Fawkes has already been downloaded nearly half a million times from the project website. One user has also built an online version, making it even easier for people to use (though Wenger won’t vouch for third parties using the code, warning: “You don’t know what’s happening to your data while that person is processing it”). …
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Tech stocks hammered after US Treasury Secretary speculates on hiking interest rates – TechCrunch
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Basecamp employees detail an all-hands that led to resignations, including the head of strategy, who questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company (Casey Newton/The Verge)
Casey Newton / The Verge: Basecamp employees detail an all-hands that led to resignations, including the head of strategy, who questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company — I. — At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize.
Qu’est-ce qui différencie l’IA d’entreprise de toute autre IA?
L’intelligence artificielle (IA) d’entreprise a-t-elle été à la hauteur du battage médiatique généré lors d’une décennie de conférences industrielles? Ou est-ce que ça arrive court? Peut-être que mettre le mot «entreprise» devant l’intelligence artificielle ne fait qu’apporter une touche marketing. Cela dépend de la manière dont les entreprises individuelles déploient l’IA. Lorsque les entreprises adoptent …
Un plan ambitieux pour lutter contre les ransomwares est confronté à de longues chances
Miragec | Getty Images Écoles, hôpitaux, Ville d’Atlanta. Garmin, Acer, la police de Washington, DC. À ce point personne n’est en sécurité contre le fléau des ransomwares. Au cours des dernières années, les demandes de rançon qui montent en flèche et ciblage aveugle avoir escaladé, sans soulagement en vue. Aujourd’hui, un partenariat public-privé récemment formé …
Here’s what China wants from its next space station
The Tianhe-1 module that launched this week is the core of what is supposed to be a three-part space station. On the surface, it seems to pale in comparison to the 22-year-old ISS. The ISS is a football-field-size behemoth weighing about 420 metric tons, while the much smaller T-shaped Chinese Space Station (CSS) will be …
L’école Lambda licencie 65 employés dans un contexte de restructuration – TechCrunch
Près d’un an après sa dernière mise à pied, bootcamp de codage en ligne École Lambda vient d’annoncer davantage de coupes dans le cadre d’une structuration plus large. Dans un article de blog, le PDG et fondateur Austen Allred a déclaré que la startup, qui a levé 74 millions de dollars de série C en …
ElasticRun, which helps neighborhood stores in India secure capital and boost sales by working with e-commerce firms, raises $75M Series D (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: ElasticRun, which helps neighborhood stores in India secure capital and boost sales by working with e-commerce firms, raises $75M Series D — A startup that is helping over 125,000 neighborhood stores in India secure working capital, inventory from top brands, and work with e-commerce firms …
The Key Issues That Stand Between Us and the Future of the Internet
You’ll find little pushback to the idea that the internet is an awesome tool that has permanently and fundamentally changed our society, culture, and technological potential. Today, anyone with an internet-connected device and a couple hours of free time can talk to someone across the world, tap into an archive of nearly infinite knowledge, and …
Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company
The US Department of Defense puzzled Internet experts by apparently transferring control of tens of millions of dormant IP addresses to an obscure Florida company just before President Donald Trump left the White House, but the Pentagon has finally offered a partial explanation for why it happened. The Defense Department says it still owns the …