TensorFlow, Python, and Julia helped make 2018 the year of machine learning on GitHub
GitHubbers couldn’t get enough of machine learning in 2018. The data doesn’t lie: the 2018 State of the Octoverse report showed that ML and data science...
TrueLayer’s Payments API lets companies accept payments through Open Banking
Open Banking and PSD2 — groundbreaking regulation from the U.K. and European Union, respectively — set out to fix what politicians and civil servants perceived as...
An update on our work to prevent abuse ahead of the EU elections
Concerns about disinformation run high ahead of elections, a time when secure access to authoritative information is essential. Over the past few years, as more attempts...
Geek Trivia: Skimmers Are Used To Capture What Kind Of Data?
Skimmers Are Used To Capture What Kind Of Data? Email Headers Social Security Numbers BitTorrent User IDs Credit Card Numbers Think you know the answer? Source...
Apple disables group calling in FaceTime in response to eavesdropping bug
Apple has disabled the group calling feature within its FaceTime calling service while it works on a patch to fix a nasty bug that allows eavesdropping. Apple’s...
To fight election meddling, Google’s cyber unit Jigsaw extends its anti-DDoS protections to European politicos
Jigsaw, the cybersecurity-focused division owned by Google parent Alphabet, is now allowing political organizations in Europe to sign up for its anti-web-flooding technology for free. Until now,...
WeWork could challenge Starbucks in China with new on-demand service
The rise of Starbucks in China, like that in the west, is closely linked to its function as a “third space” for people to hang out...
Southeast Asia’s Grab is adding Netflix-like video streaming to its ride-hailing app
Grab is Southeast Asia’s top ride-hailing firm thanks to its acquisition of Uber’s local business last year. Its biggest competitor gone, the company is on a...
The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point
There are few individuals in media worse than Tucker Carlson. The Fox News host regularly espouses white nationalist views on his nightly show, spreading his dangerous,...
5 years after its Oculus investment, A16Z leads a new VR startup’s $68M Series A
Sandbox’s magic happens in a largely empty room. The gear mounted onto the walls (VR headsets, PC backpacks, and tracked toy assault rifles) gives more than...
