming streaming giant.
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AT&T Says Injecting Ads Into Airport Wi-Fi Was a Test That Is Now Over — AT&T said on Wednesday it has ended an experiment that had the company serving ads to those using its free Wi-Fi at two Washington, D.C.-area airports. — “We trialed an advertising program for a limited time in two airports … | Kait Gaiss / Pocket Blog: |
Pocket updates web, Android, and iOS apps to 6.0 with recommendations tab — Introducing Recommendations: The Most Interesting Articles and Videos You Might Have Missed — Today, we're incredibly excited to announce a major new update to Pocket: Recommendations.
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Microsoft: More than 75 million devices now running Windows 10 — Microsoft officials say Windows 10 is now installed on more than 75 million devices, ust less than a month after its rollout began. — Windows 10's adoption is continuing at a strong pace, according to the latest data shared by Microsoft.
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Adobe's new mobile Photoshop app, dubbed Project Rigel, will launch in October free on iOS, integrate with Creative Cloud subscription — Adobe aims to bring Photoshop to mobile masses with upcoming app — Dubbed Project Rigel, the mobile app will let people retouch photos on iPhones and iPads.
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Google confirms it triggers recruiting tool when people search for specific programming terms — ‘Puzzles Are Fun. Search On’: Google Cops to Secret Recruiting Tool Baked Inside Search — How does the world's best search engine recruit programming whizzes? Through search, naturally.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Agora, the Dark Web's biggest marketplace for drugs, pauses operations over Tor vulnerability that could expose IP addresses of servers — Agora, the Dark Web's Biggest Drug Market, Is Going Offline — The Dark Web's biggest marketplace for drugs seems to have learned a lesson from the downfall …
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Autoplay Puts Twitter, Facebook In Uncomfortable Place After Video Of Virginia Shooting Spreads — Unwitting distribution channels for violent footage. — YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, and their peers have built communications tools that have empowered everyday people … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Coin starts shipping new version of its credit card device with NFC and improved performance — Coin, the buzzy but troubled company whose signature product seeks to replace your credit cards with a single piece of plastic, will begin shipping the second version of its card today.
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