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Researchers develop algorithm to teach a new concept to a computer using just one example — Bayesian boost for A.I.: Researchers find a quicker way to teach a computer … Researchers say they've developed an algorithm that can teach a new concept to a computer using just one example …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour Live video, debuting on December 20, will be exclusive to Apple Music; Apple gets rights to Swift's name for store promotions — Apple Gets a Giant Taylor Swift Concert Exclusive (Because It Paid Taylor Swift) — Remember when Taylor Swift and Apple didn't get along …
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OpenAI, a new nonprofit for AI research, gets $1B commitment from SV leaders including Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, also AWS, Infosys, YC Research — Introducing OpenAI — OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence …
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| Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Twitter Told a Bunch of Users They May Be Targets of a ‘State Sponsored Attack’ — Twitter is letting some users know that their accounts may have been the targets of a state-sponsored attack. … The attack is currently being investigated by Twitter. In their notice to users …
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| Rebecca Greenfield / Bloomberg Business: |
Harvard Business School study finds Airbnb hosts accepted guests with stereotypically black names 42% of the time versus 50% for white names — Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Airbnb Hosts — Renters with names that seemed African American had a harder time booking reservations …
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US officials: San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik said she wanted to be part of violent jihad on social media before her visa was approved — U.S. Visa Process Missed Zealotry on Social Media — WASHINGTON — Tashfeen Malik, who with her husband carried out the massacre in San Bernardino …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Public Chrome OS commits suggest Google originally planned to launch the Pixel C with Chrome OS, instead of Android — The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android — The Pixel C is ill-suited to Android, but it wasn't supposed to be this way...| Kaveh Waddell / The Atlantic: |
UC Davis CS professor says it's cryptographers' moral duty to take on the surveillance state, like scientists in the 1950s confronting the threat of nuclear war — The Moral Failure of Computer Scientists … Computer scientists and cryptographers occupy some of the ivory tower's highest floors.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Dell XPS 13 (late 2015) review: improved battery life and trackpad, along with a great display and build quality make it the best Windows laptop out there — Dell XPS 13 review: The best Windows laptop just got better — I've been searching for the perfect Windows laptop ever since Windows 8 was released, three years ago.| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Just 28 tech companies entered the US public markets in 2015, and half of those now trade below their IPO price — Worst Year For Tech IPOs Since 2009 — With just 28 technology companies entering the U.S. public markets, 2015 was the worst year for IPOs since 2009, according to Dealogic.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple advertising iPhone 6s to older iPhone owners through App Store popups — Apple has begun advertising the iPhone 6s to older iPhone users through the App Store, as spotted by @Dirk_Gently on Twitter. If a user browses the App Store, perhaps updating apps, with an iPhone 5s or earlier device …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Tor Project hires Shari Steele, who led the EFF for 15 years, as its new executive director — Tor Hires a New Leader to Help It Combat the War on Privacy — The Tor Project is entering a crucial phase in its nearly 10-year existence. In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks …
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