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Facebook bolsters Notifications tab on mobile with birthday, events reminders, location based news, weather updates, nearby movie, restaurant info, more — A More Useful Notifications Tab on Mobile — Today, we're starting to roll out an expanded, personalized notifications tab in the Facebook app.| David Pierce / Wired: |
The Inside Story of Surface Book, Microsoft's Next Big Thing — One night about two years ago, Panos Panay couldn't sleep. This happens a lot, waking up in the middle of the night with loud thoughts rattling around in his head. Panay popped off the pillow, reached for his new Surface Pen … | Panos Panay / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 now available in US and Canada — Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 go on sale today — The team and I could not be more pumped today. Today Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book go on sale in the US and Canada! It's been three years exactly since … | Nathan Layne / Reuters: |
Sources: Wal-Mart applied for FAA permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup, and checking warehouse inventories — Exclusive: Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup — Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones … | Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business: |
Google's “RankBrain” AI system is used for a “very large fraction” of queries and is now the third most important signal in the search ranking algorithm — Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines — ‘RankBrain’ uses artificial intelligence to filter results| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores will send some iPhone 6/6s phones for off-site repairs, offering 16GB loaners — In an effort to reduce wait times at Genius Bars within Apple Stores, Apple this week will launch a new repair program for the iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus in select stores across the United States … | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk: |
TalkTalk hack: Police arrest teenager (15) in Northern Ireland — A 15-year-old teenager has been arrested in Co Antrim in connection with the TalkTalk security breach. — Metropolitan Police said the teen was arrested at around 16:20 by PSNI officers on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Chase announces new QR-based digital wallet service Chase Pay, available mid-2016 — Chase Announces Chase Pay, Its Own Digital Wallet — Add Chase to the list of banks creating their own digital wallets to challenge those from Apple, Samsung and Google.| Keiko Morris / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft Opens Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue — New retail outlet is part of strategy to provide a connection between the company and consumers — Microsoft Corp. will step onto one of the world's biggest retail stages Monday when it opens its Fifth Avenue store as part of its strategy to boost its direct contact with consumers.| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Keith Alexander's IronNet raises $32.5M in a Series A led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity, with KPCB participating — Ex-NSA Chief's Cybersecurity Startup Draws Funding — Infusion of $32.5 million in IronNet highlights ties between Silicon Valley and Washington| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Square updates S-1 with Q3 numbers: $322M revenue, up 46% YoY, $54M loss, $30M in new funding with no ratchet; Vinod Khosla steps down from board — Square Inc. Reports Another Loss as IPO Roadshow Approaches — Payments startup says it raised another $30 million in funding, and stakeholder Vinod Khosla is leaving board| Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune: |
Intel acquires cognitive computing software startup Saffron — Intel buys Saffron AI because it can't afford to miss the next big thing in tech again — Intel is buying Saffron AI, a startup in Cary, North Carolina that makes a cognitive computing platform that is reminiscent of IBM's Watson technology.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
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Do you need a Zoho Partner? Here's why working with one can benefit you. — Zoho offers over 60 applications, each one built for a unique use case. From sales and marketing to finance, HR, and customer support …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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