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Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK at GDC 2019 to enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC and Xbox consoles.| Simone Stolzoff / Quartz: |
Ahead of his fifth anniversary as CEO, a look at how Satya Nadella changed Microsoft's culture by using a Stanford professor's concept called “growth mindset” — It was March 27, 2014, and Satya Nadella was about to make his first public appearance as CEO of Microsoft.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
As machine learning algorithms get as good as humans at text, image, and speech recognition, Google's CAPTCHA are getting too hard for humans to solve — At some point last year, Google's constant requests to prove I'm human began to feel increasingly aggressive.
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
A look at AI-powered audio mastering services like Landr, which promise artists access to professional-sounding mastering without the cost of human engineers — The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines — Making music is one of the most human things we do … | Jeffrey Westling / Techdirt: |
Today's fear mongering about AI-enabled “deep fakes” is similar to the end of truth panic that followed the Photoshop launch in the early nineties — In just a few short months, “deep fakes” are striking fear in technology experts and lawmakers.
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Head of Google Translate on gender-specific translations, tackling bias in training data, and why Translate turned nonsense messages into religious prophecies — An interview with Google's Macduff Hughes — You might remember a spate of news stories last year about Google Translate spitting …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google bans 29 apps downloaded 4.3M+ times from the Play Store after researchers discovered they were being used to perform malicious acts like serve scam ads — The 29 apps concealed their malice and were hard for many infected users to uninstall. — Google has banned dozens …
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
Accenture will begin selling SynOps, a robotic process automation system that it claims was used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers — - Company unveils new system to help firms streamline work — Consulting firm says clients testing system saved millions
| Kiran Stacey / Financial Times: |
Cisco joins Apple in praising Europe's GDPR and calling for similar regulations in the US — Cisco has joined Apple in calling for a US version of the European General Data Protection regulation, underlining the divisions among big technology companies over how to tackle privacy concerns.| Jennings Brown / Gizmodo: |
A look inside Blind's anonymous chat forum used by Google employees shows transphobic and racist comments and messages critical of Google's diversity efforts — In early January, Google systems reliability engineer Liz Fong-Jones announced she was leaving the company after 11 years … | South China Morning Post: |
How a 14-year-old developer from Hong Kong built Timeless, an app that uses an AI and facial recognition to help Alzheimer's patients identify people in photos — For many teenagers, their lives typically might revolve around schoolwork and spending time with friends. Not so for Emma Yang.| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
AT&T lost 14% or 267K DirecTV Now subscribers in Q4 after a $5 price hike in the summer, as it struggles with managing debt from DirecTV and Time Warner deals — Massive merger debt forced company to raise rates, only driving users to cut the cord even faster.Sponsor Posts
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