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Google launches Cloud AutoML, a service to build image recognition and other custom AI models for developers, including those with no ML expertise — Google today announced the alpha launch of AutoML Vision, a new service that helps developers — including those with no machine learning … | Steven Johnson / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at the potential of decentralized blockchain tech that aims to fix some of the internet's fundamental structural problems — Yes, it's driven by greed — but the mania for cryptocurrency could wind up building something much more important than wealth.
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YouTube says creators will need 4K hours of watch time in past 12 months and 1K subs to join Partner Program; Google Preferred videos to be reviewed by humans — YouTube is making its creator revenue-sharing program more restrictive and will start manually reviewing all videos …
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Podcast network TWiT is suing Twitter, alleging breach of contract and trademark infringement in connection with the distribution of audio and video content — TWiT, officially known as This Week in Tech, is suing Twitter. The audio and video media platform alleges breach of written contract … | Brian Boucher / artnet News: |
Google's Arts & Culture app becomes the number one free app on the iOS App Store after its face-matching feature that was added in December goes viral — The search behemoth's app was all the rage on social media this weekend. — Googling yourself took on a whole new meaning this weekend.
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| Zeynep Tufekci / Wired: |
Free speech online has grown even as Facebook, Google, Twitter control more attention; most effective censorship now is meddling with trust, not muzzling speech — FOR MOST OF modern history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being mechanically disseminated.
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| Liz Hamren / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft brings 15-inch Surface Book 2 to 17 more countries starting today; both 15-inch and 13-inch variants will come to more countries over next two months — Surface Book 2 is the most powerful Surface we've ever built, and customers love that they can run their most demanding applications from anywhere.
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Cryptocurrency values decline sharply, with Bitcoin down 25%+, briefly below $10K, Ethereum down as much as 30%, and Ripple down 40% at one point on Tuesday — Bitcoin briefly plunged below $10,000 late Tuesday afternoon on Coinbase, after first topping the psychologically key level in late November.
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Telegraph, The Verge, The Next Web, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, BBC, Bitcoinist.com, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoinist.com, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @neerajka, @mattrosoff, and @arrington
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
22 attorneys general file lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules; Mozilla, other net neutrality advocates also filed suits against FCC — The legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of so-called net neutrality regulations began on Tuesday …
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Tweets: @clarkstacey, @agschneiderman, @senmarkey, and @agkarlracine
| Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal: |
Examining the arguments for antitrust regulation against Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon suggests they are safe for now, but history shows that could change — A few technology giants dominate their worlds just as Standard Oil and AT&T once did. Should they be broken up?
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9to5Mac, Axios, and New York Times
Tweets: @mcbridesg, @mims, @greg_ip, @greg_ip, @mdudas, @benedictevans, and @mims
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Internal email shows Google has opened an office in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, the global hardware hub that is home to Tencent, Huawei, and ZTE — A month after announcing plans to open its first AI lab in China, Google is expanding again through a move into Shenzhen.
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Engadget, Tech in Asia, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Financial Times, and Seeking Alpha
| Sonya Mann / Inc.com: |
Venture-equity firm Scaleworks announces $10M “venture finance” fund available as loans to SaaS companies in value of up to 6 months of recurring revenue — You can keep your equity and still get funds to expand. — WRITE A COMMENT — Are you building a rocket ship or a minivan?Sponsor Posts
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