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Google denies report that its Maps app is back in China; web version already available [updated]
Update: A Google spokesperson told 9to5Google that it has actually not made any changes to Google Maps for China, adding that a web version has been available for years, with no app launches planned. The original story follows, but it appears Nikkei’s report, on which this and other stories were based, is not correct. It has been ...
True Fit raises $55M to personalize clothes shopping with AI
Buying clothes online can be tricky since you can’t try them on before you order them, and because actual sizes can vary between brands and styles, it is nearly impossible to predict how something will actually look and feel in person. Boston startup True Fit Corp. says its data platform solves this problem with an artificial intelligence that offers consumers personalized fit and styling recommendations, ...
Google’s Arts & Culture app uses AI to find your lookalike in famous art
Google LLC has come up with a clever way to combine its face recognition technology with its educational museum app, Google Arts & Culture. Using artificial intelligence, the app’s newest update can help museum visitors find their lookalike in nearby paintings, sculptures and other artwork. To access the new feature, users take a selfie with the Google Arts & Culture app, which then uses ...
Google removed dozens of Play Store games that showed adult ads to kids
Google LLC has pulled around 60 games from the Play Store after learning that they were infected with malware that displayed pornographic ads. Cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. discovered the malware, which it named “AdultSwine,” and informed Google about the infected games, some of which were targeted toward children. According to Check Point, AdultSwine lays in ...
AMD issues Spectre security patch despite initially claiming ‘near zero risk’
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. released a firmware update Thursday for its processors to guard against the Spectre CPU exploit, confirming that its processors are at least somewhat vulnerable to the same flaws discovered in Intel Corp.’s processors. AMD Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster said the new update addresses the flaw that Google Project Zero, which ...
Russian hackers are heavily targeting the US Senate, says Trend Micro
The same Russian hackers that broke into the Democratic National Convention in 2016 are also responsible for numerous cyberattacks against the U.S. Senate and other government groups, according to a new report released today by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro Inc. Trend Micro attributed multiple attacks to Russian hacker group Pawn Storm, including a phishing site that mimicked the ...
A WhatsApp security flaw let researchers snoop on group chat messages
A team of German cryptographers say they have found a flaw in WhatsApp’s security that allowed them to bypass the chat app’s end-to-end encryption and eavesdrop on group chat messages. The team, which hails from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, presented their find in a research paper on Wednesday at the Real World Crypto security conference in Zurich, Switzerland. In their ...
Unbabel raises $23M for AI translations backed up by human editors
Artificial intelligence may eventually become the perfect universal translator, but even though machine translation may be lightning fast, it still falls behind the accuracy of human translators. Portuguese startup Unbabel believes its “AI-powered, human-refined” translations combine the best of both worlds. Today it announced it has raised $23 million in Series B funding to develop ...
Google buys Redux, a startup that uses vibrations to turn phone screens into speakers
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. reportedly has acquired Redux ST, a small U.K.-based startup that has developed haptics technology that turns smart device screens into sound speakers. It is unclear from a report in Bloomberg when exactly Alphabet bought Redux or what the terms of the deal were, and the startup seemingly went quiet sometime in the ...
Amazon opens up virtual Dash Buttons for other connected devices
Amazon.com Inc. will not be satisfied until every object in your house is capable of ordering its products. The ecommerce giant today announced the upcoming release of the Virtual Dash Button Service, a software development kit that will make it easier for brands to implement virtual versions of Amazon Dash Buttons on their connected devices. Brands have ...