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New anti-harassment AI program has 90% success rate
Mashable - Carmen Triola
Yahoo has developed an AI algorithm that it says can correctly detect up to 90 percent of abusive comments online, making it outperform other "state-of-the-art" deep-learning-based algorithms, according
open-sources the data it used for its first successful driverless trips
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
Comma.ai, the startup that George Hotz (aka Geohotz) founded to show that making driverless vehicles could done relatively cheaply using off-the-shelf components and existing vehicles, has open-sourced
Dropbox's collaboration tool opens up to everyone, gets new apps
Mashable - Karissa Bell
Dropbox's new productivity software is getting a big update. The company has been testing Paper, a new Google Docs-like tool, since last year when they quietly introduced something known as Project Composer
Nike used 3D printing and Olympic sprinters to design its new track shoe
Engadget - Edgar Alvarez
When Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce competes in the women's 100m and 4x100m relay at the Olympics this month, she'll do so wearing what Nike claims is one of its most advanced track and field shoes yet. The Jamaican,
Nicki Minaj's new mobile game is a challenge to 'become the next rap superstar'
Mashable - Emily Blake
You can stop peddling your mixtapes on the street now: Nicki Minaj's new mobile game lets you achieve rap stardom. It's all virtual, sure, but that still counts, right? Right? Nicki Minaj: The Empire it
Lyft hits record 13.9M monthly rides, sees 5X quarterly growth in Concierge rides
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
Lyft is seeing record ridership, including an all-time high of 13.9 million rides during July, first reported by Recode and confirmed by TechCrunch via sources familiar with the matter. In addition to
Comcast Thinks It's Totally Chill to Charge For Privacy
Gizmodo - Sophie Kleeman
Comcast has logged yet another tally in the competition for Shittiest Company In Existence. During a meeting with the FCC last week, Comcast officials …
Intel is working on a depth sensor for the HTC Vive
The Verge - Micah Singleton
It's looking like virtual reality will take center stage at Intel's Developer Conference in a couple weeks. Dimitri Diakopoulos, an engineer on Intel's VR team tweeted out an image of an HTC Vive with
This volcano in Nicaragua is going to be connected to the internet
The Verge - Alessandra Potenza
The goal is to predict when the volcano will erupt You can get Wi-Fi almost anywhere nowadays — even on the NYC subway platform. So how about connecting an entire volcano to the internet? General Electric
Tesla plans to open a new store every four days
Mashable - Kerry Flynn
Elon Musk wants to see more of his stores in malls and shopping centers near you. Tesla Motors will add a new retail store every four days, on average, during the next year, according to the company's
We checked out a bunch of hologram art
The Verge - Ashley Carman
Could holograms be the future? VR headsets bring us into a virtual world by sealing our eyeballs into a headset; AR promises to augment our physical world by layering digital things on top of it; and could
Economist says uploaded brains will take over all jobs within 100 years
Business Insider - Gus Lubin
Robin Hanson predicts in "The Age of Em" that we'll develop cheap technology for emulating brains on computers in the next 100 years. He expects emulations, or ems, to be like human brains but able to