Facebook has agreed to amend its terms and conditions under pressure from EU lawmakers. The new terms will make it plain that free access to its service is contingent on users’ data being used to profile them to target with ads, the European Commission said...
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April 9, 2019 albert
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In 2007, Stefania Mallett and Briscoe Rodgers conceived of ezCater, an online marketplace for business catering, and began building the company in Mallet’s Boston home, mostly at her kitchen table. Recently, sitting at that same table, Mallett negotiated with Brad Twohig of Lightspeed Venture Partners...
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April 2, 2019 albert
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Facebook announced today that it is adding a feature called “Why am I seeing this post?” to News Feeds. Similar to “Why am I seeing this ad?,” which has appeared next to advertisements since 2014, the new tool has a dropdown menu that gives users...
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April 1, 2019 albert
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As of 2017, there were roughly 7,000 people living without homes in San Francisco, a number that comprises minors — a lot of them. The San Francisco Unified School District estimates that as of 2017, roughly 2,100 of the children in the school system were...
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March 30, 2019 albert
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“A just world is a sane world. There was nothing sane about Chernobyl.” That mildly sums up one of history’s worst man-made disasters, the subject of HBO’s new five-part miniseries coming in May. Detailed in an intense new trailer, Chernobyl will dramatize the events surrounding...
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March 29, 2019 albert
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Apple’s continued to improve the MacBook line’s butterfly switch keyboards. In fact, the technology is on its third generation, which added a rubberized membrane designed to fix ongoing issues and reduce that loud clacking sound. But even the most devoted Apple fans have continued to...
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March 28, 2019 albert
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Amazon, eBay If you like to spend your Spring or Summer away from home, then maybe you should grab some new on-the-go devices, like a Switch or an iPad. Why not? They’re on sale right now. For whatever reason, the ancient gods of e-commerce have...
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March 26, 2019 albert
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Deep Science AI made its debut on stage at Disrupt NY 2017, showing in a live demo how its computer vision system could spot a gun or mask in CCTV footage, potentially alerting a store or security provider to an imminent crime. The company has...
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March 25, 2019 albert
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SAP continues to make a case for rationalizing BI and analytics platforms that are typically strewn across the average enterprise. IT Business Edge | News, Analysis, and Trends
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March 24, 2019 albert
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Pity the remote reporter who has no control when the feed goes live and catches him or her in a vulnerable moment. This happened to NBC’s Matt Bradley who was broadcasting a live spot from Syria about the fight against ISIS. When the feed switched...
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March 23, 2019 albert
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