Microsoft continues to retire components of Groove Music with no more streaming OneDrive music from March 31. Windows 10 users: We're killing OneDrive Groove Music streaming, says Microsoft Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWhile I was growing up, a weekend wasn’t complete without a trip to the library. With my allowance jingling in my pocket, I could rent a VHS or CD for just a few coins. And, of course, books were free (provided you returned them on time, which I seldom did). But now, in a world
Read MoreFacebook’s used its machine learning technology to try and tackle hate speech and fake accounts — but now it’s turning its focus on fighting revenge porn. In an announcement last week, the company said that it’s introducing new technology to remove non-consensual intimate photos and videos from its platform. The social network claims that the new AI will
Read MoreJohn Koblin / New York Times: An overview of Apple’s big spending plan to challenge streaming incumbents like Netflix, ahead of its March 25 “It’s show time” event — Apple is coming to Hollywood. — Delete that. — Hollywood is going to Apple. — On March 25, a delegation of producers … An overview of
Read MoreAndrii Degeler / Tech.eu: UKCloud, which provides cloud infrastructure for the public sector, raises £25M from Digital Alpha — British cloud infrastructure provider for the public sector UKCloud has landed a £25 million funding round from Digital Alpha. The company is working with the UK’s health … UKCloud, which provides cloud infrastructure for the public
Read MorePlantronics and Polycom are relaunching as Poly to focus on providing collaboration and communication tools for the modern workspace. Plantronics is transforming into a 'new' brand called Poly – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: OneWeb, which recently launched its first constellation of micro-satellites to provide global internet access, raises $1.25B to begin mass producing satellites — OneWeb, a space startup that recently launched its first “constellation” of micro-satellites to deliver broadband access across the globe … OneWeb, which recently launched its first constellation of micro-satellites
Read MoreWindows 10 version 1903, which will probably be officially dubbed the April 2019 Update, begins rolling out soon. Here are some of the new capabilities you can expect in yet another feature-packed semi-annual release. (This gallery is based on a near-final Insider Preview release.) Windows 10 April 2019 Update: The new features that matter most
Read MoreOn Monday, the university will launch the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, a sprawling think tank that aims to become an interdisciplinary hub. Stanford helped pioneer artificial intelligence. Now the university wants to put humans at its center. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRobotic arms are fascinating devices, capable of immense speed and precision when carrying out their tasks. They’re also capable of carrying great loads, and a full-sized industrial robot in operation at maximum pace is a sight to behold. However, while it’s simple to design grippers to move strong metal objects, picking up delicate or soft
Read MoreBloomberg: Filing: Lyft is seeking to raise as much as $2.1B at a valuation of up to $18.5B in its IPO, offering 30.8M shares at $62-$68 each — Lyft Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $2.1 billion in its initial public offering, valuing the firm at up to $18.5 billion. Filing: Lyft is
Read MoreGoogle is teleporting in at GDC 2019 with Project Stream and Project Yeti news, so let’s take stock of what’s available now. Before Google's big cloud gaming launch, here's the state of streaming game services – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Fidelity National has agreed to acquire Worldpay for ~$34B in cash and stock, in the biggest deal ever in the booming international payments sector — Fidelity National Information Services Inc. agreed to combine with Worldpay Inc. for about $43 billion including debt … Fidelity National has agreed to acquire Worldpay for ~B in cash
Read MoreThe online store went down on Monday. Apple Store down as iPad update rumors swirl – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new recut or repackaged version of the video showing the massacre was uploaded to YouTube every second, chief product officer Neal Mohan said in an interview with The Washington Post, offering the first detailed account of how the crisis unfolded inside the world’s largest video site. Inside YouTube’s struggles to shut down video of
Read MoreThe success of NASA’s MarCO mission means that so-called cubesats likely will travel to distant reaches of our solar system. Space Is Very Big. Some of Its New Explorers Will Be Tiny. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJoe McKendrick / ZDNet: Survey of 500 IT executives finds 58% of enterprises deploy a new build daily, and 26% at least hourly, but only about one-third support continuous testing — Survey finds enterprises refresh software at least once day, but less than one-third support continuous testing. Survey of 500 IT executives finds 58% of
Read MoreNot that it’s something the average Hackaday reader is unaware of, but the Raspberry Pi is a rather popular device. While we don’t have hard numbers to back it up (extra credit for anyone who wishes to crunch the numbers), it certainly seems a day doesn’t go by that there isn’t a Raspberry Pi story
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Ransom.Ploc Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRyan Merkley / Creative Commons: Creative Commons says copyright can’t protect photos from being used for facial recognition, like IBM did, and that public policy should address privacy issues — Yesterday, NBC News published a story about IBM’s work on improving diversity in facial recognition technology and the dataset that they gathered to further this
Read MoreOlga Kharif / Bloomberg: A look at BNB, a coin from Binance, the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by trading volume, which has more than tripled in value in the last three months — – Binance Coin has tripled in value in the past three months — Buyback renews questions of whether the token is a
Read MoreDan Falk / Quanta Magazine: A look at how AI is being used in science, from probing the evolution of galaxies and calculating quantum wave functions to discovering new chemical compounds — The latest AI algorithms are probing the evolution of galaxies, calculating quantum wave functions, discovering new chemical compounds and more. A look at
Read MoreA team at Harvard has released a study on panther worms which revealed a regenerative master switch called early growth response, or EGR. Scientists are discovering the secrets behind whole-body DNA regeneration – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLilach Baumer / CTech – 24/7: Lightbits Labs comes out of stealth, says it has raised $50M led by Dell EMC, Cisco, Micron, and others for its datacenter software with “hardware acceleration” — Co-founded by celebrated Israeli entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz, the datacenter software company counts heavyweights Cisco, Dell, and Micron as backers Lightbits Labs comes
Read MoreInspiration runs on its own schedule: great ideas don’t always arrive in a timely manner. Such was the case with [Daren Schwenke]’s notion for creating a 3D-printed blooming rose for his valentine, a plan which came about on February 13. Inspired by [Jiří Praus]’s animated wireframe tulip, [Daren] figured he could make a rose from
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