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Apple ramps up hiring of artificial intelligence experts specializing in machine learning — Exclusive: Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter — Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release $50 6-inch tablet and new 8-inch and 10-inch versions for holidays — Amazon to Release $50 Tablet as It Struggles to Sell Pricier Devices — Amazon plans to release a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen, in time for the holidays.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Base iPad Pro will have 64GB of storage and “monster” 12.9-inch display that can run 2 full-sized apps side by side; top model prices close to latest MacBooks — iPad Pro: ‘Monster screen’ runs full-sized side-by-side apps, LTE models, keyboard + stylus separate| Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo UK: |
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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Inside Uber's Fight With Its Chinese Nemesis, Didi Kuaidi — China's ride-hailing market has erupted into a brawl between Uber and a Beijing startup, Didi Kuaidi, backed by Alibaba and Tencent| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic praised by critics, Steve Wozniak after premiere at Telluride Film Festival — Review roundup: Sorkin Steve Jobs biopic receives high praise from movie critics, Wozniak likes it too — The official Steve Jobs biopic, written by Aaron Sorkin … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Why vague app release notes are a disservice to users — App Release Notes Are Getting Stupid — “Bug fixes.” — “Jam packed full of Super Amazing Things.” — “Every 3 weeks, we polish up the Pinterest app to make it faster and better than ever.” — “To make our app better for you …
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| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
How some people are using carpooling via UberPool and Lyft Line as a networking and dating opportunity — Cruising the Carpool: Are Lyft Line and UberPool the New Tinder? — Mitchell, 26, uses the carpool versions of Uber and Lyft — called UberPool and Lyft Line — to meet women.
Tweets: @j_zimms
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Why Facebook chose Haskell, a functional programming language that ranks 23rd in overall popularity on Github, to build its complex anti-spam system — Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding — Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.
Tweets: @lobrien, @fpcomplete, @kmett and @dnalkrikleahcim
| Startup L. Jackson / Startups and S**t: |
Twitter's core product is fine for current users, but company is overvalued and has to show investors it can grow with projects like Vine, Periscope — Twitter's Product is F**king Fine — It seems all the range to write thought pieces on Twitter's product problems.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
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FDA-approved Eko Core stethoscope attachment records and sends heart audio wave images to an iPhone app; abnormality-detecting algorithm is in clinical trials — Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone — The stethoscope, that iconic tool of doctors, has been upgraded several times since it was invented two centuries ago.Sponsor Posts
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