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Uber CEO says self-driving cars will be picking up passengers in 18 months

By James Farrell Jan 23, 2018

Speaking today at Uber Technologies Inc.’s #TheYearAhead event, Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that the company is confident that autonomous ride-hailing is coming sooner than you think. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Editor-In-Chief…

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin fails as a currency: Payment processor Stripe abandons support

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2018

Payments startup Stripe Inc. is set to the be the latest company to abandon support for bitcoin payments. The company said Tuesday it will drop support for the cryptocurrency starting April 23, citing a…

Infra

SpriteCoin ransomware pretends to be a cryptocurrency wallet to get installations

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2018

In a different twist on traditional ransomware, a newly discovered attack pretends to be a new cryptocurrency wallet to persuade users to install it, then takes over control of files on a victim’s personal…

Emerging Tech

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Facebook Inc. is restructuring its artificial intelligence research teams, hiring a new leader to head up its research lab and Applied Machine Learning group, which implements AI tech into many of its products. Yann…

Apps

Researchers find Tinder is a steaming hot … security mess

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2018

Months after a journalist found that online dating app Tinder gathered staggering amounts of information about users, security researchers have discovered that at least some of that information could be easily stolen due to inadequate security…

Emerging Tech

The battle for the home is on: Apple’s delayed HomePod smart speaker goes on sale Feb. 9

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2018

Apple Inc. is finally bringing its delayed HomePod smart speaker to market, announcing today that it will be available starting Feb. 9, with preorders opening Friday. The $349 speaker, a competitor to Google LLC’s…

Apps

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Facebook Inc. said today it has acquired Confirm Inc., a startup specializing in authenticating government-issued identity documents, for an undisclosed amount. The social media giant isn’t saying what it intends to do with the technology.…

Emerging Tech

Facebook invents ‘flick’ time units for visual effects creators

By Eric David Jan 23, 2018

Engineers at Facebook Inc.-owned Oculus VR have invented “flicks,” new units of time that could make life easier for visual effects creators working in film, video games and other media. A flick, which is somehow short…

Big Data

Apache Arrow-based self-service analytics startup Dremio hauls in $25M

By Paul Gillin Jan 23, 2018

Self-service data analytics startup Dremio Corp. today said it has closed a $25 million funding round to build and market the Apache Arrow-based platform that the company says can democratize access to big-data repositories. The…

Cloud

Cloud application management startup Zylo nets $9.3M from Bessemer, Salesforce and Slack

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2018

Zylo Inc. says the average company using its platform has more than 400 software-as-a-service subscriptions. Managing so many products without creating any unnecessary costs is a difficult proposition, which is the reason investors are…

the latest

Uber CEO says self-driving cars will be picking up passengers in 18 months

Bitcoin fails as a currency: Payment processor Stripe abandons support

SpriteCoin ransomware pretends to be a cryptocurrency wallet to get installations

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

Researchers find Tinder is a steaming hot … security mess

The battle for the home is on: Apple’s delayed HomePod smart speaker goes on sale Feb. 9

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

Facebook invents ‘flick’ time units for visual effects creators

Apache Arrow-based self-service analytics startup Dremio hauls in $25M

Cloud application management startup Zylo nets $9.3M from Bessemer, Salesforce and Slack

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