Monday, 31 October 2016

Editor's Pick: Apple vs. Microsoft: Remixing the Magic

Rob Enderle Oct 31, 2016 10:22 AM PT
	What I think is funny in this market is that most people can look at two companies, see the difference in their performance, and not learn the fundamental lesson. The core magic is this: having someone who is running the company who both understands the technology and understands either the customer's current needs -- or how to manipulate customers to need what you make. [More...]

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Tech Billionaire Thiel Aims to Justify His Trump Support
Peter Thiel, one of the few well-known Silicon Valley figures who has given Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a public endorsement, on Monday reiterated his support at a National Press Club event in Washington. He prefaced his remarks with a disclaimer. "Nobody thinks his comments about women were acceptable," Thiel told the gathering, referring to Trump. [More...]

Conspiracy Theories in the Information Age, Part 1
One of the most volatile conspiracy theories in recent times ended with a whimper last month, when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made the terse statement, "President Barack Obama was born in the U.S. Period." Though birthers may be with us always, it seems many have turned their attention to other potentially scandalous topics -- and they need look no further than the Internet. [More...]

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The Morning After: Apple's new MacBook Pro, no more Vines and more!

It's Monday, October 31, 2016.

It's Monday morning! Happy Halloween!

While today officially marks Halloween, we're sure you've already made, worn and irreversibly damaged your costume over the weekend. That's fine; we all have to come back to reality some time. And at least there are dinosaur brains, rep-counting headphones and a tour around Xiaomi's HQ -- the world's next tech giant -- to soften the blow of those Monday blues.

Clever girl.

This brown lump was once a dinosaur brain

Scientists say they have discovered the first known example of a dinosaur brain tissue fossil. It's a particularly rare find: the researchers think they got lucky, theorizing that the dinosaur's brain was preserved in highly acidic water (possibly from a bog or swamp), protecting its form before the whole animal was buried. It's already offered a better insight into how dinosaurs' brains differed from reptilian and bird gray matter.

Foodie TV without restriction.

Alton Brown's internet cooking show is the spiritual successor to 'Good Eats'

If you were a fan of 'Good Eats', it's time to get excited about Alton Brown's new internet cooking show. As he revealed on a live Facebook chat, Brown will be looking to explore cooking beyond the constraints of mainstream TV broadcasting. That might include rabbit and sous vides -- and that's just the entree.

C'mon, just two more pull-ups.

These headphones count reps so you don't have to

Jabra's new Sports Coach earphones can measure and coach not only your running but also cross-training style bodyweight exercises. Well, most of the time. Mat Smith struggles with push-ups in this heartwarming tale of man vs. gravity vs. sports headphones.

But wait, there's more...

1. Touring Xiaomi's HQ and its Apple-esque store

2. Teen arrested for sharing an exploit that almost brought down 911

3. Apple's MacBook Pro isn't the touchscreen laptop it ought to be

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Saturday, 29 October 2016

Editor's Pick: Bot Armies Boost Candidates' Popularity on Twitter

Bot Armies Boost Candidates' Popularity on Twitter

John P. Mello Jr.
Oct 29, 2016 6:00 AM PT

Internet bots have many useful online purposes, but they have a dark side, too, as three researchers demonstrated in their analysis of Twitter traffic during the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Bots are used to automate functions on the Net. For example, if you belong to several social networks, you could use a bot to post a photo to all of them at once. [More...]

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Apple Brings a Surprising Touch to MacBook Event
Apple on Thursday unveiled two new MacBook Pro laptops, adding a touch more power to the line. Both the new 13-inch and 15-inch models will be offered in silver and space gray. They have a Touch Bar that replaces the row of function keys found on laptops, as well as a Touch ID fingerprint scanner incorporated into the power button. They sport a Force Touch trackpad that's twice the size of the trackpad in previous models. [More...]

Should Salesforce Buy NetSuite?
The recently released spreadsheet hacked from Salesforce board member Colin Powell's email names multiple companies that Salesforce was at least considering acquiring. In the aftermath of the initial reports, it's worth noticing that there were at least two enterprise resource planning/back office companies on the list: Workday and NetSuite. There are plenty of reasons to dismiss acquisition talk. [More...]

Stock Price Rises as Twitter Slashes Jobs, Uproots Vine
Twitter shares were up Friday following a third-quarter earnings report that beat Wall Street estimates despite declining revenue growth. Twitter also announced a widely expected round of job cuts and the unexpected shutdown of Vine. Twitter has been on financial oxygen in recent weeks, after failing to find a buyer. Investors applauded the news that it will slash 9 percent of its workforce. [More...]

Microsoft Open Sources AI Toolkit
Microsoft has released an updated version of its Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit as an open source Beta. The deep learning system is used to speed advances in areas such as speech and image recognition and search relevance on CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. It also works with Microsoft's Azure GPU offering. The toolkit's developers initially were looking for a tool to speed up and improve their own research. [More...]

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