The social network sometimes tracks the location of users and ex-employees if the threat appears credible, CNBC reports. Facebook keeps a list of people who are potential threats to its employees – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreIt just froze Incredibles 2 out of the top spot. Frozen 2 sets record for most watched animated trailer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOpenAI offers only a peek behind the curtain, saying it’s worried about bad actors creating “deceptive, biased, or abusive language at scale.” Musk-backed AI group: Our text generator is so good it's scary – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: JibJab, one of the first companies that let people insert selfies into videos, GIFs and e-cards, has been acquired by Catapult Capital for an undisclosed sum — JibJab, one of the first companies that let people insert selfies into videos, gifs, and e-cards, has been acquired by Catapult Capital. JibJab, one
Read MoreMost of use read and comment on Hackaday from the desktop, while we let our mind work through the perplexing compiler errors, wait for that 3D print to finish, or lay out the next PCB. But more and more people discovering Hackaday for the first time are arriving here on mobile devices, and now they’ll
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Nvidia Q4: revenue of $2.21B, down 24% YoY, vs. $2.20B est., gaming revenue of $954M, vs. $1.21B est., and net income of $567M; stock up 6%+ after hours — – The company beat expectations on the top and bottom lines after providing updated guidance last month. Nvidia Q4: revenue of .21B,
Read MoreFacebook’s actions and public statements are facing inquiries from several federal agencies regarding the mishandling of millions of users’ personal data. Facebook targeted in federal investigation of Cambridge Analytica Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: the FTC and Facebook are negotiating a record multi-billion dollar fine to settle the agency’s investigation into the company’s privacy practices — The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency’s investigation … Sources: the FTC and Facebook are negotiating
Read MoreThe fine would be the largest the agency has ever imposed on a technology company, but the two sides have not yet agreed on an exact amount. Facebook has expressed initial concern with the FTC’s demands, one of the people said. If talks break down, the FTC could take the matter to court in what
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: DriveNets, which builds cloud-based network management tools for carriers, emerges from stealth, raises $110M, source says at a valuation between $300M to $500M — Software is eating the world, and today a startup that’s taking this maxim to the world of telecoms has raised a big round of funding as it
Read MoreRISC-V is the new hotness, and companies are churning out code and announcements, but little actual hardware. Eventually, we’re going to get to the point where RISC-V microcontrollers and SoCs cost just a few bucks. This day might be here, with Seeed’s Sipeed MAix modules. it’s a RISC-V chip you can buy right now, the
Read MoreIt was just a few months ago that Canon introduced its first full-frame mirrorless camera, the EOS R. The company’s previous mirrorless cameras gave you little reason to choose them over one of its DSLRs, but the EOS R was a sign the company was finally ready to prioritize mirrorless technology. The problem was the
Read MoreHalf a century after Apollo 11, the space agency is pushing hard to start establishing a permanent presence on the lunar surface as soon as possible. NASA aims to return to the moon this year. Really – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: OpenAI says it won’t release the dataset behind GPT-2, its new text generator algorithm that can write, translate, and summarize text, due to fears of misuse — OpenAI’s researchers knew they were on to something when their language modeling program wrote a convincing essay on a topic they disagreed with.
Read MorePlus, Android app tracking and Google’s US expansion. Apple will finally tell us why it spent B on video (The 3:59, Ep. 521) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSalvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Sources: Facebook keeps a “lookout” list of ex-employees and users who made threats against the company, and sometimes uses its products to track their location — – Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must “be on lookout” for that is comprised … Sources: Facebook keeps a "lookout"
Read MoreThat’s better than a lot of the competition, including the Chevy Bolt EV. 2020 Kia Soul EV gets 243-mile EPA driving range – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe companies are facing pressure to remove the app from their stores. Google, Apple investigate whether to pull app reportedly used to track Saudi women – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company has a large showroom in NYC, but the stores are the first Samsung-run locations you can actually buy its devices. Samsung moves into retail with three stores in malls – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Pinpoint, which is building a data analytics platform for software engineering, raises $13.5M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners — For those without the technical know-how, software development — which more often than not involves a tangled web of commits, reviews, bug testing … Pinpoint, which is building a data
Read MoreMicrosoft is planning a day-long launch event for Visual Studio 2019, the latest release of its developer platform, on April 2. Microsoft to launch Visual Studio 2019 on April 2 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: DigitalOcean launches a managed database service, supporting only PostgreSQL with more coming soon — DigitalOcean started as an affordable but basic virtual private server offering with a pleasant user interface. Over the last few years, the company started adding features like object and block storage … DigitalOcean launches a managed database
Read MoreThe agency wants to crush unwanted robo-calls and texts as it escalates the war against scammers. Foreign robo-callers could face fines under the FCC’s proposed rules Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreEvery year at Superconference, Editor-in-Chief Mike Szczys gets the chance to talk about what we think are the biggest, most important themes in the Hackaday universe. This year’s talk was about science and technology, and more importantly who gets to be involved in building the future. Spoiler: all of us! Hackaday has always stood for
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