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Colin Kroll, a co-founder of Vine and the CEO and co-founder of HQ Trivia, has died at 34; police source says a drug overdose is suspected — Colin Kroll, the CEO and co-founder of HQ Trivia, has died of an apparent drug overdose ... TMZ has learned. — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
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Leaked report prepared for Senate analyzes Russian disinformation that supported Trump across millions of posts on YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, more — The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided …
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In a major real-estate expansion in New York City, Google says it will invest $1B+ in a new 1.7M square foot campus in Hudson Square in Manhattan — Search giant joins Amazon, Apple in growing outside the West Coast; addition of 7,000 jobs a ‘conservative estimate’
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Facebook Messenger adds native support for looping Boomerang videos, a Selfie mode with automatic background blur, and AR stickers for photos and videos — Stickers are also getting AR support — Facebook today announced a host of new camera features for its Messenger app.
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Profile of Stanford computer scientist Donald Knuth, author of The Art of Computer Programming, a Bible of its field with more than one million copies in print — Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.”| Hilary Potkewitz / Wall Street Journal: |
How Calm has overtaken Headspace, which dominated the meditation app category, after winning the App Store's 2017 iPhone App of the Year award — A pair of apps preach relaxation to millions of customers—but still badly want to beat each other — The two smartphone apps taking meditation … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple hires another Tesla employee, Andrew Kim, the designer famous for re-imagining Microsoft's brand and who worked on Hololens and Windows 10 UI — The hire renews speculation of an Apple-designed car — Andrew Kim, the designer who first rose to prominence with a fan-made reimagining …
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French economy minister says the country will introduce its own digital tax, dubbed “GAFA tax”, on large internet and technology companies from January 1 — In early December, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said France would give the EU until March to come up with a deal on taxing US internet giants.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Datacamp, which offers customizable online data science courses to 3.3M+ users in 190+ countries and business customers like Uber and HSBC, raises $25M Series B — Data engineers and researchers are in demand. According to LinkedIn, as of August 2018 in the U.S., the tech industry … | Nielsen: |
Survey about audience use of devices finds 45% of people watched TV while simultaneously using digital devices “very often” or “always” — Choice has always been coveted among consumers. When it comes to the media universe, the abundance in devices …
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Inside Grab's efforts to map roads in 100 cities across Southeast Asia by next year; Grab's mapping team has grown to 250, of which 100 are based in India — In 2017, many months before its merger with Uber made it Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing app, Grab realized it had a “rendezvous” problem.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Test shows that Android phones like LG G7 ThinQ, OnePlus 6, and Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 8 can be unlocked via facial recognition using 3D-printed head models — Facial recognition is cropping up everywhere. From shopping malls to the workplace, it's likely something is scanning your face every day.
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