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Office of the Director of National Intelligence report: NSA collected 534M metadata records from US communications providers in 2017, up more than 3x from 2016 — The National Security Agency revealed a huge increase in the amount of call metadata collected, from about 151 million call records …
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Sources: Flipkart board approved in-principle to engaging Walmart on ~$15B bid with Alphabet investing too; Amazon bid unlikely to win due to competitive issues — MUMBAI/BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart's board is yet to finalize a deal to sell a controlling stake …
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Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann postpones Vine successor v2 indefinitely, citing need for funding, logistical issues conflicting with early-stage startup he runs — Citing funding and logistical issues — Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann announced today that his planned sequel to the popular …
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A look at universities' struggles to retain AI researchers as Facebook opens new AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh after New York, Paris, and Montreal — SAN FRANCISCO — At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, vowed that his company would … | Sherri L. Smith / Tom's Guide: |
Lenovo Mirage Solo review: a great wireless, standalone VR experience with Daydream WorldSense tech and 110° FoV but less content and 2x as pricey as Oculus Go — For a while now, there have been limitations on what you could do in virtual reality. You could walk around the room, but you were tethered to a PC.
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Apple shutting down Texture's magazine app on Windows after acquisition, will continue support for other platforms; Windows app was neglected before acquisition — Texture, the magazine subscription service that Apple purchased back in March, plans to shut down its Windows app at the end of June.
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Former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard has raised $30M+ over the last 18 months from a16z, pro sports teams, others for his new ticketing startup Rival — His startup, Rival, has raised more than $30 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures and several pro sports teams.
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Lyft partner Aptiv adds 30 self-driving cars with human safety drivers to Lyft's network in Las Vegas, with riders required to opt-in, expanding on its pilot — Aptiv has announced the launch of 30 self-driving cars in Las Vegas, all of them operating under the Lyft ridesharing network.
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How filmmakers could use machine learning, trained on data from prior box office hits, to predict a movie's success by understanding what motivates moviegoers — Like, for example, Avengers: Infinity War, which made a record-breaking $258 million at the domestic box office last weekend … | Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Facebook says its facial recognition technology, the company's solution to spot fake accounts, looks for impostors only within a user's limited social circle — Katie Greenman's Facebook profile mirrors all the things the 21-year-old Texas college student loves: cute animals … | Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed: |
GoDaddy takes down Richard Spencer's website altright.com, says it has “encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner” — Richard Spencer speaking at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 19, 2017, in Gainesville, Florida. — Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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Apple paid BuzzFeed for first-window rights for a documentary series and gave a cut of ad revenue, in a push to make Apple News a high-quality video distributor — Apple has become so serious about competing with Facebook, Google/YouTube and Twitter as a distribution outlet for news publishers … Sponsor Posts
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