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Dropbox aims at enterprise businesses with Smart Sync and Paper
File backup and syncing platform Dropbox Inc. has been steadily adding new features aimed at the enterprise, and today the company has finally launched Smart Sync, a tool for Dropbox Business users that makes it easy to access shared files without having to download them all at once. On the desktop, Dropbox works as a shared ...
How one university tries to balance student privacy with campus security
Striking a balance between privacy and security is a difficult problem for any industry, but it has become especially challenging for universities in the wake of multiple instances of campus violence over the last few years. It’s easy to assume that privacy and security are inherently at odds with one another, but Lisa Ho (pictured), ...
Internet providers finally retire ‘six strikes’ piracy warnings
Media pirates in the U.S. may be able to rest a little easier now, as the controversial “six strikes” copyright infringement warning system has officially been retired. Internet service providers began sending warnings to suspected pirates in 2013 as part of the Copyright Alert System, a program created through an agreement with the Motion Picture ...
Intel posts strong earnings with major growth in Internet of Things
Chip maker Intel Corp. reported strong fourth-quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street estimates thanks to solid growth in several key areas such as the Internet of Things and client computing. Intel brought in over $16.4 billion in revenues, up by 10 percent year-over-year and beating Wall Street’s estimate of $15.75 billion. The Santa Clara, California-based ...
Scientists create AI that spots skin cancer as accurately as doctors
One of the most important factors in treating cancer is catching the disease early, and a team of scientists at Stanford University may have found a new way to do that thanks to artificial intelligence. The scientists shared their project in a paper recently published in the journal Nature, which describes how they combined computer ...
KenSci raises $8.5M to predict health needs with machine learning
As healthcare gets more and more expensive, the medical industry is constantly looking for new technologies to lower costs without sacrificing the quality of care. Seattle-based startup KenSci Inc. offers one such solution that uses machine learning to predict when people will get sick and how they should be treated before an illness even shows up. KenSci announced today ...
Google took down 1.7 billion bad ads in 2016, double the previous year
Sketchy ads have been a problem on the Internet for a few decades now, but according to Google Inc.’s latest Bad Ads Report, it looks like things are getting worse rather than better. In its report, Google revealed that in 2016 it took down over 1.7 billion ads that linked to malware, scams or other harmful ...
Coursera launches e-learning platform for governments and nonprofits
E-learning company Coursera Inc. has launched a new education platform for governments and nonprofits. Coursera’s new program will offer affordable curated learning programs that target each organization’s specific needs. For example, many of the courses focus on business skills or English language communication. “With today’s rapid pace of technological and economic change, we know that the ...
China’s Great Firewall just got stronger thanks to VPN crackdown
China just made it a lot harder for Internet users in the country to bypass the so-called Great Firewall thanks to a new crackdown on unauthorized virtual private networks. Yesterday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that it has launched a 14-month campaign to strengthen its control over the internet within the country, and ...
DeepMind aims to train future AI pioneers with machine learning class
Alphabet Inc.-owned DeepMind Technologies Ltd. is one of the companies leading the charge in the recent artificial intelligence boom, and now it wants to share what it’s learning. The company announced today that it will offer its expertise through a new Masters-level course on machine learning at University College London. The class, which is called ...
