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Microsoft and Amazon AWS announce Gluon, a new open source deep learning interface to simplify deep learning models — New Open Source Interface Simplifies Deep Learning Development — At Microsoft we have a vision and passion to amplify human ingenuity with the transformative power of AI.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to be a “lot more transparent in our actions” around suspending users, after it its broke silence on Rose McGowan — Twitter has abruptly broken its own policy of not commenting on individual accounts to explain why it temporarily suspended …
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said on Thursday the company was fully committed …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google announces new education initiatives: $1B in global grants to nonprofits, US-based Grow with Google for training and resources, Goodwill partnership — Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in Pittsburgh Wednesday to announce a new five-year, $1 billion program to help close the global education gap.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Equifax has taken down a webpage after it directed users to install a fake Adobe Flash update containing adware — Malware researcher encounters bogus download links during multiple visits. — In May credit reporting service Equifax's website was breached by attackers who eventually …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it's opening up Facebook Stories to all Pages over the coming months — No one's posting to Facebook Stories. Only 8 of my 2800 friends have Stories up right now, and 3 came from the new ‘cross-post from Instagram Stories’ feature. Maybe younger or international demographics are …
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| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Sources: Waymo sought public apology, independent monitor on Uber's autonomous vehicle tech, and at least $1B in damages in settlement talks with Uber — SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc …
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Samsung says $300 Gear Sport watch and $200 IconX headphones will be available October 27 — They'll be available nationwide October 27th — Samsung has announced that the Gear Sport and its second-generation Gear IconX earbuds (also known as Gear IconX 2018) will be available for preorder starting October 13th.| Washington Post: |
Facebook says it fixed a CrowdTangle “bug” that allowed a researcher to analyze the reach of Russia-linked account posts — Social media analyst Jonathan Albright got a call from Facebook the day after he published research last week showing that the reach of the Russian disinformation campaign …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower finds 35% of ARKit-powered apps are games, 19% are utilities, 11% are entertainment, 7% are education, 6% are photo and video, 5% are lifestyle — ARKit, Apple's augmented reality framework that CEO Tim Cook recently likened to being as “dramatic” a development as the App Store itself …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
South Korean lawmaker says North Korea put malware into third-party antivirus tool to hack military database that was inadvertently left connected to internet — Hackers allegedly used antivirus software to access South Korea-U.S. military plans from network mistakenly connected to the internet for more than a year
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Lyft adds in-app support for Google Maps to its drivers app — Lyft is working with Google Maps. — As the battle to win over ride-hail drivers continues, Lyft is working to improve its driver experience relative to Uber, its larger rival. The next step: Making it easier for drivers to know where they're supposed to be going.
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