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Sources: Facebook paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe user audio; FB says it's stopped the work, which affected users who wanted voice chats transcribed — - Social network says it paused human review of conversations — Apple, Amazon, Google have been scrutinized for similar work
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Interviews with 47 former and current employees about the past three years at Google reveal fear of the far right, activist awakening, weaponized leaks, more — ON A BRIGHT Monday in January 2017, at 2:30 in the afternoon, about a thousand Google employees—horrified, alarmed, and a little giddy …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snap announces Spectacles 3 with an updated design and a second HD camera to create depth perception, going on sale in November for $380 — They're $380 and go on sale in November — Snap today announced Spectacles 3, a redesigned version of its augmented reality sunglasses with a sleek …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter to soon let users follow interests, starting with sports, and create separate timelines for different topics; topics will be curated by Twitter using AI — A new way to explore interests on Twitter — Twitter will begin letting users follow interests, the company said today …
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| Ed Targett / Computer Business Review: |
Amazon says it has added “fear” to the range of emotions that its Rekognition facial recognition software can now detect — Release follows amid immigration protests — AWS has added “fear” to the range of emotions identified by its Amazon Rekognition facial analysis service …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify for Podcasters comes out of beta, giving podcasters valuable listener data like age, gender, location, music taste, and episode listening duration — Spotify for Podcasters comes out of beta today — Spotify is going to give podcasters listener data they can't get anywhere else.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia says it has broken records for real-time conversational AI, training the industry-standard BERT model in 53 minutes and then inferring responses in ~2ms — Nvidia's GPU-powered platform for developing and running conversational AI that understands and responds to natural language requests …
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| Reuters: |
Trump delayed tariffs for some products like laptops and cellphones, sending Apple's stock up, but Airpods, Watches, and more were not included in the reprieve — WASHINGTON and SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod, which have helped the company …
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Sources: Spotify is discussing a plan with Apple to let iPhone users tell Siri to play songs, playlists, albums with voice commands, as anti-trust battle looms — An issue that has long vexed many iPhone users—the inability to play music from Spotify using Siri, Apple's voice assistant—may soon be a thing of the past.| Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix is quickly expanding its global property portfolio, which includes 30+ offices and studios, as it ramps up its global content production — From sizable investments in studio facilities to high-end office spaces in some of the world's priciest neighborhoods, the company is quickly building …
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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Property owners and hosts, including eight people who dealt with bedbugs in their rentals, say Airbnb doesn't have a systematic procedure to handle outbreaks — Waking up with bedbug bites can be a nightmare. It's also a costly and traumatic problem for Airbnb guests and hosts.
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| Kaya Yurieff / CNN: |
A look at Snapchat's community of about 100 official lens creators, who make custom AR lenses for people and brands, with Snap helping connect them to buyers — New York (CNN Business)Eighteen-year-old Ana Casciello couldn't find a filter she wanted for her Snapchat photo that matched her personal style.
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| Reuters: |
23 job search websites in Europe allege anti-competitive behavior from Google in antitrust complaints to the European Union competition commissioner — BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google's fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and job boards starving …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Cray, which is in the process of being bought by HPE, wins contract to make a $600M supercomputer for the US DoE, for 3D simulations, nuclear weapons research — Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray has been tapped to develop a new $600 million system for the U.S. Department of Energy … | Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Behind the rise of “twinfluencers” on social media, as content produced by twins continues to explode in popularity on YouTube and Instagram — You're not imagining it: Influencers really are multiplying. — There are the Dolan Twins, a pair of square-jawed 19-year-olds …
Tweets: @davezatz, @cal_beu, @karissabe, @fordm, @venturetwins, @yappelbaum, and @katienotopoulos
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Database from hacker community Cracked.to posted at rival site Raidforums, leaking users' IPs, email addresses, and DMs, many of which shared software exploits — Fortnite cracks, software exploits among the topics discussed in almost 357,000 PMs. — Hackers from Raidforums recently breached … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Verizon sues Rochester, NY to avoid paying fees the city levied over its 5G deployments, uses the FCC's controversial order limiting such fees to argue its case — Verizon lawsuit against Rochester relies on FCC vote to cap city-imposed fees. — Verizon has sued the City of Rochester …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell is leaving Facebook, seven years after launching the first Oculus Rift headset via Kickstarter — Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell is leaving Facebook 7 years after launching the first Oculus Rift headset with a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
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| Angelica Krystle Donati / Forbes: |
OpenSpace, which uses AI to create navigable, 360-degree images of building sites using photos from cameras attached to builders' hats, raises $14M Series A — I write about proptech and innovation in real estate and construction. — “> As a testament to the increasing significance of the subsector … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is opening up the closed beta of Spark AR on Instagram, letting any developer build and share AR filters on the platform — Not one to let Face App and Snapchat steal its spotlight, Facebook announced today that it's opening its closed beta of Spark AR on Instagram …
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Pavilion Data Systems, a data center storage company, raises $25M Series C led by Taiwania Capital and RPS Ventures — Data center hardware maker Pavilion Data Systems Inc. is gearing up for expansion after closing on a $25 million round of funding that brings its total amount raised to $58 million.
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Researchers remotely install malware on a DSLR camera from Canon using the unauthenticated Picture Transfer Protocol, common in the industry; Canon issues patch — Canon has issued a security advisory and firmware patch for the vulnerability — Ransomware has become a major threat … | Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
A look at Jeff Bezos' radical approach of giving nonprofits millions from his Day One Fund to provide shelter for homeless families without any restrictions — Jeff Bezos is making a name for himself in the world of charity. Nicole Craine/WireImage — Is that good? Is that bad?| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Uniphore Software Systems, which aims to use AI in call centers for faster and more personalized customer support, raises $51M — An Indian startup that aims to use artificial intelligence to deliver faster and more personalized customer support for corporate clients is raising $51 million …
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