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Interviews with Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Ray Kurzweil, others on AI in coming decades, its regulation, and possible implementations — Elon Musk is famous for his futuristic gambles, but Silicon Valley's latest rush to embrace artificial intelligence scares him. And he thinks you should be frightened too.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a startup developing “direct cortical interface” tech that implants electrodes in the brain to upload, download thoughts — Startup from CEO of Tesla and SpaceX aims to implant tiny electrodes in human brains
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 10.3 with Apple File System, Find My AirPods, CarPlay updates, ability for devs to reply to app reviews, iCloud Analytics opt-in option, more — Apple is rolling out iOS 10.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The latest software update includes Find My AirPods support …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 3.2 with Theater Mode, an easily accessible option to disable “Raise to Wake”, and SiriKit, which will allow users to give Siri commands — Apple today released a new software update for the Apple Watch, upgrading watchOS 3.1.3 to watchOS 3.2. watchOS 3.2 …
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| Gigi Sohn / The Verge: |
Former FCC staffer explains consequences as House of Representatives prepares to vote tomorrow to repeal FCC's 2016 broadband privacy rules — Time to make some calls — Last week, on a party-line vote, the Senate voted to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's 2016 broadband …
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| Florin Bodnarescu / Neowin: |
LastPass working on security update for newly discovered browser extension vulnerability — Technology, both in terms of hardware and software, is there to make our lives better, but it is by no means perfect. Bugs can either be a potential annoyance or expose you to some more serious side effects of their presence.| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Samsung says returned Galaxy Note7 devices will be sold outside US as “refurbished phones or rental phones where applicable”, remaining devices will be recycled — Pending approval by local regulators — Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S8 launch, the company has released …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon confirms acquisition of Dubai-based e-commerce site Souq.com in deal that sources say was valued at around $650M — Amazon today confirmed that it has acquired Souq.com, an e-commerce marketplace serving the Middle East based out of Dubai, which was already commonly described as “the Amazon of the Middle East.”
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| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon delays opening of Amazon Go, its first cashier-less retail store, because of technical complications — Retailer must fix glitches in technology that automatically charges customers — Amazon.com Inc. is delaying the public opening of its first cashier-less convenience store because of technical complications.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger now lets you share your live location to a group of friends or just one person for one hour at a time, on iOS and Android — Facebook Messenger wants to be an offline social gathering tool, not just an online chat app. Today it's adding a new Live Location feature …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Trump nominates ex-AT&T lobbyist Makan Delrahim as head of DoJ antitrust unit; Delrahim previously said AT&T-Time Warner merger not a “major antitrust problem” — The president nominated Makan Delrahim as his leading antitrust enforcer today.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
IKEA's Trådfri system for smart home lighting goes live on Swedish website; base package costs about $85 and will be available in Swedish stores on March 31 — Smart lights on a budget — Ikea is finally getting into the home automation game with its own system for smart lighting.Sponsor Posts
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Meet Zoho Social MCP: Your AI assistant can now help run social media — Social media management has come a long way from simply publishing posts.Today, marketers are expected to create content …
Meet Zoho Social MCP: Your AI assistant can now help run social media — Social media management has come a long way from simply publishing posts.Today, marketers are expected to create content …
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