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Drone helps rescue stranded swimmers at Australian beach

By Eric David Jan 18, 2018

A training session for a new rescue drone turned into a trial by fire at an Australian beach today when it saved a pair of stranded swimmers, a first for drone technology. Lifeguards were training…

Infra

Reboot problem in Intel’s Spectre patch threatens almost all recent processors

By Maria Deutscher Jan 18, 2018

Two weeks after the first patches for the far-reaching Spectre and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities started rolling out, many users are still not out of the woods. The latest complication in the computer industry’s efforts…

Infra

Amazon’s $5B second headquarters will be in one of these 20 cities

By Eric David Jan 18, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. is one step closer to choosing the location for its second headquarters, announcing today that it has narrowed down the choices for its “HQ2” to just 20 candidates. Amazon said in September that it expects to…

Emerging Tech

Ledger raises $75M to scale up cryptocurrency hardware wallet operations

By Kyt Dotson Jan 18, 2018

Paris-based cryptocurrency wallet manufacturer Ledger SAS announced today the company has raised $75 million in a Series B venture round led by Draper Esprit. The company plans to use the money to scale up…

Infra

Okta and ServiceNow launch new tool for containing security breaches

By Maria Deutscher Jan 18, 2018

According to research from Verizon Communications Inc., a full 81 percent of security breaches in the enterprise involve compromised user credentials. Okta Inc. and ServiceNow Inc. this morning launched a new jointly developed tool…

Emerging Tech

Iris Automation raises $8M round to prevent midair drone collisions

By Maria Deutscher Jan 18, 2018

In October, a drone narrowly missed the wing of an airliner approaching London Gatwick Airport and almost caused a collision that the pilot said could have put the passengers’ lives at risk. It’s this…

Big Data

Indico raises $4M for its ‘transfer learning’ AI technology, which requires less data

By Mike Wheatley Jan 18, 2018

Machine learning startup Indico Data Solutions Inc. has just been handed $4 million for its effort to upend the nascent world of artificial intelligence. The seed funding round was led by Osage Venture Partners, with…

Big Data

Security experts wonder if privacy is going extinct – and at what cost

By Mark Albertson Jan 18, 2018

Data gathered from personal browsing habits is sold by brokers every second. Ride-hailing drivers must periodically resubmit their photos and license numbers in order to work, information that ultimately gets hacked. People at a…

Apps

Facebook’s new ‘Watch Party’ lets Group users watch videos together

By Collen Kriel Jan 18, 2018

Following Facebook Inc.’s announcement last week around its push to drive more “meaningful social interactions,” the company has announced a test version of “Watch Party.” The new feature will allow Facebook Groups to watch…

Emerging Tech

Humans beat popular algorithm for spotting potential re-offenders

By James Farrell Jan 17, 2018

It turns out that a trusted crime-fighting algorithm used to predict if criminals will re-offend might not be any better at its job than a random untrained human. The technology has already been widely…

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Drone helps rescue stranded swimmers at Australian beach

Reboot problem in Intel’s Spectre patch threatens almost all recent processors

Amazon’s $5B second headquarters will be in one of these 20 cities

Ledger raises $75M to scale up cryptocurrency hardware wallet operations

Okta and ServiceNow launch new tool for containing security breaches

Iris Automation raises $8M round to prevent midair drone collisions

Indico raises $4M for its ‘transfer learning’ AI technology, which requires less data

Security experts wonder if privacy is going extinct – and at what cost

Facebook’s new ‘Watch Party’ lets Group users watch videos together

Humans beat popular algorithm for spotting potential re-offenders

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