And airlines are gonna love it. The post A Clever Way to Make Flying Suckier for the Rich appeared first on WIRED.
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Synack, a startup that combines software security tools with a network of white-hat hackers to help keep its customers secure, announced a $21.25 million Series C funding round today. The round was led by Microsoft Ventures with participation from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Singtel Innov8. Previous investors GGV Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Kleiner Perkins Caufield &… Read More
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Smart home devices can help aging adults live independently and give caregivers peace of mind — as long as you know how to start the conversation.
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A new digital media company is making its debut with a splashy acquisition: RBmedia, a new entity formed by combining eight brands focused on digital magazine and audio content, will acquire Audiobooks.com, the audiobook streaming and download service the offers access to over 100,000 books via apps for various devices and platforms. The company’s reach already includes spoken audio… Read More
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What an AI cannot create, it does not understand. The post Google’s Dueling Neural Networks Spar to Get Smarter, No Humans Required appeared first on WIRED.
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Sprinklr, the unicorn startup with a valuation of $1.8 billion, announced a major update today, which shifts the company’s focus from a pure social signals platform to customer experience management. While it still uses social as a central processing point, the idea is to bring a typical set of marketing tasks under a single umbrella they are calling the Experience Cloud. If that… Read More
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By tracking the movement of metal ions, scientists get a glimpse into the turbulent Martian atmosphere. The post Mars’ Ionosphere: Cold, Lifeless, and Filled With Heavy Metals appeared first on WIRED.
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Opinion: To address job losses due to automation, we need training, not new taxes. The post Bill Gates Is Wrong: The Solution to AI Taking Jobs Is Training, Not Taxes appeared first on WIRED.
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This major update is available today, but you might still be waiting a while to download it.
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French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has become the latest high profile European politician to threaten U.S. tech companies over their use of end-to-end encryption, and for how digital platforms enable the spread of terrorist propaganda online. Read More
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