Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Still stalking Bigfoot 50 years after the beast went big – CNET

Believers trek to the forest where Sasquatch hunters shot the 1967 footage that made Bigfoot America’s most popular cryptid. They still hope for a glimpse.
Source: CNET

Twitter now has a calendar for tackling abuse and trolls video – CNET

The end of 2017 is looking busy for Twitter, after it released a calendar of “safety work” to show how and when it will tackle issues on its platform.
Source: CNET

Binge on 'Futurama' all day long – CNET

Good news, everyone! Hulu is the new home to every episode of “Futurama.”
Source: CNET

Verizon talks engineers into becoming Pixel 2 salespeople – CNET

Commentary: Can engineers act? You decide as Verizon’s first ad for Pixel 2 gives Google and Verizon’s finest an (almost) starring role.
Source: CNET

Klipsch offers up premium powered floorstanders, the R-28PFs – CNET

Klipsch has two new sets of powered speakers — the R-28PF floorstanders and the R-14PM powered monitors — which offer digital connections and Bluetooth.
Source: CNET

Crunch Report | Lyft Raises $1 Billion

Lyft raises $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, Swedish lock maker Assa Abloy acquires August Home, MongoDB up 34% on stock market debut and Facebook is testing paywalls for Instant Articles. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Madison Reed just raised another $25 million to open hair color bars across the U.S.

 You get to a certain age, and if you’re remotely vain (and let’s face it, you are), you need to have your hair colored fairly frequently. You’re hardly alone. Roughly 75 percent of women in the United States color their hair, which today adds up to an $18 billion opportunity for brands like L’Oréal and Clairol. It used to look that way, anyway. Eating into a… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Twitter now has a timeline to go after bullies and trolls – CNET

For the first time, the social network makes its safety calendar public. Now you can see when it plans to enforce rules against abusive behavior.
Source: CNET

Google’s AVA data set raises the bar for identifying human actions in videos

 Today Google announced a new labeled data set of human actions taking place in videos. That may sound obscure, but it’s a big deal for anyone working to solve problems in computer vision. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

18 pessimistic opinions on the next 10 years of fake news (and 5 optimistic ones)

 A topic like fake news (more broadly the question of trust and verification on the internet) is a complex one. Sometimes you just have to poll the room and get a feel for what people are thinking before drawing any conclusions. That’s what Pew Internet did, contacting thousands of experts in tech, internet, and social policy and asking how they thought things would go. They were not… Read More

Source: TechCrunch