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Sources describe Amazon Alexa's AI-training process, where workers transcribing voice clips see customer account numbers and hear private conversations — Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Currents in beta as its enterprise replacement for Google+, the second time an app has been named Google Currents — With Google killing its social network for consumers and brands last week, the service is now solely focussed on enterprise customers.
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Google says any Android device running 7.0 or later can now be used as a security key for two-factor authentication — An advanced form of two-factor authentication — Google announced today that any phone running Android 7 or higher can now be used as a physical security key …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
In his annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to match or raise their minimum wage above Amazon's $15 per hour — Target plans to move to $15 per hour by end of 2020 while Walmart lags behind at $11 an hour — In his annual letter to shareholders …
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Instagram says it will demote posts that are “inappropriate” but do not go against its Community Guidelines by not showing them in Explore or hashtag pages — Instagram is home to plenty of scantily-clad models and edgy memes that may start to get fewer views starting today.
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Coinbase launches Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card for UK customers to spend cryptocurrencies in-store and online, will expand to other EU countries in months — When you buy cryptocurrencies on Coinbase, many users simply don't know what to do with them. Customers in the U.K …
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Tweets: @habichtjonathan, @alex, @xrpcryptowolf, and @fintechfrank
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
The Pentagon says Amazon and Microsoft are the final candidates for its $10B JEDI contract and that IBM and Oracle didn't meet the minimum requirements — The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon and Microsoft were the final candidates for a hotly contested $10 billion contract to bring modern cloud computing to the Defense Department.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Democratic senators propose the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems for bias — US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems — like facial recognition or ad targeting algorithms — for bias.
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MIT grad student Katie Bouman helped develop the imaging algorithm for the Event Horizon Telescope that captured the first picture of a black hole — (CNN)Imagine trying to take a photo of an orange that's on the moon with your smartphone. It seems impossible.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Gartner and IDC estimate PC shipments of 58.5M in Q1 2019, with Gartner reporting shipments down 4.6% YoY, and IDC reporting them down 3% YoY — The PC market is still in decline, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. That's nothing new for the duo to agree on, but coincidentally they also … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Podcasts on the web gets an overhaul, with a new design, support for web playback, individual episode details, dedicated podcasts.apple.com URLs, and more — Apple this week has overhauled the web interface for Apple Podcasts. The new design is much cleaner and easier to navigate …
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MacRumors, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Appleosophy, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @warmoth and @seanallen_dev
| Candid Wueest / Symantec: |
Review of 1,500 hotels across 54 countries: ~67% of hotel websites inadvertently leak guests' booking info to third-party sites like ad and analytics services — Hospitality services' websites may leak your booking details, allowing others to view your personal data or even cancel your reservation.
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Over 4,200 Amazon employees publicly call on the company to give clear commitments on tackling climate change, the largest staff-driven movement thus far — SEATTLE — Employees at big tech companies have pushed back against their employers for working with the military and law enforcement offices …
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Amazon Employees …, Business Insider, USA Today, TechSpot, Fast Company, and Recode
Tweets: @delrey, @billmckibben, @bcmerchant, @bcmerchant, @mjhaugen, @nytclimate, @kyweise, @kyweise, @kyweise, @kyweise, and @kyweise
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Apple says it now has 44 suppliers, including Foxconn and TSMC, that have committed to run their Apple production on 100% clean energy — Company Spends $2.5 Billion in Environmental Initiatives — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it has nearly doubled the number of suppliers …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it has acquired Colorado-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, which raised $15M in 2017 led by Andy Rubin's Playground Global — Amazon has acquired Boulder, Colo.-based warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology, TechCrunch has learned.
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T-Mobile announces TVision Home, a rebrand of Layer3 TV, offering home TV streaming with 150+ channels for $90+/month — T-Mobile today officially unveiled its forthcoming home TV service, which will now be known as TVision Home. The service is the rebranding of Layer3 TV … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google engineer outlines the Android security team's efforts to curtail the Chamois botnet malware, which infected 20M+ devices at its peak in March 2018 — IN MARCH 2017, the Android security team was feeling pleased with itself. The group had detected, analyzed, and neutralized …
Tweets: @wired
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