AI & RoboticsNews

Google will use AI to optimize how often users see ads

October 8, 2019
Google says it’s investigating ways to preserve user’s privacy without impacting their display ads experiences, in part through AI and machine learning. In a blog post this morning, the Mountain View company announced it’ll soon introduce an ad frequency feature in Display & Video 360 — its end-to-end programmatic ad campaign management platform — that’ll tap AI to help…
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MobileNews

October 2019 security patch now rolling out for Galaxy S10, Note 10

October 8, 2019
The October 2019 security patch is now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, Note 10 and Note 10+. We’ve seen information that confirms Google will not grant Android licenses to phones launching without Android 10 from 2020. No doubt that is awesome for any new phones you pick up at the turn of the decade but it’s the current crop of devices that need the bump to the latest OS…
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AI & RoboticsNews

U.S. expands trade blacklist to include China’s top AI startups

October 8, 2019
(Reuters) — The U.S. government expanded its trade blacklist to include some of China’s top artificial intelligence startups, punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities and ratcheting up tensions ahead of high-level trade talks in Washington this week. The decision, almost certain to draw a sharp response from Beijing, targets 20 Chinese public security bureaus and eight…
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MobileNews

Instagram for iOS updated with support for Dark Mode in iOS 13

October 8, 2019
Nearly three weeks after the release of iOS 13 to the public, Instagram for iOS has been updated with Dark Mode support. The new design is a mix of dark gray and black, and matches the system-wide setting in iOS 13. What this means is that Instagram’s implementation of…
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The PS4’s Facebook integration comes to an abrupt end, but it should only be temporary

October 7, 2019
Sony today disabled the ability for PlayStation 4 owners to link the game console to their Facebook account. That in turn disabled the ability to use your Facebook profile photo as your official PlayStation Network avatar, the ability to find friends using your Facebook friends list, and the share features that let you transfer gameplay videos and screenshots. There was no warning of the change…
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