Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with a nearly religious zeal, has said for years his mission is “making the world more open and connected.” But in the last few weeks, that more open and connected world has led to headlines about violence, murder and, most recently, revenge porn shared on his social network. People have used …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pepper the humanoid robot knows how you feel 1:14 Fear of artificial intelligence is real, and Canada has a problem on its hands: The country may soon be killed by cuteness. After taking trips to the US and Europe, Japan’s Pepper robot will soon start working for Canada’s ATB Financials bank. The humanoid robot will be …
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Google‘s I/O developers conference brought lots of news about the Google Home speaker. It can now make hands-free calls, communicate more with your phone and better integrate streamers like Spotify. Most exciting for those of us Down Under, though, is the news that Google Home is actually coming Down Under. Home is powered by Google Assistant, the tech giant’s AI-powered …
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Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft debuts Windows Story Remix to edit and organize… 3:54 Microsoft wants to be a key asset in your digital toolbox — regardless of whether you’re using Windows, iOS or Android. Unlike the high-level wonkiness of the previous day at Microsoft Build, day two of the company’s developers conference had plenty for average consumers across the …
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We’ve all seen them: tacky, suggestive, borderline explicit ad images littered across spammy, low-rent, minimally informative websites looking for a few easy clicks on Facebook. On Wednesday, the social media platform announced an offensive. “Starting today, we’re rolling out an update so people see fewer posts and ads in News Feed that link to these low-quality web page experiences,” Facebook …
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Will Irish War Cry win the fastest two minutes in sports? Or maybe McCracken, or Classic Empire? What if Always Dreaming pulls away from the field? (Hint: it finished strong.) Those were the daunting prospects that 16 others (including 12 horse racing experts) and I faced Wednesday participating in an artificial intelligence “swarm” with Unanimous A.I. to pick the winner …
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Facebook is bringing some cool tricks to its camera apps using machine learning technology. The social media giant is building features into the camera apps on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger that could let you shoot 3D pictures with a single lens and apply different artistic styles to videos, the company said Wednesday at F8, its annual developer conference. Powering those …
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Facebook Messenger wants to be your one-stop shop for… everything. Want to check on your flight or buy some Nikes? The social network hopes you’ll never leave its chat app. Facebook on Tuesday unveiled new features for Messenger that aim to give people more ways to communicate with businesses but cut out the tedium — like talking to customer service …
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Imagine you and your child turning your doctor’s waiting room table into a battlefield for a tower defense video game only you two can see. Later this year, Facebook will begin releasing the tech that’ll make it happen. Welcome to augmented reality, an emerging technology that Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg touted Tuesday at his company’s F8 conference for developers. …
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Pennsylvania State Police confirmed the suspect accused of fatally shooting an elderly man in Cleveland and posting it to Facebook is dead. The suspect, Steve Stephens, 37, was initially spotted just after 11 a.m. by an alert citizen in Erie County, Pennsylvania, police said in a statement Tuesday on Facebook. Troopers located and pursued Stephens for approximately two miles when …
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