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How the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory spread online via 4chan, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, and other websites, culminating in arrest of gunman in Washington D.C. — The unhinged conspiracy theory now known as “Pizzagate” has resulted in a man bringing an assault rifle to the DC bar named …
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Facebook now asking users to rate articles' use of “misleading language” to detect fake news — A survey asking users about “misleading language” in posts is the latest indication that Facebook is facing up to what many see as its responsibility to get a handle on the fake news situation.
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Tim Cook says Apple Watch set a new sales record during first week of holiday shopping, and the current quarter is on track to be the best ever for the product — Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping, and the current quarter is on track … | Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
IDC: Fitbit sales estimated at 5.3M units in Q3, up 11% YoY, with 23% marketshare, lagging the fitness tracker market as a whole — Fitbit is maintaining its market share in the wearables market, but only because higher-end smartwatches have tanked. — A cursory look at the third quarter …
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Amazon debuts Amazon Go, a checkout-less food store in Seattle, where purchases are tracked by computer vision and app, open to its staff now and public in '17 — The straight-forwardly named “Just Walk Out” technology ought to give you a pretty good idea of what Amazon Go is all about.
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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube will create a database to share hashes of terrorist images and recruitment videos removed from their services — Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are coming together to help curb the spread of terrorist content online.
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See also Mediagazer| Peter Sayer / PCWorld: |
OpenAI open sources Universe, a training platform where AIs can learn to play games, use apps, and interact with sites; source code now available on GitHub — A company backed by Elon Musk wants to help robots to learn to steal cars by playing games — OpenAI, an artificial intelligence …
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| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Lenovo execs say the company is planning at least 12 new Moto Mods, the magnetic snap-on accessories that enhance Moto Z smartphones, per year — Those snap-on accessories for the Moto Z phones aren't going anywhere. In fact, Lenovo Moto phones will soon see many more.| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Google's new Trusted Contacts app lets you share your location during emergencies — It's basically Google Latitude, three years later — When Google discontinued Latitude in 2013, it never truly made a replacement for its version of iOS's Find My Friend.
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
Google DeepMind open sources its AI training platform, releases entire source code on GitHub for researchers and developers to experiment — Company is increasingly embracing open-source initiatives — Move comes after rival Musk's OpenAI made its robot gym public
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| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft quietly launches a chatbot on Kik named Zo that avoids conversation topics like politics, following disastrous debut of Tay chatbot earlier this year — Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, called Tay.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Uber acquires AI startup Geometric Intelligence, appoints co-founders Gary Marcus and Zoubin Ghahramani as co-directors of its new research arm, A.I. Labs — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber envisions a future in which a fleet of vehicles can make the most complex maneuvers while carting passengers around without the help of a driver.
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