Still another top AI researcher leaving Google
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Google AI research manager Samy Bengio said he is resigning, according to an internal email, Bloomberg News and Reuters reported. The AI unit has recently lost some of his colleagues
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One of the oldest internet services closing down
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One of the oldest Q&A platforms on the internet is on its way out. Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4, the company announced. Yahoo Answers website will from
Java’s software code used by Google judged as ‘fair use’ by US Court
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Google’s using of Oracle’s software code for Android smartphone operating system did not violate federal copyright law, the US Supreme Court has ruled thereby changing a lower court´s ruling. The
LG to stop making smartphones
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South Korea’s LG Electronics announced that it is getting out of the smartphone market after years of revenue problems. According to statistics, LG was once the number three smartphone maker
Who should control big tech platforms?
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Facebook has removed an interview with ex-president Donald Trump from the account of Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law and a contributor at Murdoch-owned conservative-leaning Fox News, and thereby once again started
Facebook to show if users are vaccinated
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Facebook wants to put pressure on all its users to get the Covid vaccine. The company has now introduced a kind of vaccine stamp that the ones vaccinated should have
Farewell, Cortana! Microsoft shuts down the app on iOS and Android
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Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant designed to compete with Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant, is retired on mobile. Instead it will focus on offering productivity help in Windows 10, Outlook and
Tech companies speed up return to the office
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As vaccination rates across the U.S. continue to rise, major tech companies say they will reopen their offices with limited capacity in the coming months. Google, one of the first
Global spend on apps surges by 40% in a year
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The app market is getting bigger – and it’s growing at a faster rate than ever before – revealing the remarkable impact of the global lockdown on the app industry.
Which was the most downloaded app in Q1?
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TikTok remained the most downloaded app in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest download stats from App Annie, which underline the social platform’s enduring popularity. Even though