As the May 25 deadline for compliance with the EU’s updated privacy framework fast approaches Facebook is continuing to PR the changes it’s making to try to meet the new data protection standard — and steer away from the specter of fines that can scale as high as 4% of a company’s global turnover. Read More
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Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson star in this stylish, scathing and surreal assault on modern capitalism.
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Carnegie Mellon University is teaching a new class, titled “Artificial Intelligence for Social Good.� Is 2018 the year we all start using A.I. to do good in the world?
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6,000 fans spent a weekend at a resort 5,700 feet above sea level to watch pro teams of five battle it out for the top prize of $160,000.
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The “Secure It Now” giveaway will give three lucky winners the gear and service needed for awesome home monitoring.
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The $400,000 tournament held in Genting, Malaysia, saw a full house and epic battles for the top spot despite a live-streaming snag.
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Alibaba’s cloud computing business is to deploy its big data services package for cities in Kuala Lumpur to help Malaysia’s government with the running of its capital city and potentially other parts of the country in the future. “City Brain,” an Alibaba Cloud service that uses big data and artificial intelligence on its cloud computing infrastructure, will be put to… Read More
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Strava, the popular app for tracking running, cycling and swimming, is not the most obvious go-to for exposing national secrets, but a heatmap of activity from users has been found to unearth the locations of U.S. military bases worldwide. The company’s review of 2017 showed all routes taken by its users across the world. It was released back in November 2017, but it came to the fore… Read More
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Not everyone can tell the superstar couple to stop clapping, but their 6-year-old has no problem showing them who’s boss.
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Google has confirmed its investment in Go-Jek, the hail-railing service that rivals Uber and Grab in Indonesia. TechCrunch reported the investment last week, which was made alongside China’s Meituan-Dianping and Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek. The trio were part of a final tranche of a $1.2 billion round that Go-Jek began negotiating on last April, with commitments from the likes… Read More
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