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Antipiracy software on new ‘Assassin’s Creed’ is reportedly hogging users’ processors
Proving once again that antipiracy software can be just as bad if not worse than the problem for legitimate users, gamers are reporting that the digital rights management software on the new “Assassin’s Creed Origins” is taking a heavy toll on their personal computer processors. A number of PC gamers have reported that the game is ...
Shipping startup Shippo raises $20M to help small businesses take on Amazon
It can be tough for small businesses to go head-to-head with the ecommerce juggernaut that is Amazon.com Inc., but shipping startup Shippo wants to give businesses a fighting chance by making it easy to fulfill online orders in real time. Shippo announced today that its platform is going strong with a 71 percent year-over-year growth per ...
Ada Health raises $47M to bring AI-powered healthcare to the masses
Berlin-based health startup Ada Digital Health Ltd. believes it can use artificial intelligence to make healthcare available and affordable to people around the world, and today the company announced that it has raised $47 million to move one step closer toward that goal. The funding round was led by Access Industries, and it included participation by Cumberland VC ...
The robots may have finally figured out how to beat CAPTCHA security
One of the best lines of defense against spammers and brute-force hackers may be obsolete thanks to the latest advances in artificial intelligence. In a research paper published Thursday in the journal Science, a team of scientists at AI startup Vicarious say they have developed a deep learning technique that can successful crack CAPTCHA security checks. CAPTCHA, ...
Twitter bans ads from two major Russian media outlets
Amid increasing scrutiny over online advertising possibly funded by foreign governments, Twitter Inc. has decided to ban all ads from media organizations Russia Today and Sputnik, both of which have been linked to the Russian government. In a statement on its blog, Twitter announced that it has made the decision to get rid of all ads ...
Alphabet’s Waymo is testing its self-driving tech on the icy roads of Michigan
Self-driving cars have gotten pretty good at avoiding unexpected obstacles in the road, but how can they handle conditions that are harder to spot, such as ice and snow? That’s what Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, wants to find out in a series of tests it is conducting on the roads of Michigan. ...
Brainly raises $14M to help students learn from their peers
Brainly, a peer-to-peer learning platform based in Poland, announced today that it has raised $14 million shortly after reaching more than 100 million monthly active users. The Series B funding round was led by Kulczyk Investments, and it also included participation by previous investors Naspers, General Catalyst, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital. The new round brings ...
Amazon Key lets couriers enter your home when you’re gone
Missing out on a delivery is frustrating, but getting a package stolen from your front door is even worse, which is why Amazon.com Inc. wants to give its couriers a way to drop deliveries off inside people’s homes whether or not they are present. That’s the idea behind a new service the company announced today called ...
Amazon will invest $1.5M in Germany’s Cyber Valley AI research hub
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it will invest nearly $1.5 million in Cyber Valley, a collaborative artificial intelligence research program initiated by the Max Planck Society in Germany. Amazon will also be opening its own AI research lab adjacent to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen. Amazon’s investment will ...
Honest Ads Act would force Facebook and Google to disclose who buys ads
Several members of the U.S. Senate, including Senator John McCain, are pushing for a new bill that would force online advertisers such as Google LLC and Facebook Inc. to be more transparent about who exactly is purchasing their ads. The bill, which is named the Honest Ads Act, is a direct response to recent revelations that organizations ...