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Saturday, September 30, 2017

Artificial intelligence is about the people, not the machines

It takes money to make money and right now a lot of that money is going into the development of artificial intelligence. Ray Dalio explains the importance of understanding and how he and his hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is approaching the technological shift. Read More

http://ift.tt/2x5vTAv Artificial intelligence is about the people, not the machines http://ift.tt/2g025Li

All too often the fact that human lives are increasingly enmeshed with and dependent on ever more complex, and ever more inscrutable, technologies is considered a good thing. Negatives don’t generally get dwelled on. And for the most part people are expected to move along, or be moved along by the tech. Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2fzPtcZ Thinking about the social cost of technology Natasha Lomas http://ift.tt/2fZqWPo
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Travis Kalanick appoints Ursula Burns, John Thain to Uber’s board

Former Uber chief Travis Kalanick has appointed two more people to the ridesharing company’s board. One of the seats is going to Ursula Burns, former CEO and Chairwoman of Xerox. The other is going to John Thain, who has served as CEOs of CIT Group, Merrill Lynch and the New York Stock Exchange. A spokesperson for Kalanick provided us with the following statement: “I am happy to… Read More

http://ift.tt/2xJbBdm Travis Kalanick appoints Ursula Burns, John Thain to Uber’s board http://ift.tt/2yehHFR

Digital streaming business Roku has soared in its public debut. After pricing its IPO Wednesday at $14 per share, Roku finished its first day of trading at $23.50, up nearly 68%. And by the end of Friday, Roku closed at $26.54, or up 90% in less than 48 hours. The company is now valued at about $2.6 billion. So this must be great news for the company, right? Well, sort of. Roku’s team… Read More

http://ift.tt/2xHcwL7 Roku nearly doubles since IPO, up another 13% on day two http://ift.tt/2xMrilF

Emilio Ferrara has been thinking about botnets for over a decade. As the first social networks climbed out of the mire, he noticed that they were very easy to game. Now, it seems, all of those early tools have finally been weaponized. I spoke to Ferrara about his research work as well as his fascinating study that found that Twitter bots can be used for good. In this episode of Technopia we… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2wq4t3Y Researcher Emilio Ferrara talks about the rise of fake news and botnets John Biggs http://ift.tt/2xQpGYC
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Emilio Ferrara has been thinking about botnets for over a decade. As the first social networks climbed out of the mire, he noticed that they were very easy to game. Now, it seems, all of those early tools have finally been weaponized. I spoke to Ferrara about his research work as well as his fascinating study that found that Twitter bots can be used for good. In this episode of Technopia we… Read More

http://ift.tt/2wq4t3Y Researcher Emilio Ferrara talks about the rise of fake news and botnets http://ift.tt/2xQpGYC

Facebook has its own version of Apple’s Face ID. If you get locked out of your Facebook account, the company is testing a way to regain access by using your face to verify your identity. That could be especially useful if you’re somewhere that you can’t receive two-factor authentication SMS, like on a plane or while traveling abroad, or if you lose access to your email… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2fXQbRS Facebook tests facial recognition for account recovery Josh Constine http://ift.tt/2yy15ok
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French startup Heetch has been around for quite a few years. While things were running smoothly, the company had to start over mostly from scratch. In March 2017, a court in Paris ruled that Heetch had been illegally operating a transportation company. The startup is now rising from the ashes and raising $12 million from Felix Capital, Via ID and Alven Capital to fund its new service. According… Read More

http://ift.tt/1MQhVzp Heetch raises $12 million to reboot its ride-sharing service http://ift.tt/2xLQJE4

Reactant is a new native framework for iOS apps

{rss:content:encoded} Reactant is a new native framework for iOS apps http://ift.tt/2xCI8UR http://ift.tt/2fEWZHr September 29, 2017 at 06:15PM

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Xcode, a small Czech team called Brightify has created Reactant, a framework that makes it easy to program iOS apps. The system is a Swift-based framework that offers live-reload of code, allowing you to add elements on the fly as you program. “The Reactant architecture dictates how to structure an iOS project from start to finish. It… Read More

TechCrunch has learned that Apple has acquired a small French startup called Regaind, according to multiple sources. As always, Apple is very quiet when it comes to acquisitions, but it’s always interesting to learn more about Apple’s interests. We’ve reached out to Apple and the company sent us the following statement: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time… Read More

http://ift.tt/2ywyAIE Apple quietly acquired computer vision startup Regaind http://ift.tt/2x1YtD5

It’s been a busy year for Sphero, with the release of products like R2-D2, Spider-Man and Lightning McQueen. But the robotic toy startup is still making non-licensed, non-tie in products too — including the Sphero Mini, its most affordable toy yet. “We wanted to make Sphero products accessible to everyone,” said co-founder and Chief Software Architect Adam Wilson. The… Read More

http://ift.tt/2fvqace With the Sphero Mini, you get a robotic ball for just $49.99 http://ift.tt/2xQ2MjU

Elon Musk gave a keynote address yesterday to the International Aeronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. During the 43 minute talk, which is embedded above, Musk laid out SpaceX’s future including colonizing Mars and building one rocket to rule them all. The talk is fantastic. Elon was Elon and revealed countless details about future SpaceX plans. This is why he’s celebrated… Read More

http://ift.tt/2xOOxvB Watch Elon Musk’s keynote where he announced SpaceX’s new rocket and Mars colonization http://ift.tt/2ydqcRq

Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds gaming franchise, saw a small pop of 6 percent in its first day of trading as a public company. After pricing its IPO at €11.50 per share — the top of its range — yesterday, today the stock opened on the Nasdaq Nordic exchange at €12.20, and at the current price of €12.23, the company has a market cap of $1.1 billion (€952 million).… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2xKFpIa Angry Birds maker Rovio sees a small pop of 6% to €12.20 in its trading debut Ingrid Lunden http://ift.tt/2x1oTjx
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Here are the 12 startups in Techstars NYC’s Summer 2017 class

The 12 startups of Techstars NYC‘s latest class are taking over tonight’s NY Tech Meetup. This “community demo day” is part of Managing Director Alex Iskold attempt to rethink the traditional accelerator demo day. (Don’t worry, the startups will get to meet with investors too, through one-on-one sessions during Techstars’ investor week.) I recently visited… Read More

http://ift.tt/2q87bv3 Here are the 12 startups in Techstars NYC’s Summer 2017 class http://ift.tt/2yaVA2L

Boston-based private equity shop Berkshire Partners announced this afternoon that it is acquiring Accela — a nearly 20 year old startup that sells regulatory management solutions to government clients. Accela has gone through a troika of CEOs in the last year. Previously acting CEO Mark Jung replaced Maury Blackman last October who had managed the company for about a decade. Five… Read More

http://ift.tt/2fCmtoX Accela gets acquired by Berkshire Partners as it looks to move govtech services to the cloud http://ift.tt/2yaz9e3

American Airlines and Casper are announcing a new partnership that could help passengers (like me) who have trouble sleeping on flights. They’re not going as far as putting Casper mattresses on planes. Instead, they say they worked together to create eight new sleep products designed to improve in-flight slumber. Those products include a mattress pad that fits over your seat, a… Read More

http://ift.tt/2xOXKo0 American Airlines teams up with Casper to offer new in-flight sleep products http://ift.tt/2fw7OIa

Angry Birds-maker Rovio Entertainment priced its IPO at 11.50 euros, at the top of its proposed range. It raises 30 million euros in proceeds. This values the company a little above $1 billion, just half of the $2 billion the company was previously said to be hoping for. The company previously raised at least $42 million in venture funding from Accel, Atomico, Felicis Ventures and… Read More

http://ift.tt/2xJ17wf Angry Birds-maker Rovio priced IPO, valuing company at $1 billion http://ift.tt/2k7K0PJ

Google’s parental control software, Family Link, launches to public

{rss:content:encoded} Google’s parental control software, Family Link, launches to public http://ift.tt/2wZS1Yj http://ift.tt/2wZwj6G September 28, 2017 at 08:00PM

Family Link, Google’s parental control software for Android devices, is now exiting its beta testing period and is now generally available to anyone in the U.S. without the need for an invitation. The software, which lets parents manage apps, set screen time limits and device bedtimes, can be used from either an iOS or Android device, but is designed specifically to manage a… Read More

Facebook has made no secret of its wish to do more in the online recruitment market — encroaching on territory today dominated by LinkedIn, the leader in tapping social networking graphs to boost job-hunting. Today, Facebook is taking the next step in that process. Facebook will now integrate with ZipRecruiter — an aggregator that allows those looking to fill jobs to post ads to… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2yJZehm Facebook partners with ZipRecruiter and more aggregators as it ramps up in jobs Ingrid Lunden http://ift.tt/2fuuIj1
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Congressional investigations into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election are looking at the spread of misinformation on a number of online services — not just Facebook. In fact, Twitter is meeting with Congressional staffers today. Recode’s Tony Romm says Twitter’s Vice President of Policy Colin Corwell is currently in a closed-door meeting with the… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2fUzc3c Twitter is briefing Congress today in election probe Anthony Ha http://ift.tt/2xzMqfL
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Social media giants have again been put on notice that they need to do more to speed up removals of hate speech and other illegal content from their platforms in the European Union. The bloc’s executive body, the European Commission today announced a set of “guidelines and principles” aimed at pushing tech platforms to be more pro-active about takedowns of content deemed… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2wYqsDp Tech giants pressured to auto-flag “illegal” content in Europe Natasha Lomas http://ift.tt/2xFhlVg
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A quarter of Americans listen to podcasts each month, but far fewer make them. Anchor is a startup that is looking to change that with its app that makes it easy to record and distribute content. Anchor also has a discovery platform, which allows users to find audio across categories like news, sports, music and tech. The New York-based team is announcing $10 million in Series A funding, led by… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2fuwosU Anchor raises $10 million for podcast platform Katie Roof http://ift.tt/2xMEoQk
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Snapchat is taking its World Lenses augmented reality feature and opening them up to brands. Snap’s Imran Khan just announced the availability of the new advertising product on stage at Advertising Week New York, along with launch partners Warner Bros and Bud Light, both of which will be debuting branded 3D World Lenses as part of marketing campaigns. The new sponsored 3D World Lenses… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2k4VHGV Snapchat launches sponsored 3D World Lenses, starting with Blade Runner Darrell Etherington http://ift.tt/2ftpeFb
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