U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group. PayPal said it would forgo…
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It had been rumored for a while, but Uber officially confirmed today that it is expanding beyond on-demand transport and into on-demand staffing for the recruitment industry. The move represents a natural evolution both for Uber and the…
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An Indian startup that is increasingly posing a threat to established food and grocery delivery businesses and e-commerce giants just closed a new financing round to expand its business in the nation. Bangalore-based Dunzo said today it…
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A hacking group that appears to be linked to the Iranian government has carried out a campaign against a U.S. presidential campaign, Microsoft said on Friday. Microsoft saw “significant” cyber activity by the group that also targeted…
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In recent years, Italy has launched investigations into Apple, Amazon and Facebook, resulting in settlements and back taxes. The country is now turning its focus to Netflix. On Thursday (3 October), it was reported that Italian prosecutors…
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Oneiro, a blockchain solution company, secured a $5 million investment from Cosimo Ventures. Total investment of $8 million In an Oct. 3 press release, Boston-based provider of high-performance blockchain solutions Oneiro announced that it…
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This year’s Microsoft surface event was full of surprises. The most unexpected device announced was the Microsoft Surface Duo, which has been rumored for a while now, but nobody expected it to be a dual-screen folding smartphone. Featuring…
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During the Surface Pro X unveiling yesterday, Microsoft showed off new eye gaze technology. The feature taps AI to adjust the appearance of your eyes so it seems you’re looking straight at the camera when you’re on a conference call. We…
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Google said it would integrate the tool, which is designed to warn people if their usernames and passwords were stolen in data breaches, into its Password Manager on Wednesday. Password Checkup was first released as a Google Chrome…
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Deliveroo’s revenues and losses grew rapidly in 2018, demonstrating both the soaring popularity of food delivery services and the financial fragility of these disruptive businesses. London-based Deliveroo reported today that sales rose to…
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Blocko, a South Korean blockchain provider, launched in the United Arab Emirates after securing $16 million in funding. Building full-scale enterprise blockchain solutions On Oct. 2, Middle Eastern business publication Arabian Business…
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Cloud services and the adoption of apps that rely on them are continue to grow in popularity, but a persistent theme in enterprise technology has been that a lot of organizations still continue to use legacy software and architectures, for…
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Google needs our data to run its business, but it’s not going to get it unless people trust the company has good intentions. Naturally, Google has always tried to give us some control over what happens to our personal info, and it’s…
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With the current situation of data breaches and data thefts, Google is trying to keep tabs on its user’s passwords to notify them whether their information has been compromised. According to a report by Engadget, at least one quarter…
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Google is kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month by rolling out new tools that give customers greater control over their privacy when using Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Assistant. The company has confirmed that it’s launching…
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“It’s almost like the Explore Tab that we have on Instagram” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in leaked audio of him describing TikTok during an all-hands meeting. But it’s not. TikTok represents a new form of social entertainment that’s…
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The increasing prevalence of data science coupled with a recent proliferation of privacy scandals is driving demand for secure and accessible synthetic data. Synthetic data is artificially generated to replicate the statistical components…
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Roughly a year ago, ahead of the launch of its ML Kit machine learning tools for Firebase, Google debuted Cloud AutoML, a cloud platform for creating custom AI models. Since then, the Mountain View company has nearly continually added…
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Training powerful text to speech models requires sufficiently powerful hardware. A recent study published by OpenAI drives the point home it found that since 2012, the amount of compute used in the largest runs grew by more than 300,000…
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Homes and businesses in Southampton are set to have access to internet download speeds 20 times the current national average. It is being offered at the start of a national rollout of gigabit broadband by Virgin Media, which has pledged to…
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According to Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, 80% of the product’s users rely on it, at least partially, for work. It makes sense, then, that the company is refocusing to try and cement its spot in the workplace; to shed its image as “just” a…
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If you’re into live-streaming video games, you’ve probably heard of Streamlabs. They make a popular, free software tool for overlaying content on top of whatever game you’re playing, allowing streamers to pop everything from sponsorship…
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have been criticised for using online translation tools to vet immigrants' social media posts. A staff manual said pasting text into tools such as Google Translate and Bing was "the most…
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U.S. antitrust actions and privacy regulation create opportunities for privacy-first innovation After passively watching for many years as tech giants developed dominant market positions that threaten consumer privacy and stifle…
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Google has released a database of 3,000 deepfakes - videos that use artificial intelligence to alter faces or to make people say things they never did. The videos are of actors and use a variety of publicly available tools to alter their…
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