Amazon debuts AWS AI services Amazon Comprehend, which analyzes sentiment, phrases in text; Amazon Transcribe, supporting English, Spanish; and Amazon Translate
- Amazon Web Services is coming out with new tools for recognizing people and other content in videos, converting recorded audio into text …
Microsoft makes Edge for iOS and Android generally available, after unveiling it last month
Microsoft unveiled a beta version of its Edge web browser last month for iOS and Android. Testers had to sign-up to get special access to the new browser, but Microsoft is making both the Android and...
AWS unveils new services for IoT management, security, and analytics, and a new OS, called Amazon FreeRTOS, for microcontroller-based IoT devices
Of all the buzzwords relevant to AWS, IoT may be “delivering the fastest,” AWS CEO Andy Jassy said, but there's plenty of room for development.
Apple releases macOS High Sierra security fix for critical root vulnerability, says it's auditing its development processes to prevent future flaws
and thoroughly — does Apple fix macOS security holes? Chris Burns / SlashGear : MacOS flaw fix update out now Lory Gil / iMore : Having problems with file sharing after installing the macOS High Sierr...
US court orders Coinbase to give IRS details of users who moved $20K+ through their accounts within a year between 2013-2015; Coinbase says ~14K users affected
Anyone moving more than $20,000 on the platform is subject to the new order — Today, Coinbase suffered a major defeat …
AliveCor Kardiaband EKG reader gets FDA approval as the first medical device accessory for the Apple Watch
The Food and Drug Administration has just cleared AliveCor's Kardiaband EKG reader as the first medical device accessory for the Apple Watch. — Europe has been able to use …
UK-based consumer group sues Google, alleging the company used an algorithm to trick iPhone's Safari browser into releasing personal data in 2011-2012
Group says affected consumers could get hundreds of pounds — Google will contest case, says it isn't new and has no merit
Apple partners with Stanford University to launch heart research study using a new Apple Watch app to detect and collect data on abnormal heart rhythms
- Apple is facilitating a massive heart study that will use the Apple Watch to detect a heart abnormality called atrial fibrillation …
Amazon debuts AWS graph database service called Amazon Neptune, an Aurora Serverless offering for more efficient computing, and new backup feature for DynamoDB
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Amazon unveils AWS DeepLens, a camera meant for developers that uses AI to take better photos, available for pre-order today for $249
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Amazon debuts AWS Fargate to let customers run containers without managing infrastructure
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macOS High Sierra root vulnerability was posted to Apple's support forum on November 13, around 15 days before it became widely known and was fixed
It's natural to speculate how a bug as egregious as the now-fixed High Sierra root login bug could escape notice for so long.
Amazon announces AWS support for Kubernetes on top of its Elastic Container Service
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Sources: Alphabet is considering folding Nest Labs into Google's hardware team, reversing its split two years ago, to better compete with Amazon's home devices
Integration of Alphabet units would reverse an element of 2015 split as Google and Nest chase Amazon in home devices
Interview with Bahtiyar Duysak, the Twitter contractor who deactivated Trump's account earlier this month, who calls the incident a “mistake”
s Twitter tries to figure out how to lock down the parts of its platform that enable harassment, as well as the spread of misleading information …
Amazon announces Rekognition Video, which uses machine learning to analyze uploaded and real-time video streams
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Atomico's State of European Tech 2017 report: $19B was invested in tech companies in 2017, up from $14.4B in 2016; there are now 41 tech unicorns in Europe
Europe is on track to end 2017 with a record $19 billion worth of tech investments, according to a report from VC firm Atomico …
Sources: Amazon to announce Alexa for Business, with launch partners who have developed skills for business customers, and a new marketplace for business apps
- The new tools could help with getting connected into telephone conferences or bringing up business data. — Alexa will soon be going to work.
Amazon commits another $100M to Alexa Fund to support Alexa's international expansion, says Alexa is coming to Australia and New Zealand in early 2018
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
Google announces Datally, an Android app for monitoring and managing the amount of mobile data consumed by apps at a granular level
Internet giant Google's search for next billion users in markets like India is picking up pace. The latest in a series of apps launched by the company …
Nokia denies reports that it is in talks to buy Juniper Networks, says it is not “preparing an offer related to an acquisition of that company”
Pilots union says a computer glitch on bidding system for holidays means 15K+ American Airlines flights between December 17-31 have no pilot
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Industrial predictive analysis startup Uptake raises $117M Series D at a $2.3B valuation led by Baillie Gifford
A company that is seizing the opportunity to provide predictive analytics to the industrial world — regardless of whether a business has made the (often costly) …
Report: Russian Security Council asks government to build backup system of DNS for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; Putin sets Aug. 1, 2018 deadline
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Winklevoss' Gemini exchange and Coinbase suffer extended service outages, citing “all-time high traffic”; bitcoin dropped to $9.4K from all time high of ~$11.4K
Coinbase : 8 . Ashour Iesho / Bitcoinist.com : Bank of England Deputy Claims Bitcoin ‘Too Small’ to Threaten World Economy Leigh Cuen / International Business Times : Why Bitcoin Prices Just Hit $11,0...
YouTube announces Reels, a version of the Stories format available in a separate tab that lets creators post shorter videos, available in beta
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Facebook says it is temporarily stopping advertisers from excluding racial or ethnic groups from ad targeting while it studies how advertisers exclude groups
Jessica Guynn / USA Today :
Uber: whistleblower whose letter was entered as evidence in Waymo case tried to extort firm, settled for $4.5M, now works as consultant for Uber's investigation
and Takes a Wild Turn Wayne Rash / eWeek : DOJ Shares Criminal Probe Evidence With Judge in Waymo vs. Uber Suit CNBC : Uber: Ex-employee's claim that we hid trade secret theft was an effort to extort ...
Box reports Q3 revenue of $129.3M, up 26% YoY, beating $128.6M estimate, 80K customers, and regains cash flow positive status
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
Amazon begins letting select developers monetize Alexa Skills via in-skill purchases, available in a handful of trivia games to start
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Snapchat's redesign likely won't appeal to new users, despite goal of growing users, and may alienate media partners by separating content from friend messages
Shira Ovide / Bloomberg :
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