Pluto TV, the free streaming service found on Samsung, Sony and Vizio TVs, is expanding. In a new partnership announced Thursday, the service will now be available on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 cable box. The streaming service was already available on the cable provider’s Xfinity Flex, a $5-per-month streaming box that doesn’t include a cable subscription. The …
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13 June
Spotify is revamping Your Library for paying members to be more personalized
Spotify is morphing its Your Library section, saying the new design will make it easier to find the music you’re looking for quickly and help discover new podcasts, according to a blog post Thursday. The company says music will be organized in a more personalized way to find what you’re looking for quicker, and podcast will be easier to discover and …
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13 June
San Francisco tapping AI to reduce racial bias in making criminal charges
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón says the city is using artificial intelligence to remove racial bias from the process of deciding whom to charge with crimes. A new AI tool scans police reports and automatically redacts any race information. It’s part of an effort to remove implicit bias caused by social conditioning and learned associations, Gascón’s office said in a press …
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13 June
Apple’s restrictions on kids apps will hurt PBS, the broadcaster says
The US Public Broadcasting Service faces challenges beyond the Trump administration’s efforts to defund it. Paula Kerger, CEO of the nonprofit broadcaster, says PBS has now encountered an obstacle from Apple. Kerger said Tuesday that a new restriction from the iPhone maker will limit how PBS can work with third-party developers and will ultimately harm the PBS Kids app. She made the …
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13 June
NBA Finals 2019: How to watch Warriors vs. Raptors Game 6 live tonight
The Toronto Raptors lead the Golden State Warriors three games to two, but let the possible series-clinching Game 5 slip away at home, blowing a six-point lead with less than 4 minutes to go. The NBA Finals shift back to Oakland for the last game ever at Oracle Arena (the team will open next season in their new digs across the bay in …
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13 June
Microsoft Edge browser will block intrusive ads
Microsoft’s Edge browser will block ads that are deemed too intrusive, a new sign that browsers have begun competing to make the web better for you even if businesses might not like it. It’s a significant development for Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge, an overhauled app now available for Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS that’s based on Google’s open-source browser technology. …
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13 June
Kickstarter tells creators to stop calling projects ‘the ultimate’
Kickstarter has told its users to avoid using dubious and exaggerated claims when marketing their projects to potential backers. This includes “puffery” like world’s best, smallest, fastest, first, ultimate, unrivaled and revolutionary. The global crowdfunding platform has helped projects like a smart cheesemaker, a Dungeons & Dragons animated series and ketchup slices get off the ground, but now Kickstarter is …
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13 June
AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold preorders due to delay
Samsung missed the April release date of the Galaxy Fold to fix problems with the device, but that delay is causing issues for customers, retailers and carriers. Now AT&T is adding to the bad news, sending cancellation notices to those who preordered the foldable phone. Those AT&T emails on canceling Galaxy Fold preorders were reported on earlier Thursday by Tom’s Hardware. …
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13 June
Apple Card, beware. Monzo is bringing its ‘bank of the future’ to the US
Digital bank Monzo has taken the UK by storm, thanks to its app-based, customer-centric tools and brand. And now it’s coming to the US. Monzo announced Thursday that it would be setting up shop in Los Angeles this summer, and invited potential customers to sign up on its wait list in order to get their hands on one of its …
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13 June
Deepfake debunking tool may protect presidential candidates. For now. Sometimes
Deepfakes of world leaders may be easier to debunk ahead of the 2020 US presidential election with a new detection method. The rest of us are still out of luck, though. And the technique works only for a specific style of talking-head-style deepfake. Oh, and it’s only a matter of time before manipulators figure out how to dodge this kind of …
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