Ken Yeung
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Journalist, editorial curator and marketer. Previously with Flipboard, VentureBeat, and The Next Web. Always curating the first draft of history.

@thekenyeung@flipboard.com

Ken Yeung
flipped into FYI
1 hour ago
In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin
TechCrunch - Anthony Ha
The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine. Specifically, Advanced Custom Fields — a plugin making it easier for WordPress users to customize their edit screens — …
Ken Yeung
flipped into The Nation
1 hour ago
Former U.S. Soldier Is Sentenced to 14 Years for Planning to Help ISIS
The New York Times - Emmett Lindner
A former soldier in the U.S. Army was sentenced on Friday to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to provide ISIS with information to help plan an ambush he thought would result in the deaths of U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The …
Ken Yeung
flipped into FYI
3 hours ago
Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’
404 Media - Joseph Cox
The breach does not appear to impact the main consumer Verizon network, and instead involves the company’s push to talk (PTT) product, marketed to …
Ken Yeung
flipped into The AI Economy
6 hours ago
‘Where we are today in biology AI is similar to GPT in 2020’: An interview with the CEO of Africa’s biggest AI startup
TechCrunch - Tage Kene-Okafor
In January last year, German biotech company BioNTech acquired African AI startup Instadeep for over $550 million, a deal finalized in July of the same year. Instadeep, whose exit is currently the largest from Africa, has been operating under the German pharma umbrella for just over a year. Now is …
Ken Yeung
flipped into The AI Economy
2 days ago
Elon Musk wants to dominate robotaxis—first he needs to catch up to Waymo
understandingai.org - Timothy B Lee
This evening, Elon Musk will take the stage in Los Angeles for an event titled “We Robot.” Musk has said that the event, which was originally …
Ken Yeung
flipped into The AI Economy
21 hours ago
This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
The Wall Street Journal. - Christopher Mims
Yann LeCun helped give birth to today’s artificial-intelligence boom. But he thinks many experts are exaggerating its power and peril, and he wants people to know it. While a chorus of prominent technologists tell us that we are close to having computers that surpass human intelligence—and may even …