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Monday, December 05, 2016
5 December - Pale Moon Start Page Tech News
Emotibot wants to help chatbots know how you really feel
Emotional intelligence is a hard thing to achieve, even in humans. But
it’s especially difficult in robots, and maybe even more so in
chatbots, whose available tools for picking up on emotional cues are
quite limited. Emotibot is a Chinese startup focused on making sure
personal assistants, chatbot...
NFL games come to CBS’s streaming service, starting this Sunday
CBS this week announced a significant deal with the NFL that could
bring more subscribers to its over-the-top streaming service aimed at
cord cutters, CBS All Access. Starting this Sunday, viewers will be able
to watch all NFL games on CBS via the service, including regular,
preseason, and postseas...
Snapchat will make Los Angeles a stronger tech hub
If you were to write a history of Silicon Valley, you could do it by
looking at a series of major diaspora. Companies like Google, Yahoo,
Oracle and PayPal attract top talent for years; when they reach maturity
or a major liquidity event, their talent disperses and germinates into
the next generati...
Hands On With DirecTV Now, AT&T’s new streaming service for cord cutters
This week, AT&T unveiled its new TV streaming service for cord
cutters, who aren’t ready to subsist entirely on Netflix, YouTube and
whatever else they can watch for free around the web. Launched on
Tuesday, DirecTV Now offers access to over 120 live TV channels, in
addition to on-demand progra...
Robots, jobs and the human fear of change
When it comes to technology’s impact on the economy, there continues
to be concern that robots and other advances will lead to unemployment.
But what does history really tell us about the impact of new
technologies on jobs and the economy? And more importantly, what happens
to America’s ability to ...
Disrupt Hackathon app Notim.press/ed algorithmically detects fake news
Fake news is a moving target. Greedy publishers constantly start new
websites of deceit, preventing manual blacklists from keeping up. That’s
why one TechCrunch Disrupt London Hackathon team took an algorithmic
approach to detecting fake news. Notim.press/ed (a clever URL that reads
“Not Impressed”...
Jooble makes finding jobs easier in developing countries
According to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson, there are 2.6
billion smartphone subscriptions globally, and that number looks to jump
to 6.1 billion smartphone users 2020, with much of the growth coming
from developing countries. What that means: people who haven’t had
access to modern luxu...
How will Silicon Valley respond to Trump?
Capital founding partner Freada Kapor Klein isn’t happy. Klein, one of
technology’s leading social activists and impact investors, has been
“deeply troubled” by the election of Donald Trump. She is particularly
disgusted by what she calls the “unleashing” of “horrific behavior”
since the election, ...
VeeCee gives kids a shoppable wish list with virtual currency
Giving kids a new way to get the things they want, with greater
parental oversight, VeeCee is a hack created by a four-person team from
London’s Barking Dagenham suburbs. The group’s pitch was handled by
12-year-old, Ebenezer Odubanjo — the youngest presenter at this year’s
Disrupt London hackathon....
Red carpet roundup: Silicon Valley goes Hollywood for 2017 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
Covering a red carpet isn’t usually a skill in the repertoire of tech
journalists, but it’s also not every day that you get to see Vin Diesel
and Kevin Durant on the same stage as Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan
and Sergey Brin. If the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is nerd prom,
the Breakthrou...
We need new candidates to run for office, and startups can help
This presidential election pitted two candidates who were the #1 and
#2 most disliked candidates, EVER, for president.
Why is this happening in our golden age of technology, when information
is widespread and organizing easier than ever? Read More
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