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- This company is using facial recognition to fight human trafficking
We’ve heard so many stories lately about the frankly horrifying degree to which facial recognition leads to tracking or privacy invasions. But a startup specializing in AI is instead leveraging facial recognition technology to find human trafficking victims. Marinus Analytics is a startup that li... - Google’s testing a new app that takes the pain out of the NYC subway
The subway system is both the best and worst thing about living in NYC. As convenient and practical as it is, it’s also prone to interminable delays, rerouting, annoying passengers/performers and general unpleasantness. Though I think we New Yorkers tend to take it for granted, there’s no questio... - Ripple CEO: Bitcoin’s influence over cryptocurrency prices is almost over
- Here’s why that $27k Star Citizen pack makes perfect sense
- ASUS’ new motherboard is designed specifically for cryptocurrency mining
- Hands-on: The new Razer Blade is a sleek gaming laptop with tiny bezels
- Apple, Microsoft, and USB-IF team up to standardize braille displays
- It’s time to humanize the mobile customer journey
- Our favorite talks from TNW Conference 2018, listed
- From HTML to Python to GitHub, get complete Coding 101 training for any price you want to pay
- Will 2019 mark the year of personal, non-intrusive advertising
What with recent rises in adblocker use and widespread negativity, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone sees online advertising as the devil incarnate. For businesses that rely heavily on digital advertising and marketing, this can seem like a real challenge. The truth is, though, tha... - How to stream your personal music library wherever you are
If you have a prized music collection in the cloud or on your hard drive, there are a few ways to stream it all remotely, just like you would with a service like Spotify. Whether you’ve got plenty of rare tunes ripped from vinyls, a bunch of albums from indie artists on Bandcamp, or a carefully c... - ‘Truly selfish’ Canon says bye to film cameras
- Why ‘billionaire’ needs to be redefined, according to Jason Silva
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey teaser hints at an adventure in Greece
- 13 ways augmented reality is affecting the customer experience
- Could automation kill our job growth momentum?
- My own personal YouTube comments
- Snapping a photo impairs our ability to remember the subject (and scientists can’t figure out why)
- Surprise! Teens hate Facebook
- Study: Female streamers less likely to be paid than men
A study released by PayPal suggests female streamers, particularly American gamers, are less likely to be paid for the content they produce, in spite of the fact that viewers as a whole are spending a lot of money on livestreamers. The details: PayPal’s survey, conducted with 25,000 participants ... - AI researchers developed a privacy-filter to fight facial recognition
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto have developed an algorithm that protects images from facial recognition AI. What it does: The researchers, Parham Aarabi and Avishek Bose, developed the AI to defend photos from facial recognition, but it’s not a shield — it’s actually an atta... - Binance announces $1 billion fund for blockchain and cryptocurrency startups
- You can now buy the LG G7 in the US
- Facebook has killed the hated Trending Topics bar
- These books show you the right way to design a website or app for under $20
- Traveling the world on cryptocurrency alone is tricky, but possible
- Infinito Wallet partners with ICO companies for trusted investing
- Crypto lessons from our tech past
- Fortnite might soon arrive on the Nintendo Switch
- EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager: ‘Now is the time for citizens to take control’
Next year is going to be horrible for tech if we take movies like Blade Runner and The Island seriously. In 2019 we’ll have dedicated islands to clone organdonors and androids will run amok, doing god (or singularity?) knows what. But for Margrethe Vestager, EU commissioner for competition, these... - The promise of quantum computing supremacy is bunk
Google recently announced that the first demonstration of quantum supremacy could be just a few months away. I think they are entirely wrong. It is not just more than a few months away, it is forever away. I explain why below, but first I would like to take exception to their use of the word “sup... - I got into a creepy fight with an AI assistant
- YouTuber explains why DC’s action scenes suck
- Apple may introduce a triple-camera iPhone soon. Bring it on
- New blood test could be the ‘holy grail of cancer research’
- Microsoft reportedly in talks to acquire GitHub
- Three smart devices that might just transform your business
- Report: Google to abandon Project Maven after government contract ends
- 8 key takeaways from the Growth Quarters stage at TNW2018
- Microsoft buying GitHub doesn’t scare me
Bloomberg has reported that Microsoft has announced GitHub. The ink has dried. Official confirmation of the deal is due on Monday, and not everybody is happy about it. You don’t have to look far to see this. Just scan Twitter, and you’ll see people proclaiming the death of GitHub (and even open s... - Report: Microsoft has acquired GitHub
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft has acquired GitHub, and will announce the deal on Monday. Github is an online service that allows developers to host their code in the cloud using the popular Git source management system, invented by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005. In addition to bein... - Third-party data isn’t gone forever: Tips for marketers employing data-driven strategies in the GDPR era
- Get Cisco certified with this IT network training bundle — and it’s all under $6 a course
- 5 futuristic Westworld technologies and when they’ll be a reality
- Top 10 Data-Driven E-Commerce Technologies in 2018
- Context is the only thing that can save chatbots
- Self-driving cars will kill people and we need to accept that
- Jumpstart your creativity with Scapple brain-mapping software, only $9.99
- 5 psychological tricks to make people buy your stuff
Tech Crunch
- Count your bees with this Raspberry Pi project
Bees need all the help they can get. Thus programmer Mat Kelsey created a bee counter to see just how many of his winged honeymakers are hanging out in his hives. His system, which uses a Raspberry Pi and a machine learning algorithm that recognizes the number of individual bees entering a hive, ... - SV Angel says it won’t be raising another fund from outside investors
SV Angel, the seed-stage investment firm, announced today that it’s getting out of the traditional venture business. At least, said the firm, going forward, its founders, meaning famous angel investor Ron Conway and his son Topher, will be investing their own money in startups. In a follow-up ema... - Ticketfly’s website is offline after a hacker got into its homepage and database
Following what it calls a “cyber incident,” the event ticket distributor Ticketfly took its homepage offline on Thursday morning. The company left this message on its website, which remains nonfunctional hours later: Following a series of recent issues with Ticketfly properties, we’ve determined ... - Why SoftBank invested $2.25 billion in Cruise
- Watch a hard-working robot improvise to climb drawers and cross gaps
- Patient reporting tool from CancerAid now integrates with Epic Systems and Apple HealthKit
- I would happily ditch the selfie camera for a full-screen phone
- Walmart’s new personal shopping service Jetblack launches in New York
- Teens dump Facebook for YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat
- Why now is the time to join Startup Alley at Disrupt SF
- Kanye skips Tidal exclusivity, drops new album on Spotify and Apple Music
Back in 2016, Kanye West announced that his latest album be available exclusively on Tidal. This morning, its follow up, the simply titled ye, arrived on that service, Spotify and Apple Music all at the same time. The move is a blow for the artist-owned music streaming service, which has amassed ... - The startup community must defend merit-based immigration
The Trump administration just moved to kill a key tool to support immigrant entrepreneurs, and the startup community must make our voice heard to save it. - Fortnite is headed to the Nintendo Switch, according to new leaks
The question at this point, really, is which platforms Fortnite isn’t being planned for. The Amazon Echo, maybe? Fitbit? Honestly, those are probably just a matter of time, too, as Epic’s massively popular sandbox survival title steamrolls its way across the industry. The latest rumor finds Fortn... - Apple to launch its own ‘digital health’ features in iOS 12, says report
- Bessemer launches a seed fund for startups applying machine learning to health
- Rebel launches new tools for developers to build marketing emails
- Equity podcast: More funding for scooters, Cruise gets a boost, and Chinese IPOs
- Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, plans $1 billion investment fund
- Box acquires Progressly to expand workflow options
- Bitcoin exchange abandons Poland even as the government invites it to a working group
- Hulu re-org sees departure of Content Chief Joel Stillerman, top SVPs
On the heels of Hulu’s news of its growing live TV business, which has now reached 800,000 subscribers, the streaming service today announced a major re-organization of it business focused on four strategic priorities, effective immediately. These include “the subscriber journey, technology &... - How Instagram’s algorithm works
Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends’ posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016. Despite backlash about confusing ordering, Instagram now says relevancy sorting has led to its 800 million-plus users se... - Apple Pay tests ‘order ahead’ for drinks at music festivals
Apple is fixing one of the worst parts of the concert experience: waiting in line for a beer while you miss your favorite song. Last week’s BottleRock music festival near San Francisco was the first to try a new “order ahead with Apple Pay” feature that Apple hopes to bring to more events. You ju... - Lyft is reportedly close to buying the company behind Ford GoBike and Citi Bike
- Announcing All Raise roundtable workshop, AMA and office hours at Disrupt SF
- Spotify backs off ‘hateful conduct’ policy amid backlash
- Google is taking a Home-branded putt-putt course on a US tour
- ‘Upgrade’ director Leigh Whannell talks low-budget worldbuilding
- Facebook kills its ‘Trending’ section
- Helm moves out of Kubernetes’ shadow to become stand-alone project
- Not just another decentralized web whitepaper?
Given all the hype and noise swirling around crypto and decentralized network projects, which runs the full gamut from scams and stupidity, to very clever and inspired ideas, the release of yet another whitepaper does not immediately set off an attention klaxon. But this whitepaper — which detail... - Scaling startups are setting up secondary hubs in these cities
America’s mayors have spent the past nine months tripping over each other to curry favor with Amazon.com in its high-profile search for a second headquarters. More quietly, however, a similar story has been playing out in startup-land. - Gillmor Gang: Hollywood Signs
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Friday, June 1, 2018. Why Mary Meeker’s report is real news, the streaming economy flexes its muscles, sit-down comedy. G3: Ethical Healing — Mary Hodder, Francine Hardaway, Maria Ogne... - Apple needs to play nice with Spotify
- Geoffrey Starks nominated as FCC Commissioner to fill Democratic gap left by Clyburn
- Google quits selling tablets (Update: Just a bug)
- Telegram says its iOS app is updating again, a day after the CEO decried Apple’s block
- Google reportedly backing out of military contract after public backlash
- Dating app Hinge is ditching the Facebook login requirement
- What to expect at WWDC 2018
- Microsoft is reportedly acquiring GitHub
New reports out of Redmond this weekend have Microsoft set to purchase the popular coding site GitHub. Bloomberg is citing “people familiar with the matter,” stating that the deal could be announced as early as tomorrow. The new story follows similar reports late last week of discussions between ... - White Star Capital raises new $180M fund to help startups go international
Global venture capital firm White Star Capital has closed a second fund of $180 million, money it plans to invest in “transatlantic” companies that need help to go international. The VC already has a presence in London, New York, and Montreal, and as part if its new fund is adding Paris and Tokyo... - The robot revolution is just beginning
Sanjit Dang Contributor Share on Twitter Sanjit Dang is an investment director at Intel Capital. More posts by this contributor What’s holding back VR? Online Commerce Needs An Offline Experience Every year, Time magazine gets swamped with pitches from thousands of companies, all convinced their ... - VCs like what they are hearing out of the podcasting sector
- Former Twitter employees prove innovation isn’t just for profit
- ‘Arrested Development’ struggles to shake off recent controversies
- Will smart home tech make us care more about privacy?
- Whither VR/AR?
- It’s OK to leave Facebook
- Looks like macOS 10.14 will have a new dark mode and an Apple News app
The Verge
- Three US states will spend $1.3 billion to build more electric vehicle charging
Three US states announced major investments in charging infrastructure for electric cars on Thursday. In total, California, New York, and New Jersey will put $1.3 billion on the table in the coming years to help chip away at one of the biggest barriers standing in the way of widespread EV adoptio... - LG’s G7 ThinQ is now available to buy in the US
- Spotify officially announces it will roll back its hateful conduct policy
- Facebook will remove the Trending topics section next week
- Here’s a leaked look at the Motorola One Power’s iPhone X-like appearance
- What’s in Your Bag, Jon Hopkins?
- Vergecast: Code Conference, Pixel 3 rumors, and WWDC preview
- The 2019 emoji candidates include that flamingo you’ve been looking for
- B&O Play Beoplay Earset review: discomfort by design
- Facebook’s ad rules are forcing news outlets to register as political advertisers
- Disney remixer Pogo can’t walk back his homophobic comments on YouTube
Remix artist Nick Bertke, best known online as Pogo, is a musician who turns sounds and songs from Disney films like Alice in Wonderland and Up into dreamy chillwave songs with millions of YouTube views. Last year, he managed to turn Despicable Me into a slick summer jam. But his association with... - Samsung reportedly plans Galaxy Note 9 announcement on August 9th
- NASA’s Dawn probe is about to get into its closest orbit yet around the dwarf planet Ceres
- Steam’s capricious pornography rules hurt small game creators the most
- Samsung users in the UK will soon be able to video chat with doctors through the Health app
- The 13 enthralling science fiction and fantasy books you need to check out this June
- This is how Instagram’s algorithm populates your feed
- Google reportedly leaving Project Maven military AI program after 2019
- Rumors hint future iPhone X could have three cameras on the back
- An AI-sourced competitive dance show is coming to the US from China’s biggest streaming service
- macOS 10.14 appears to be getting a dark mode and an Apple News app
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is almost here, and the company is expected to unveil updates for its iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems. Apple appears to have accidentally leaked one upcoming feature coming to macOS 10.14: a dark mode. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith disco... - Tesla can change so much with over-the-air updates that it’s messing with some owners’ heads
- Watch three astronauts return to Earth from the International Space station this weekend
- A 4K TV sale, Google Home Mini bundles, and up to $300 off the Galaxy S9
- You can now preorder HP’s Chromebook x2 from Best Buy
- 10 fantasy films now on Netflix that you need to see
- Pokémon Quest is the best free-to-play game in the series yet
- Apple lets Telegram iOS update go through following Russia ban debacle
- Many Visa cards in Europe aren’t working due to a network outage
- Apple is focusing on its ad sales business because smartphone sales won’t cut it
- Homeland Security detected signs of cell phone spying in Washington DC
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security launched a pilot project in Washington DC, deploying a network of sensors to ascertain the extent of cell phone surveillance being conducted in the capitol. They found that not only were International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers in use... - Fall asleep in seconds by listening to a soothing voice read the EU’s new GDPR legislation
- You haven’t experienced ASMR until you’ve had Funky Kong console you about your messy divorce
- Lynq is a gadget that lets you find your friends even if you’re off the grid
- California’s bill to regulate Elon Musk’s flamethrower is being held in committee
- President Trump has nominated Geoffrey Starks to replace FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn
- Hinge will no longer require you to log in via Facebook
- Cult favorite anime FLCL is back with new episodes — but 15 years later, the original still shines
- Google’s Pixelbook is on sale for just $750
- Visa’s European network is back up and running
- The white OnePlus 6 will be available this Tuesday
The first limited edition color of the OnePlus 6 will be available for sale starting this Tuesday, June 5th, at 10AM ET. The Soft White OnePlus 6 features a pearlescent matte white finish, as opposed to the glossy black or matte black surfaces of OnePlus’ other color options. It also has a rose g... - Watch SpaceX launch a communications satellite tonight
- Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub
- Square Enix Montreal is no longer making Go games
- Sony removed Spider-Man spinoff Silver & Black from its schedule
- Steal the Stars is a pulpy audio drama about a secretive government UFO program
- The Xbox One will reportedly soon support Alexa and Google Assistant
- Hacker charged with murder after a worker dies building his underground tunnel system
- Facebook is no longer releasing temporary reaction buttons
- Bungie gets $100 million investment from Chinese gaming company NetEase
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