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Sources: Google is acquiring Kaggle, a platform with ~500K data scientists, which hosts data science and machine learning competitions and has raised $12.75M — Frederic Lardinois, John Mannes and Matthew Lynley — Sources tell us that Google is acquiring Kaggle, a platform that hosts data science and machine learning competitions.
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Microsoft partners with Qualcomm and Cavium to develop Windows for servers using ARM processors, has been testing it in Azure for search, storage, more — The software maker seeks to cut costs in its Azure cloud business by developing new hardware — Microsoft Corp. is committing …
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Microsoft announces general availability of Visual Studio 2017, which focuses on multi-platform development and is more modular, says new IDE is faster to use — Microsoft this morning released Visual Studio 2017, the latest version of its integrated development environment …
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Tweets: @satyanadella
Thanks:@johnhcook| Steve Ranger / ZDNet: |
Mozilla releases Firefox 52 with WebAssembly, a new standard that lets web apps run in a browser at near-native speeds, disables all NPAPI plugins except Flash — New version of Firefox should run complex apps much faster in the browser, but dropping support for some plug-ins could be an issue for Google Hangout fans.
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Tweets: @sdeleuze, @stroughtonsmith, and @stroughtonsmith
| FUSE Labs at Microsoft Research: |
Microsoft says its So.cl social network will shut down March 15 — Socl has been a wonderful outlet for creative expression, as well as a place to enjoy a supportive community of like-minded people, sharing and learning together. In supporting you, Socl's unique community of creators …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Tinder has a members-only version called Tinder Select for its top users, with participation by invitation only — Tinder has been operating a members-only version of the platform called Tinder Select, which is meant to serve only the elite users on the app, including CEOs …
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| Oriana Schwindt / Variety: |
BBC Worldwide and ITV's joint streaming service, BritBox, launches in the US for $7/month, available on web, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices — BritBox, the streaming child of British media giants BBC Worldwide and ITV, has officially launched stateside.
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MacRumors, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, TrustedReviews, EW.com, Multichannel News, Digiday, Fierce Cable, Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, Engadget, USA Today, Reuters, Co.Create, Android Police, The Verge, SlashGear, and Fortune. Thanks:@ravichandrans25.
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Vimeo now supports 360-degree video on web and mobile, with monoscopic or stereoscopic modes, on Google Daydream, Samsung's Gear VR, and Zeiss VR One — Virtual reality hardware wouldn't be anywhere without content to play on it — that's why so many big video companies …
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| DL Cade / PetaPixel: |
Flickr Adds ‘Similarity Search’ to Help You Discover Visually Similar Photos — Despite its uncertain future, Flickr continues to add features, doing their best to remain a relevant part of today's photo sharing landscape. Their latest update adds something called “similarity search” …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Softbank to sell 25% of UK chip designer ARM, worth about $8B, to SoftBank-led Saudi-backed $100B Vision Fund — Son puts stake worth $8bn in UK's largest tech company into $100bn Vision Fund — Read next … Japan's SoftBank is set to sell a roughly $8bn stake in Arm …
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Tweets: @danprimack, @ruskin147, and @arashmassoudi
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nest is working on a cheaper sub-$200 thermostat with individual room control, a home security alarm system, and a digital doorbell — Nest, the pioneer of the iPhone-like digital thermostat, is readying several new products in its quest to modernize the home. — by| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Nvidia unveils Jetson TX2 Pascal-powered AI board computer; pre-order dev kit for $599, or the module from $399, shipping Q2 — For a few years now, NVIDIA has been offering their line of Jetson embedded system kits. Originally launched using Tegra K1 in 2014, the first Jetson was designed … | Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
John Steele, the lawyer behind Prenda Law pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering, admits he made $6M+ by defrauding internet users — Disgraced lawyer made $6 million filing lawsuits over porn—some of which he filmed. — One of the attorneys behind the Prenda Law “copyright trolling” … | WikiLeaks: |
WikiLeaks releases 8,761 alleged CIA classified docs and files from 2013-2016 describing malware, zero-day exploits for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux — , WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named “Vault 7” by WikiLeaks …
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Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @zeynep, @ericgeller, @aclu, and @swiftonsecurity
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Tweets: @tomwarren and @connorsouthard
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