Day: October 24, 2018

    • Amazon says Alexa for Business now works with any device with Alexa built in, including 3rd-party devices; the program was previously restricted to Echo devices (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet)

    Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: Amazon says Alexa for Business now works with any device with Alexa built in, including 3rd-party devices; the program was previously restricted to Echo devices  —  Device makers building with the Alexa Voice Service have an opportunity to reach new enterprise customers. Amazon says Alexa for Business now works with any

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    • Sources: Facebook is working on a new TikTok-like music app to let users record and share videos of themselves lip-syncing or dancing to popular songs (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Sources: Facebook is working on a new TikTok-like music app to let users record and share videos of themselves lip-syncing or dancing to popular songs  —  Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 8 hours  —  Codenamed Lasso, Facebook is working on a new app that it hopes could win back the attention …

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    • Boston-based DataRobot, which makes tools for enterprises to automate building machine learning models, raises $100M Series D, bringing total raised to $225M (Brian Dowling/Xconomy)

    Brian Dowling / Xconomy: Boston-based DataRobot, which makes tools for enterprises to automate building machine learning models, raises $100M Series D, bringing total raised to $225M  —  Boston startup DataRobot wrapped up a new $100 million funding round, injecting more cash into what was already one of the region’s biggest bets … Boston-based DataRobot, which

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    • Waymo updates guide detailing how its self-driving cars will react when it is being pulled over by police and what first responders should do in case of a crash (Jake Holmes/CNET)

    Jake Holmes / CNET: Waymo updates guide detailing how its self-driving cars will react when it is being pulled over by police and what first responders should do in case of a crash  —  Every new driver learns to pull over and stop when a police car blaring red-and-blues approaches. Waymo updates guide detailing how

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    3D Printed Bridge Goes Dutch

    If you’ve ever been to Amsterdam, you know there are plenty of canals and, therefore, plenty of bridges. Next year, a unique pedestrian bridge in the old city center will go into service. The stainless steel bridge will be 3D printed and also embed a number of sensors that will collect data that the printer

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    • Cybersecurity giant Check Point buys Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Dome9; initial cash considerations priced deal at $175M (The Times of Israel)

    The Times of Israel: Cybersecurity giant Check Point buys Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Dome9; initial cash considerations priced deal at $175M  —  Cybersecurity giant acquires Tel Aviv based Dome9 in cash, stock and options; Checkpoint third quarter earnings per share up 6% year on year Cybersecurity giant Check Point buys Tel Aviv-based cloud security

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    • Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google's core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI (Christina Farr/CNBC)

    Christina Farr / CNBC: Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google’s core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI  —  – The move signals that Anthem is making investments in both its core technology and customer experience. Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for

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    • Responding to Tim Cook's privacy speech, ex-Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out Apple's anti-privacy moves in China and tech media for ignoring them in coverage (Michelle Castillo/CNBC)

    Michelle Castillo / CNBC: Responding to Tim Cook’s privacy speech, ex-Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out Apple’s anti-privacy moves in China and tech media for ignoring them in coverage  —  – Former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos said on Twitter Apple needs to “come clean” about how it blocks ways … Responding to Tim

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    • Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline (New York Times)

    New York Times: Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing

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    • Tomorrow’s telescopes will be planet-sized quantum teleportation devices

    A team of researchers from Harvard recently published early work indicating a complex theory of quantum physics could be exploited to create huge, high resolution telescopes. Astronomers of the future will see the distant reaches of our universe through the magic of teleportation. Technically, it’s called “entanglement,” but it works pretty much like teleportation. Basically

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    • Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents' News Feeds starting next week (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week  —  Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours  —  Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro

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    Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents' News Feeds starting next week (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    {$inline_image} Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week  —  Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours  —  Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera

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