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    • Microsoft and Qualcomm's Vision AI Developer Kit, which can run containerized Azure AI services locally, now available for $249 with Snapdragon 603, 8MP camera (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Microsoft and Qualcomm’s Vision AI Developer Kit, which can run containerized Azure AI services locally, now available for $249 with Snapdragon 603, 8MP camera  —  In May 2018 during its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm to develop … Microsoft and Qualcomm's Vision AI Developer

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    • The downloads of Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses a peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network, have spiked amid protests in Hong Kong (John Koetsier/Forbes)

    John Koetsier / Forbes: The downloads of Bridgefy’s Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses a peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network, have spiked amid protests in Hong Kong  —  John Koetsier is a journalist, analyst, author, and speaker.  —  How do you communicate when the government censors the internet? The downloads of Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based messaging app, which uses

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    • A look at life under governments that use internet blackouts, as a watchdog documented 196+ shutdowns across 25 countries in 2018, up from 75 shutdowns in 2016 (Patrick Kingsley/New York Times)

    Patrick Kingsley / New York Times: A look at life under governments that use internet blackouts, as a watchdog documented 196+ shutdowns across 25 countries in 2018, up from 75 shutdowns in 2016  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe — When Zimbabwe turned off the internet during a recent crackdown, Obert Masaraure, a prominent government critic … A

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