How non-profit Thorn uses Amazon Rekognition's DetectText, which extracts text from images, and IndexFaces, which detects faces, to fight child sex trafficking

  Techmeme   ·   2 days ago

Why Hong Kong’s protesters were afraid to use their metro cards

  Reddit   ·   5 days ago

Facebook removes Indian page, says it spread Iranian propaganda

  Hacker News   ·   3 weeks ago

Plaid, the tech firm linking fintech companies like Venmo with consumer bank accounts, rolls out its services in the UK, to eight of Britain's biggest banks

  Techmeme   ·   3 weeks ago

San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures

  Techmeme   ·   3 weeks ago

Pl@ntNet, a social collaborative app for identifying plants, shows how good social media can be without the engagement imperative

  Techmeme   ·   3 weeks ago

How I made sure all 12 of my kids could pay for college themselves

  Hacker News   ·   3 weeks ago

Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds

  Hacker News   ·   3 weeks ago

Washington state lawmakers just approved human corpse composting

  Hacker News   ·   4 weeks ago

Benchmark made billions on its early-stage Uber investment, but it isn't clear if late-stage investors like Softbank or Saudi Arabia's PIF made any profits yet

  Techmeme   ·   1 month ago

Silicon Valley will soon get its own stock exchange

  Hacker News   ·   1 month ago

Solar, wind, plus other renewables beat coal for first time in US

  Hacker News   ·   2 months ago