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How League of Legends fights player abuse with machine learning

By Eric David Jul 9, 2015

Riot Games has been facing a long uphill battle against League of Legends’ notoriously toxic player base, but it appears those efforts are finally paying off. According to Lead Game Designer Jeffrey Lin, Riot has successfully…

Wearables provide energy boosts, edibles and even calcium

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 9, 2015

This week’s Smart Health roundup features a smart band that energizes and relaxes, soaring Fitbit shares thanks to an expected rise in consumer interest, the NIH’s plans to tap into wearable tech data in…

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European code collaboration startup bags $1.5 million to overthrow GitHub

By Maria Deutscher Jul 9, 2015

While the typical enterprise startup is lucky to attract a handful of users to help bolster its funding pitch before securing an initial seed investment, GitLab B.V. boasts of having signed up more than 100,000.…

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Teradata taps Cloudera to power next-gen Hadoop appliance

By Maria Deutscher Jul 9, 2015

The latest iteration of Teradata Corp.’s Hadoop appliance is making its official debut this morning with several major surprises, the biggest of which is the landmark addition of support for Cloudera Inc.’s popular distribution…

SpyAware lets you spy on the apps that spy on you

By Collen Kriel Jul 9, 2015

Privacy Sentry Corp., a firm that provides security software for mobile devices, today announced an update to its SpyAware app for Android. SpyAware 1.5 shows Android users which apps are transmitting data, how much…

Next likely steps for Microsoft mobile

By James Farrell Jul 9, 2015

After announcing a layoff of up to 7,800 employees (a massive 7% of workforce) at Microsoft, most of which will affect employees working in the company’s phone business, we might wonder what happens next.…

watchOS 2 beta 3 is out: Here’s what you should know

By Collen Kriel Jul 9, 2015

Apple unveiled the next iteration of its operating system for Apple Watch, watchOS 2, at its Worldwide Developers conference in June. New features included three new watch faces – displaying Time Lapse images, single…

iOS 9 beta 3 brings Apple Music, Apple News, Selfie albums, more

By Collen Kriel Jul 9, 2015

One month after revealing iOS 9 and seeding the first developer beta, Apple has rolled out the third iOS 9 beta – likely the last developer beta before iOS 9 goes into public beta…

Yahoo launches paying fantasy sports competitions, but is it legal?

By Duncan Riley Jul 9, 2015

Yahoo, Inc. has decided it wants a large slice of the burgeoning fantasy sports market with a new product that allows fans to wager real money on their picks Called Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy,…

Latest iOS 9 beta improves security, includes support for two-factor authentication

By Collen Kriel Jul 9, 2015

Apple has unveiled a new two-factor authentication process set to go into effect in the upcoming iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan software releases. The new authentication process, revealed in a support document,…