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Day: July 30, 2020
Extra Crunch Live: Join Y Combinator’s Geoff Ralston for a live chat today at 12pm PT/3pm ET
How has Y Combinator adapted its accelerator program to work through a pandemic? What does YC look for in a company in a year as rocky and unpredictable as this one? Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston will join us on Extra Crunch Live later today […]
Judge keeps Powerhouse gambling machines shut down in ND
Stenehjem suspended the company's gambling license because he said it failed to show it had purchased a software license for each device in the …
What’s This? A Bipartisan Plan for AI and National Security
US representatives Will Hurd and Robin Kelly are from opposite sides of the ever-widening aisle, but they share a concern that the US may lose its grip on artificial intelligence, threatening the American economy and the balance of world power. Thursday, Hurd (R-Texas) and Kelly […]
Zoom bug gave hackers access to any private meeting Zoom meeting
A simple vulnerability found in the web client of video conferencing platform Zoom could have allowed hackers to listen in on any private meeting of their choosing. Identified by Tom Anthony, VP Product at SEO firm SearchPilot, the Zoom vulnerability stemmed from the absence of […]
Coursera and Insitro founder Daphne Koller is coming to Disrupt 2020
Years after Daphne Koller left academia to pursue its reinvention with Coursera, circumstances have conspired to return her to a passion left by the wayside. Big data, machine learning and biology are suddenly in syzygy and Koller is intent on making the most of it […]
Elizabeth Hurley’s stunning lockdown bikini pics as she strips to underwear again
Elizabeth captioned her latest pic: "Sunshine bikini bottoms and my favourite Lizzie Robe." Elizabeth Hurley has stripped to her underwear again (Image: …
2020 NHL playoffs betting preview: Bets we like for this postseason
Our panel includes ESPN betting analyst Doug Kezirian, ESPN NHL writers Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan, and Vince Masi from the ESPN Stats …
How Pixar Uses AI and GANs To Create High-Resolution ContentAI & Surroundings
Originally published in VentureBeat, July 17, 2020. As digital animators continue to push the boundaries of technology and creativity, the technical teams that support them are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver the tools they need. That’s the case at Pixar, where […]
Children Stream on Twitch—Where Potential Predators Find Them
Similar spot checks of Twitch’s less popular competitors, YouTube Gaming and Facebook Gaming, turned up far fewer instances of apparent children livestreaming. To stream on YouTube via mobile, a user must have over 1,000 followers. Facebook Live doesn’t have a comparable restriction, but its live […]