UK government spent £600K on an AI tool that can algorithmically block extremist content, claims it's capable of detecting 94% of IS's online activity
The UK government has unveiled a tool it says can accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed.
Google brings AMP to email with the Gmail Developer Preview, to make emails more interactive with content like appointments, questionnaires, and more
For the past few years, we've worked to make mobile pages load faster through an open-source framework called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
A behind-the-scenes look at two tumultuous years at Facebook as it battled with fake news, its impact on the election, global affairs, and users' minds
ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.
Google launches AMP stories developer preview for publishers today with Snapchat-like swipeable text, photos, videos, considers integrating stories into search
The format doesn't support advertising yet, which could slow its adoption among publishers — Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL .79% Google unveiled …
IDC research director says Essential shipped 88,000 smartphones in the first six months after its May 2017 launch
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone faces a harsh reality in the high-end market — Essential, Android co-founder Andy Rubin's new smartphone venture, had a rough go of it last year trying …
Source: in a rare cutback, Amazon is laying off several hundred corporate employees in Seattle and hundreds elsewhere across its global operations
Amazon is cutting several hundred jobs in Seattle, and hundreds elsewhere, a rare layoff that appears to fall predominantly on its established consumer retail business.
IDC data shows Google sold 3.9M Pixel devices in 2017
Less than a week's worth of iPhone sales — In the 16 months since its initial release in October 2016, Google's Pixel family of phones has earned plenty of acclaim and scrutiny, but not very many sa...
Facebook to allow publisher paywalls in its iOS app starting 3/1; users get five articles before being asked to pay, publishers get 100% subscription revenue
Apple is allowing Facebook to bend the subscription rules. Starting March 1st, news publishers will be able to use their paywalls inside Facebook's iOS app.
Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoin and other digital currencies this year than it uses to power its homes, says a local energy expert
KEFLAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoins and other virtual currencies this year than it uses to power its homes.
Snapdragon 845 performance preview: small improvements to CPU, decent boost to web workloads, GPU sees 30% better performance, 30% improvement in power vs. 835
In what has become an annual tradition for Qualcomm, the company has once again opened the doors of their San Diego headquarters …
Injong Rhee, Samsung Electronics' CTO, says he has left the company to lead Google's IoT business under cloud boss Diane Greene
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google this month hired Injong Rhee, who recently resigned as Samsung Electronics Co's chief technology officer …
Microsoft says it will embrace decentralized identity systems based on Bitcoin and other public blockchains through the Microsoft Authenticator app
In a new post today, Microsoft announced their embrace of public blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, for use in decentralized identity systems.
Oracle to expand its autonomous technology across its PaaS offerings in app development, app and data integration, analytics, and system and identity management
The autonomous technology in the Oracle Autonomous Database will now be rolled out to application development, app and data integration …
750K+ people sign Change.org petition calling for Snapchat redesign to be reverted as celebs including Chrissy Teigen, Kylie Jenner, MKBHD criticize update
Snapchat recently shipped … Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Snapchat Users Are Petitioning To Revert To The Old Design Ali Breland / The Hill : Snapchat users push back on controversial redesign Arden Dier / ...
Teardown finds HomePod has great build quality, but a saw is needed to open the device; some parts, including the fabric mesh, can be easily removed
Oracle announces plans to quadruple number of data center complexes over next two years, with 12 new data-center regions, including two in the US, two in Canada
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Harvard, MIT, NYU among growing crop of US universities offering computer science ethics courses on AI, autonomous vehicles, privacy and civil rights in tech
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The medical profession has an ethic: First, do no harm. — Silicon Valley has an ethos: Build it first and ask for forgiveness later. Tweets: @ibogost , @mustafasuleymn , @zeynep ...
Facebook's status update box gets a new Lists feature for making and sharing text lists about anything, rolling out to some users now
Facebook's status update box is getting a new feature called Lists, which begins rolling out today. This is the first major update to the entry field since …
Researchers: cyberattack caused disruption to Pyeongchang2018.com and local internet, which grounded drones and more during Winter Olympics' opening ceremony
UPDATED USA Today : Olympic officials: Winter Games hit with cyber attack during opening ceremony Motherboard : Researchers: We Found the Olympic-Disrupting Malware Alfred Ng / CNET : Winter Olympics ...
ARM unveils Project Trillium, a new mobile AI chip family, with a ML chip design coming in mid-2018 and an object detection chip design coming in Q1
Today's Arm announcement is a bit out of the norm for the company, as it's the first in a series of staggered releases of information.
San Francisco-based customer support software startup UJET raises $25M Series B led by GV with participation from Kleiner Perkins and others
UJET, a startup that makes software to improve customer support, said today that it's raised a $25 million Series B led by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures).
Source: Snap's VP of Sales Jeff Lucas has left the company after joining less than two years ago
Alex Heath / Cheddar :
Facebook hasn't figured out how to measure “meaningful social interactions” after big News Feed update, wants to build section inside Watch tab for news video
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
US defense contractor General Dynamics to acquire government IT services provider CSRA for $6.8B, making it the second largest provider of federal IT services
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Seed-stage VC firm Homebrew announces it has closed a $90M fund, its third after raising $50M in 2015 and $35M in 2013
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Three European regulators warn residents about the risks of virtual currencies, cite pricing bubble concerns and lack of legal protection from losses
Bitcoin moved further above … Stephen Shankland / CNET : Beware cryptocurrencies, European authorities warn Thomas Delahunty / NewsBTC : European Supervisory Authorities “Concerned” About Cryptocurren...
Snap opens its Marketing API, which lets third-parties deliver ads on behalf of others, to all developers, after a limited launch in 2016
Snap is opening its Marketing API for all developers to use, the company announced today. — Snapchat first opened its API to a limited number …
Microsoft says it will add Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this summer
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Uber will require drivers in the US to take six-hour breaks after driving a total of 12 hours in a single shift
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OLED microdisplay maker eMagin disputes reports, says it's not aware of Apple, Valve, or LG investing in recent secondary offering; source: Apple did not invest
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Open source database platform InfluxData raises $35M Series C led by SAP's Sapphire Ventures, says 120K sites and 400 businesses use its platform
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Another cryptocurrency startup, LoopX, pulls exit scam, deleting its site and online accounts after raising $4.5M in a series of ICOs in January
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After sexual assault allegation against BetterWorks' CEO, sources say the firm lost ~12 clients, reducing its revenue by 5-10%, and fundraising was put on hold
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg :
Instagram tests a feature showing users who has taken screenshots of their stories
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Google's Cloud TPUs, hardware accelerators custom-built to speed up TensorFlow ML workloads, are now available in beta, starting at $6.50 per Cloud TPU per hour
Source: Amazon is designing its own AI chip for use in Echo and other Alexa-powered devices, following its 2015 acquisition of chip maker Annapurna Labs
AMD unveils Ryzen “Raven Ridge” desktop APUs with Radeon Vega graphics, ranging from $99 to $169, to shake up the entry-level and mid-range desktop PC market
Snap Map now available on its own site and embeddable online as individual stories, a collection from a location or event, or stories from a specific area
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Equifax hires Jamil Farshchi as its chief information security officer; Farshchi was previously Home Depot's CISO and held similar roles at Time Warner, Visa
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal :
Report: iOS 12 features include tool to show parents their kids' screen-on-time, Animoji in FaceTime, multiplayer AR, new Stocks app, new Do Not Disturb options
Facebook is promoting its user data-tracking Onavo VPN, which it acquired in 2013, under a “Protect” tab within its main mobile app on iOS
YapStone has raised $71M in Series C financing, aiming for $100M+, to take on PayPal, Stripe, and more in marketplace payments
XebiaLabs, a Boston-based startup helping companies automate DevOps functions, lands $100M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel
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