Kemet - Hackdot

Republicans keep misunderstanding the law that protects internet platforms

Posted by Kemet on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:20AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/28/18115776/josh-hawley-section-230-ted-cruz-republicans-internet-liability

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Black Friday predicted to hit $5.9B in online sales, $645M spent so far

Posted by Kemet on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:16AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/23/black-friday-ecommerce/

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US government reportedly tries to persuade allies to stop using Huawei equipment

Posted by Kemet on Friday November 23, 2018 @08:20AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/23/18108649/us-government-huawei-ban-allies-use-subsidies

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World Bank pulls $300m Tanzania loan over pregnant schoolgirl ban

Posted by Kemet on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:19AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/15/world-bank-pulls-300m-tanzania-loan-over-pregnant-schoolgirl-ban

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Apple falls below $1tn despite revenue and profit rise

Posted by Kemet on Friday November 02, 2018 @05:12AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46066977

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Uber vice president resigns after sexual misconduct allegations

Posted by Kemet on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:47AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/uber-vice-president-resigns-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

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Oppo O-Free Review: The $100 AirPods for Android

Posted by Kemet on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:50AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/19/17998552/oppo-o-free-wireless-earbuds-vs-airpods-review

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North Korean hacker crew steals $571M in cryptocurrency across 5 attacks

Posted by Kemet on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:14AM
from the itechnologyupdates.com dept.

https://www.itechnologyupdates.com/north-korean-hacker-crew-steals-571m-in-cryptocurrency-across-5-attacks.html

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Why so many tech companies are creating shows

Posted by Kemet on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:37PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/18/why-so-many-tech-companies-are-creating-shows/

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Facebook in fresh video metrics row

Posted by Kemet on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:12PM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45901287

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Improving AI language understanding by combining multiple word representations

Posted by Kemet on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @07:22AM
from the code.fb.com dept.

https://code.fb.com/ai-research/dynamic-meta-embeddings/

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Microsoft tackles 'horrifying' Bing search results

Posted by Kemet on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:50AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45823452

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Ask HN:What are some deep-tech,dev. oriented, not so big conferences in the US?

Posted by Kemet on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @04:24AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey folks, I really hope you could give me some tips about the deep-tech, developer focused conferences in the US. I am looking for something not so big (max. 600 attendees, better less). I appreciate all your comments!

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IPCC: Climate scientists consider ‘life changing’ report

Posted by Kemet on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:35AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45653099

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Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for Common Voice

Posted by Kemet on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:30AM
from the blog.mozilla.org dept.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/10/fast-company-innovation-by-design-award-for-common-voice/

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EU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming services

Posted by Kemet on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:04AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/05/eu-to-move-ahead-with-cultural-quotas-for-streaming-services/

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Unprofitable Tencent-Backed Meituan Takes Orders for $4.4B IPO

Posted by Kemet on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @06:37AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/tencent-backed-meituan-starts-taking-orders-for-4-4-billion-ipo?srnd=technology-vp

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Unsupervised machine translation

Posted by Kemet on Friday August 31, 2018 @12:25PM
from the code.fb.com dept.

https://code.fb.com/ai-research/unsupervised-machine-translation-a-novel-approach-to-provide-fast-accurate-translations-for-more-languages/

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Euro area unemployment at 8.2% – EU28 at 6.8%

Posted by Kemet on Friday August 31, 2018 @05:50AM
from the europa.eu dept.

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-18-5361_en.htm

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How data collection can be useful to business and respectful of people’s privacy

Posted by Kemet on Friday August 31, 2018 @05:47AM
from the blog.mozilla.org dept.

https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2018/08/28/rebecca-weiss/

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Walmart.com now sells Handy’s installation and assembly services

Posted by Kemet on Thursday August 30, 2018 @11:33AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/30/walmart-com-now-sells-handys-installation-and-assembly-services/

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Building Cooperation and Trust into the Web with IPFS

Posted by Kemet on Thursday August 30, 2018 @11:20AM
from the hacks.mozilla.org dept.

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/08/dweb-building-cooperation-and-trust-into-the-web-with-ipfs/

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CAE’s training simulators make us safer – from the hospitals to the heavens

Posted by Kemet on Thursday August 30, 2018 @10:55AM
from the news.microsoft.com dept.

https://news.microsoft.com/transform/videos/cae-training-simulators-make-us-safer/

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Bark brings in $9M to help parents track their kids’ online activity

Posted by Kemet on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:24AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/29/bark-brings-in-9m-to-help-parents-track-their-kids-online-activity/

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The green box represents everything wrong with Australia's internet

Posted by Kemet on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @08:35AM
from the cnet.com dept.

https://www.cnet.com/news/kellyville-green-box-represents-everything-wrong-with-australia-internet-speeds-nbn/

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More efficient security for cloud-based machine learning

Posted by Kemet on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:45AM
from the sciencedaily.com dept.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180817125349.htm

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Google is developing an experimental podcast app called Shortwave

Posted by Kemet on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:31AM
from the theverge.com dept.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/21/17763540/google-shortwave-music-app-player-trademark

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Ants show 'lazy' approach may be best for digging

Posted by Kemet on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:40AM
from the bbc.com dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45214560

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RDMD attacks rare diseases with data mined from health records

Posted by Kemet on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:14AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/20/rdmd/

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Tweetbot loses several key features ahead of Twitter’s API change

Posted by Kemet on Thursday August 16, 2018 @04:20AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/15/tweetbot-loses-several-key-features-ahead-of-twitters-api-change/

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