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  Nvidia's AI reconstructs partially erased images with jaw-dropping accuracy

  TNW - Tristan Greene

  Nvidia this week unveiled its newest AI breakthrough in the form of a mind-blowing computer vision technique that can ‘inpaint’ parts of an image that have been deleted or modified. If you’re thinking Photoshop already does this, think again. This is something you have to see to believe. Nvidia’s …

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  Tim Cook says Apple’s customers are not its product, unlike Facebook

  Ars Technica - Cyrus Farivar

  "The truth is, we could make a ton of money if we monetized our customer." Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with MSNBC and Recode on Wednesday …

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  Trump admin wants to track 14 million US visitors’ social media history

  Ars Technica - Sam Machkovech

  Follows a wholly optional “identifier” request created by Obama administration in 2016. Want to visit the United States in a non-immigrant capacity? …

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  Grindr won’t share users’ HIV status with app contractors after outcry

  Ars Technica - Cyrus Farivar

  At first, CTO said users "should carefully consider" what info is on their profile. Grindr—the gay hookup app that has more than 3.6 million daily …

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  The #DeleteFacebook Movement Is Gaining A Lot Of Momentum

  UPROXX - Jason Nawara

  The Guardian’s explosive report on Cambridge Analytica’s privacy violation of using of data compiled by Facebook to help shape the outcome the 2016 election has led to a growing backlash dubbed #DeleteFacebook. The “information warfare,” which was shaped by Steve Bannon and Breitbart money-man …

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  The University of Arizona Tracked Students’ ID Card Swipes to Predict Who Would Drop Out

  Gizmodo - Melanie Ehrenkranz

  At the University of Arizona, researchers tracked the swipes of its freshman students’ ID cards to predict which students were most likely to drop …