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Interview with CTO of Pentagon's Joint AI Center Nand Mulchandani about the center's work and its new Silicon Valley-like organizational structure and workflows (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: Interview with CTO of Pentagon’s Joint AI Center Nand Mulchandani about the center’s work and its new Silicon Valley-like organizational structure and workflows  —  It was a busy week for defense-focused AI: DarwinAI signed a partnership with Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor … Interview with CTO of Pentagon's Joint

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Instagram appears to more often flag photos of plus-size bodies, as experts believe its content moderation AI equates more skin with excessive nudity (Lauren Strapagiel/BuzzFeed News)

Lauren Strapagiel / BuzzFeed News: Instagram appears to more often flag photos of plus-size bodies, as experts believe its content moderation AI equates more skin with excessive nudity  —  In 2018, influencer Katana Fatale was in Hawaii in an outdoor shower, and the light was just right.  —  She set her phone on a chair,

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A look at webcam supply chain issues as ecommerce tracking firm CommerceIQ finds 78% of views on webcam product pages showed out of stock in the week of May 9 (Rachel Lerman/Washington Post)

Rachel Lerman / Washington Post: A look at webcam supply chain issues as ecommerce tracking firm CommerceIQ finds 78% of views on webcam product pages showed out of stock in the week of May 9  —  Webcams are back-ordered and sold out across the Internet as we struggle to look our best on camera while

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Startup Genome study finds global VC funding fell 20% since the onset of COVID-19 in December 2019 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Startup Genome study finds global VC funding fell 20% since the onset of COVID-19 in December 2019  —  Global venture capital funding has dropped by 20% since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in December 2019, according to a new report by Startup Genome.  —  The drop was even more pronounced

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Jailbreaking team Unc0ver has released a tool that will jailbreak most versions of iOS from 11 to 13.5; the tool makes use of a 0-day flaw in the iOS kernel (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Jailbreaking team Unc0ver has released a tool that will jailbreak most versions of iOS from 11 to 13.5; the tool makes use of a 0-day flaw in the iOS kernel  —  The Unc0ver tool works on all versions of iOS from 11 to 13.5, the current release.  —  Over the

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New York City-based Spruce, whose tech helps buyers, sellers, and lenders digitize paperwork for completing real estate transactions, raises $29M Series B (Danny Crichton/TechCrunch)

Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: New York City-based Spruce, whose tech helps buyers, sellers, and lenders digitize paperwork for completing real estate transactions, raises $29M Series B  —  Real estate is one of those classic industries we always talk about in Silicon Valley: multi-trillion dollars in scale in terms … New York City-based Spruce, whose tech

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