China's AI unicorns like Megvii, which thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, are now facing challenges amid US sanctions and cheaper tech Techmeme · 5 hours ago
How decentralized protocols may help solve some issues plaguing social media today; @bluesky team should consider existing projects like Mastodon Techmeme · 3 days ago
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3D Printing Can Keep Aging Air Force Aircraft Flying – And the military wants you—to help it make spare parts for decades-old B-52 bombers and other planes. Reddit · 6 days ago
A look at the mixed legacy of Alphabet's organizational structure, which sometimes led to the duplication of efforts among Google and Alphabet's other companies Techmeme · 1 week ago
DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp Techmeme · 1 week ago
Data Brokers Are Cruising for a Bruising – We blame hackers for breaches, but shadowy brokers are often just as culpable, and they need to be held accountable. Reddit · 1 week ago
Jerome Pesenti, VP of AI at Facebook, on using AI for content moderation, limitations of deep learning and current AI, commercializing AI research, and more Techmeme · 1 week ago
Best 2019 Cyber Monday deals on smartphones, laptops and tablets, TVs, headphones and speakers, cameras and drones, wearables, and more Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
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Google reveals new details about Russia-linked "Sandworm" hacking group behind NotPetya, the attacks on Winter Olympics, French election, and more Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
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Google Shakes Up Its ‘TGIF’—and Ends Its Culture of Openness: Don’t Be Evil has changed to Don’t Ask Me Anything. Reddit · 4 weeks ago
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Intel has been slow to address information-leaking chip bugs, issuing an incomplete fix for "ZombieLoad" in May and another series of microcode patches today Techmeme · 1 month ago