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Research from Alphabet's Verily shows that blood pressure, age, whether someone smokes, and more can be deduced by analyzing scans of patients' retinas with AI — Experts say it could provide a simpler way to predict cardiovascular risk — Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily …
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Nature, SiliconANGLE, Verily Blog, Engadget, Washington Post, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, and USA Today. Tweets: @skathire
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Nuance discontinues Swype keyboards for iOS and Android after buying Swype for $100M in 2011, says it will focus on AI for businesses instead — For the longest time, one of the advantages of Android over iOS was the ability to use third-party keyboard apps available on the Play Store.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 11.2.6, watchOS 4.2.3, tvOS 11.2.6, and macOS 10.13.3 supplemental update, fixing issue where an Indian character would crash apps — Apple has released new software updates to address the Telugu character bug that affected devices running the latest public version of Apple's software.
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VentureBeat, MacRumors, BGR, International Business Times, Apple Support, Tech Times, TechCrunch, and MacRumors
| Usama Jawad / Neowin: |
Google discloses security flaw of “medium” severity in Microsoft Edge after privately reporting the flaw to Microsoft in November 2017; no patch available yet — Google's Project Zero initiative tasks its security researchers with finding flaws in various software products developed …
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The Verge, Thurrott.com, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Engadget, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, Naked Security, Digital Trends, CSO, SlashGear, TechSpot, Inquirer, BetaNews, SecurityWeek, and On MSFT
| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Fact-checking the tweetstorm by Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman on the Mueller indictment and Facebook's role in election interference by Russia — Rob Goldman, Facebook vice president for ads, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. We fact-checked Mr. Goldman.| Manish Singh: |
Wikipedia Zero, which partnered with 97 mobile carriers in 72 countries to provide 800M+ users access to Wikipedia at no data cost, is being discontinued — In an unexpected development, the Wikimedia Foundation announced on Friday that it is discontinuing Wikipedia Zero …
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Wikimedia Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, Boing Boing, Ubergizmo, MediaNama, BetaNews, Engadget, and The Next Web
| David Morgan / Reuters: |
Support for regulation of cryptocurrencies is growing in Congress, with members on both sides, including some free-market Republicans, calling for action — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Google's Tez, its payment service in India, updates to allow users to pay bills from 80+ organizations from its iOS and Android apps — Google's Tez payment service in India has gotten a major update that allows users to pay their utilities and other bills via the app.| Mark Wilson / Co.Design: |
After opening Snap Store this month, Snap sells special Jordan shoes at LA concert via QR code that sent customers to Snapchat for purchase, shipped same night — The social media company is looking at e-commerce as its next big revenue channel, and it's starting with some brand-new Jordans.
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Recode, TechCrunch, and Engadget
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Sony and five Japanese taxi operators plan joint venture to develop taxi-hailing system in Japan that uses AI to predict demand — Group teams with fleet operators to develop AI-powered dispatching — TOKYO — Sony will lead a new Japanese effort to develop a taxi-hailing system … | Katharine Schwab / Co.Design: |
How ProPublica is developing its own machine learning algorithms and chatbots as investigative tools to hold Facebook and other big tech companies accountable — The nonprofit is fighting fire with fire, developing algorithms and bots that hold Facebook and Amazon accountable.
Tweets: @lilianedwards
| CoinDesk: |
Israel says it will regard cryptocurrencies as “a property, not a currency”, making them subject to capital gains tax, as well as VAT in some cases — Israel's government confirmed Monday that it would treat bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a kind of property for tax purposes.
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NewsBTC and The Jewish Press
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