Author: Tech Support

    • Tim Cook's claim in an internal email that the banned app in Hong Kong "was being used maliciously to target individual officers for violence" doesn't add up (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

    John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Tim Cook’s claim in an internal email that the banned app in Hong Kong “was being used maliciously to target individual officers for violence” doesn’t add up  —  I’ve seen a copy of Cook’s company-wide email, and the copy reproduced here is accurate. Tim Cook's claim in an internal email

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    The Next Generation Arduino Nano

    While we certainly do love the Arduino Nano for its low-cost and versatility in projects, it’s unarguable that every tools has its gripes. For one maker in particular, there were enough complaints to merit a redesign of the entire board. While Arduino may or may not be interested in incorporating these changes into a redesign

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    • RigUp, a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry, raises $300M Series D led by a16z, report says at a valuation of $1.9B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: RigUp, a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry, raises $300M Series D led by a16z, report says at a valuation of $1.9B  —  Austin is hot this month, and we’re not just talking about the temperature.  —  Two days ago, we wrote about AI

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    • Apple adds a new option in iOS 13.2 beta that allows users to delete their Siri and Dictation history and opt out of sharing audio recordings (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

    Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple adds a new option in iOS 13.2 beta that allows users to delete their Siri and Dictation history and opt out of sharing audio recordings  —  Today’s iOS 13.2 beta introduces a new option that allows iPhone and iPad users to delete their Siri and Dictation history and opt out

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    • Nerd Street Gamers raises $12M Series A from Five Below and others, to build esports Localhost facilities that house leagues, training camps, and tournaments (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

    Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nerd Street Gamers raises $12M Series A from Five Below and others, to build esports Localhost facilities that house leagues, training camps, and tournaments  —  Nerd Street Gamers has raised $12 million in funding from Philadelphia retailer Five Below (and others) to build esports Localhost facilities … Nerd Street Gamers raises

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    • Facebook unveils Captum, a PyTorch tool to help developers understand decisions made by ML models, adds PyTorch support for app deployment on iOS and Android (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

    Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Facebook unveils Captum, a PyTorch tool to help developers understand decisions made by ML models, adds PyTorch support for app deployment on iOS and Android  —  Facebook Inc. today updated its popular artificial intelligence software framework PyTorch with support for new features that enable … Facebook unveils Captum, a PyTorch tool

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    • Facebook launches PyTorch 1.3, the latest version of its open-source deep learning library with quantization and support for use of Google Cloud TPUs (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

    Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: Facebook launches PyTorch 1.3, the latest version of its open-source deep learning library with quantization and support for use of Google Cloud TPUs  —  Facebook today released the latest version of its deep learning library PyTorch with quantization and Google Cloud TPU support for speedier training of machine learning models. Facebook

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    MouseBelt Builds Education Alliance to Drive Blockchain Innovation

    Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt is putting together a network of industry leaders tasked with supporting blockchain innovation in higher education. The Blockchain Education Alliance will work to “provide university students with the connections and knowledge necessary to enter the workforce with practicable blockchain skills to contribute to the growing industry,” according to a news announcement. MouseBelt

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    Surveillance contractor that violated rules by copying traveler images, license plates can continue to work with CBP

    The breach cast a spotlight on a troubling fact for federal lawmakers and privacy advocates: The privately maintained surveillance systems that the government relies on for its wide-reaching security mandate are expanding so quickly, and often without oversight, that it can be hard for the public to keep track. Surveillance contractor that violated rules by

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    • Pinterest says its use of AI to identify and hide content that displays or encourages self-injury reduced reports of self-harm content by 88% (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Pinterest says its use of AI to identify and hide content that displays or encourages self-injury reduced reports of self-harm content by 88%  —  Today’s World Mental Health Day, a day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma first celebrated in 1992 … Pinterest says its use

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