Alibaba está invirtiendo grandes sumas en I+D para la inteligencia artificial y su Gobierno también. Sus investigadores gozan de grandes cantidades de datos con los que trabajar. Poco a poco, el gigante asiático empieza a acaparar el liderazgo de Google y Amazon
Source: MIT
In a rare moment of contrition, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe admitted misleading both consumers and advertising execs with statements last week that the company tracks the location of users before and after they go to the movies. “We don’t do the things I described,” he told TechCrunch. As for location, “We don’t record it, we don’t save it, we don’t… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
President Trump has blocked Broadcom’s proposed buyout of Qualcomm, due to security concerns, according to a White House statement. The combination of the two chipmakers would have potentially been the biggest tech merger ever. Several proposed acquisition prices have been discussed, recently $117 billion. New: Full Text of Trump order blocking the merger of Qualcomm and Broadcom… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The latest rumor pins the official reveal date of Apple’s entry-level MacBook as June during the company’s annual WWDC developer conference. Apple may also introduce an affordable 9.7-inch iPad with a price tag of less than $300.
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Source: Digital trends
Actually deleting your social media accounts is more complicated than it looks.
Source: Wired
Out in the desolate wastes of deepest Iceland, magic blooms. The Icelandic sagas tell of fairy houses to magical rings that control the world, and now one of those, the Wave, has landed on the internet. The Wave is a ring that controls sound. It is essentially a wearable MIDI controller that lets you play and modify sounds as it’s made, allowing you to play music in thin air. It’s… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Google is scheduled to hold a session during Display Week in May to introduce its 18-megapixel OLED display built for virtual reality headsets. It will have a refresh rate of 120Hz and a pixel density of 1,443 pixels per inch.
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Source: Digital trends
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration over its alleged practices of searching the electronic devices of passengers traveling on domestic flights. “The federal government’s policies on searching the phones, laptops, and tablets of domestic air passengers remain… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Spotify announced today the launch of a new tool called Line-In that will allow its community members to offer input about the music data it has on file, like genre, mood, explicitness, and more. The goal is to leverage the wisdom of the crowds in correcting and expanding Spotify’s data over time, which could give it a competitive advantage against rival services like Apple or Pandora,… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Lyft made a lot of progress in 2017, helped by strong market expansion within the U.S., and riding some very bad news from its primary rival Uber. That’s helped it grow revenue to over $1 billion as measured by GAAP standards for its fiscal 2017, with a particularly strong Q4 during which its revenue outpaced Uber’s by 2.75x, lifted (get it?) 168 percent year-over-year, vs. 61… Read More
Source: TechCrunch