Tag: facebook
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Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates’ philanthropic organizations helped researchers sequence the coronavirus genome
Taylor Hill/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg printed a Facebook article on Tuesday about the corporation’s answer. Zuckerberg explained that an instrument developed by his own philanthropic organization with the Gates Foundation has assisted researchers in Cambodia order the novel coronavirus’ genome. Sequencing the genome of a virus allows researchers to study its origins and how it…
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Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest
Hackers will soon be able to stress-test that the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the debut of the societal media giant’s debut hardware device last year. Pwn2Own is one of the largest hacking contests on earth, where exhibit and security investigators descend to locate their exploits for vulnerabilities such as automobiles…
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Facebook Is Working on Sci-Fi Tech That Would Let Users Type With Their Minds
Facebook is working on augmented reality glasses that would help people type by monitoring their brain signals instead of requiring them to use a keyboard. And two years into the research, the company said on Tuesday that the sci-fi goal may be achievable. “We want to be able to give people a hands-free and flexible…
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Facebook ha problemi di crescita (per colpa di Instagram e WhatsApp) e forse non ha una soluzione
Il numero di utenti giornalieri del societal networking Facebook e dell’app Messenger è aumentato a 1,6 miliardi di persone nel secondo trimestre, ha dichiarato Facebook mercoledìutenti e il tasso di crescita dell’8 percent rispetto a un anno fa è il secondo più lento nella storia dell’azienda. In Europa, Stati Uniti e Canada – che insieme…
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The daily business briefing: July 25, 2019
1. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday struck Facebook using a record $5 billion nice and ordered the social media giant to step up supervision of its own handling of consumer information. The movements were part of a settlement on allegations that Facebook tricked users about their control over the privacy of their personal info.…
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Hodler’s Digest, July 15–21: Libra Special! Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUDs of the Week
U.S. politicians tell a Facebook exec that Libra endangers Americans over 9/11, BitMEX lands in warm water along with Vitalik Buterin reveals his big thought for Ethereum. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest can allow you to monitor every single significant news story that occurred this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation…
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Powering the brains of tomorrow’s intelligent machines
Shahin Farshchi Contributor Shahin Farshchi is a partner at Lux Capital. More posts by this contributor Four ways to bridge the widening valley of death for startups Building a great startup requires more than genius and a great invention Sense and compute are the electronic eyes and ears that will be the ultimate power behind…
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What Big Banks Say About Being ‘Screwed’ — Data Sheet
Adam Dell, the head of product for Its Goldman Sachs Customer Lender Marcus, delivered a zinger to the Brainstorm Finance audience in Montauk, N.Y., Thursday afternoon. “There are only two kinds of banks,” he explained. “There are banks that are screwed. And banks that don’t know they are screwed.” Dell can be smug since his…