Gains by health care companies led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher Tuesday, pushing the market further into record territory. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly climbed above the 23,000 mark for the first time, settling just below the milestone. Slight gains nudged the Dow and […]
Day: October 17, 2017
WhatsApp’s real-time location sharing lets your friends see where you’re at
WhatsApp has now joined the likes of Google Maps and parent company Facebook in activating real-time location sharing for users. The popular chat service announced that starting today, users of its iOS and Android app will have the option to share their live location with […]
Ticketmaster is taking NFL ticketing digital
The football ticket is about to go paperless. As part of a multi-year contract extension between The National Football League and Ticketmaster, the ticketing giant has said it will be selling the NFL “the first open architecture, fully digital ticketing system in sports.” Ticketmaster will […]
Riforma pensioni, l’ira dei sindacati: Governo ha violato intesa, le novità
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Internal Twitter email explains its new plans to fight abuse
The social network also plans to treat hate imagery and symbols as “sensitive media,” much as it does with nudity and graphic violence. Again, Twitter isn’t certain exactly what will qualify, but it’s safe to presume that at least some Nazi images will be hidden […]
FCC Chair Finally Says Agency Won’t Censor Trump’s Enemies
Last Wednesday President Donald Trump took to Twitter to suggest the government should challenge broadcasting licenses for stations that air “fake news.” The tweets attracted a swarm of criticism, but Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai, who was best positioned to calm fears of government censorship, […]
Amazon Studios head Roy Price steps down amid sexual harassment allegations
Amazon Studios head Roy Price steps down amid sexual harassment … Actress Rose McGowan called out Amazon chief Jeff Bezos on Twitter, noting … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Allen Institute for AI’s Semantic Scholar adds biomedical papers to its AI-sorted corpus
Semantic Scholar, an effort to index scientific literature using natural language processing and other AI methods, has added tens of millions of papers to its trove, expanding from computer science into biomedical studies. It’s a good opportunity for people in more fields to try this […]
Digital assistants: Siri vs Google vs Alexa
Forget typing into a keypad or pushing buttons on a phone to make calls, access apps or play music. Thanks to the latest voice activated technology you can now do all this and more, simply by talking into a device – whether that’s a mobile […]
New story in Business from Time: The Last Famous Investor Betting on Sears Just Gave Up on It—and Its Stock Plunged
The past few years have been difficult ones for Sears, marked by shrinking sales, a sinking share price, and a slew of store closures. But the struggling retailer could at least count on one thing: the support of Bruce Berkowitz, one of Wall Street’s most […]