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4iQ raises $30 million for AI that attacks the trade in stolen digital identities

Digital identity protection startup 4iQ today announced a $30 million round it will use to ramp up investments in its go-to-market activities. The funding comes as 4iQ brings former Waterline Data head Kailash Ambwani on as CEO. Over 300 data breaches involving the theft of 100,000 or more records occurred between 2005 and 2014, Forbes reports. Data breaches exposed 4.1 billion records in the…
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Google Cloud launches Lending DocAI to streamline mortgage applications with AI

Google today unveiled Lending DocAI, a specialized Google Cloud solution for the mortgage industry that ostensibly provides “industry-leading” accuracy for documents relevant to lending and processing income. The company says the solution can reduce mortgage processing times, streamline data capture and enrichment, and support various regulatory and customer data compliance…
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Google Assistant's driving mode for Android is nearly ready, one year later

Google promised an Assistant driving mode for phones would arrive in mid-2019, but that clearly didn’t happen — over a year passed without any sign of it. It appears to be ready, though. XDA-Developers has discovered (via Android Police) that Google Assistant’s driving mode is at least partially enabled for Android users. The interface has changed considerably from the I/O 2019 demo you see…
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Google Assistant is rolling out on Samsung's 2020 TVs in the US

After years of trying to make Bixby happen, Samsung is coming around and enabling support for better AI helpers like Alexa and Google Assistant. The company announced at CES this year that you can choose to use these assistants on its QLED 8K TV, but Google Assistant only just became available. It’ll work on 2020 models of Samsung’s Sero, Serif, Frame, Terrace, Crystal UHD and 8K and 4K QLEDs.
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