Amazon debuts Amazon Go, a 1,800 sq. ft. checkout-less food store in Seattle, where purchases are tracked by app; open to Amazon staff now, customers in 2017
The straight-forwardly named “Just Walk Out” technology ought to give you a pretty good idea of what Amazon Go is all about.
Researchers guessed valid Visa card expiry dates and CVV codes in seconds via queries to multiple commercial websites; Visa failed to detect the attack
Academics say working out card number, expiry date and security code of Visa card takes ‘as little as six seconds’
Uber acquires AI startup Geometric Intelligence; its cofounders Gary Marcus and Zoubin Ghahramani will be co-directors of Uber's new research arm A.I. Labs
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber envisions a future in which a fleet of vehicles can make the most complex maneuvers while carting passengers around without the help of a driver.
Google's new Trusted Contacts app lets you share your location during emergencies
It's basically Google Latitude, three years later — When Google discontinued Latitude in 2013, it never truly made a replacement for its version of iOS's Find My Friend.
LG promotes the head of its home appliances division, Jo Seong-jin, to CEO
LG Electronics' home appliance boss has been promoted to vice chairman and will become CEO, while its mobile division has been given a second chance to rebound the faltering business.
Google DeepMind open sources its AI training platform, releases entire source code on GitHub for researchers and developers to experiment
Company is increasingly embracing open-source initiatives — Move comes after rival Musk's OpenAI made its robot gym public
Oculus Touch review: precise, usually reliable tracking and fantastic hardware design, but the two-controller package is pricey at $199
Healing the Rift — When the Oculus Rift reawakened our fascination with virtual reality in 2012, it was largely a visual medium.
One of top Google autocomplete suggestions for “are Jews” is “evil”, with 9 of top 10 search results saying “yes”; similar answers for many topics worry experts
Tech-savvy rightwingers have been able to ‘game’ the algorithms of internet giants and create …
Netflix says its custom video encoding method and use of VP9 and H.264/AVC High codecs are saving 36% bandwidth on Android and 19% on iOS for offline downloads
When Netflix introduced the ability to download content onto mobile devices for offline viewing earlier this week …
US Consumer Review Fairness Act passes, voids ToS gag clauses under which companies could sue or impose penalties for users who post negative reviews
Consumer Review Fairness Act bans customer gag clauses, awaits Obama signature. — Congress has passed a law protecting the right …
Report: Europe expected to hit $13.6B in tech funding in '16, up from $12.6B in '15 and almost 5X from '11; lack of access to later-stage capital hinders growth
SEC filings show peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade has raised another $33.1M
Two months after launching out of stealth to take on the peer-to-peer insurance industry, New York-based Lemonade has raised $33 million in funding, according to an SEC filing from December 2nd. Tweet...
Why MakerBot failed to live up to the hype: competition, flawed printers, backlash over its move to closed source, consumer 3D printer market never materialized
was October 2009 when Bre Pettis—his unmistakable sideburns and dark-rimmed rectangular glasses framing his face … Tweets: @calbucci and @carl_franklin Tweets: Marcelo Calbucci / @calbucci : Bre Petti...
Experts find wireless communications protocol used by some new implantable cardiac defibrillators to be insecure, susceptible to spoofing, relay, DoS attacks
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What GitHub did to fight its trolls: hire a diverse safety team, enlist community's help, design features to make harassment difficult, provide users with tools
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PlayStation Vue vs. Sling TV vs. DirecTV Now: comparing streaming services on price, channel lineup, supported streaming devices, subscription perks, and more
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Amazon's Alexa VP on the platform's future, the $2.5M Alexa Prize, concerns about poaching key AI talent from academia, new developer tools, privacy, more
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Nokia OZO exec talks about firm's VR plans, why OZO 360-degree cameras are so expensive and bringing its costs down, and the state of VR content production
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Flir, leading maker of thermal imaging equipment, buys Prox Dynamics, a Norwegian maker of pocket-sized surveillance and reconnaissance drones, for $134M
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How a journalist became a men's fashion influencer on Instagram: hashtags, like and comment bots, and lots of help from professionals
Max Chafkin / Bloomberg : Tweets: @copromote , @tomgara , and @pkafka Tweets: @copromote : Confessions of an Instagram Influencer: “I used to post cat photos. Then a marketing agency made me a star.”...
Canadian government seeks public comment after explaining need for backdoors, mandatory decryption, longer storage of phone and ISP records, and more
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