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Google debuts Cloud Machine Learning Platform to assist in developing pre-trained machine learning models and building new models from scratch — Google launches new machine learning platform — Google today announced a new machine learning platform for developers at its NEXT Google Cloud Platform user conference in San Francisco.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Google Stackdriver helps IT get unified view across AWS and Google Cloud — Today at the GCPNext16 event in San Francisco, Google announced the launch of Google StackDriver, a tool that gives IT a unified tool for monitoring, alerting, incidents management and logging complete …
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| Steve Kovach / Tech Insider: |
Pebble lays off 40 employees, about 25% of staff, blames tough fundraising climate, has raised $26M over last 8 months on top of $20M Kickstarter campaign — Smartwatch company Pebble is laying off 25% of its staff — Pebble, the buzzy startup credited for being one of the first companies …
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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @dcseifert, @willoremus, @bzamayo, @caseynewton and @stevekovach
Thanks:@alexeheath| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Sources: Apple Pay coming to mobile websites, will be available to Safari users on iPad and iPhone with Touch ID this year — Apple Pay Coming to Mobile Websites Before Holiday Shopping Season — Apple Pay is finally ready to move beyond apps. — Apple has been telling potential partners … | Kwame Opam / The Verge: |
Pornhub launches new channel devoted to VR porn, offers free 180-degree, 360-degree content — Pornhub launches a new channel devoted to VR porn — Pornhub, one of the largest porn sites online, has just launched a new section devoted to VR porn. The company is partnering …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple is developing at least six cloud infrastructure projects, driven partly by the suspicion that servers from third parties can be compromised — Report: Apple developing at least 6 cloud infrastructure projects incl. servers to prevent snooping
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Microsoft introduces Tay, an AI chatbot that's learned how to behave from young adults' online conversations and is debuting on Kik, GroupMe, and Twitter — Microsoft's New AI-Powered Chatbot Mimics A 19-Year-Old American Girl — Microsoft's new AI-powered chatbot, Tay …
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Tweets: @ashonindia, @jasonlk, @maryjofoley, @ingridlunden, @joshdickson40 and @csoghoian
Thanks:@kantrowitz| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Square launches Facebook ad integration to let firms buy and target Facebook ads using Square's software, link ad spend to actual sales data — Square Teams Up With Facebook to Offer Ads That Can Be Gauged — SAN FRANCISCO — Square has long pitched itself to small businesses as a one-stop shop …
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Tweets: @mikeisaac and @mdudas
| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Tinder introduces feature to let US users swipe through political issues and “match” with a presidential candidate — Tinder Adds “Swipe The Vote” So You Can Hook Up With Candidates — The dating app is introducing a feature to swipe through various issues and match with a presidential candidate.| Itika Sharma Punit / Quartz: |
Uber sues India competitor Ola, alleges it booked over 400K fake rides from 90K spam accounts, seeks $7.4M in damages — Uber sues Ola for allegedly using the same dirty tricks Uber was accused of using on Lyft and Gett — The race in the Indian taxi app business may have entered a second—and more intense—lap.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
US Government Charges Three Suspected Members of Infamous Syrian Electronic Army — On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed myriad computer hacking charges against three men for their alleged links to the hacking group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).
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| Joe Pompeo / Politico: |
Blendle launches pay-per-story app in the US with articles from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Financial Times, starting at $.09 each — Paid journalism startup Blendle launches in the U.S. — Blendle, the Dutch journalism start-up developing an iTunes-style payment method …
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Tweets: @timdegier, @claudiakincaid, @mathewi and @nikcub
See also Mediagazer| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Photos will automatically suggest new albums, curate what it thinks are the best shots, tag location, and add maps in new update — Albums in Google Photos get smarter, now let you add maps, locations, and captions — Google Photos launched last year with numerous smart features … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Pinterest, which projected $3B in 2018 revenues, made about $100M in US ad revenue in 2015, expects non-US users to become majority of audience in 2016 — Pinterest Works to Pin Down Path to Wider International Audience — In an effort to grow, the company is trying to make the image-discovery site less U.S.-centric| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel says in 10-K filing it will move away from “tick-tock” development cycle as it utilizes process technologies for longer — Intel's ‘Tick-Tock’ Seemingly Dead, Becomes ‘Process-Architecture-Optimization’ — As reported at The Motley Fool, Intel's latest 10-K / annual report filing …
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Tweets: @mims, @ahess247, @gordonung, @stevesi and @kfury
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Apple's lack of bug bounty program bucks industry norms of openness with security community — Apple Policy on Bugs May Explain Why Hackers Would Help F.B.I. — SAN FRANCISCO — After a third party went to the F.B.I. with claims of being able to unlock an iPhone, many in the security industry …
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Reuters, SiliconBeat, The Tech Portal, Fortune, Newser, TechCrunch, GeekTime and We Live Security
Tweets: @bgurley, @akikofujita, @secparam and @nytimesbits
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Sources: Google building Periscope-like live streaming app YouTube Connect for iOS and Android — Google is building YouTube Connect, a live streaming app to take on Periscope — EXCLUSIVE: — Google has quietly been building a new live streaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned.
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