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Crypto trading bots are a thing these days – but can they actually earn you money?

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 1:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


Investing in cryptocurrencies isn’t easy because there is always the risk of losing money, especially when you don’t have a deep understanding of the market. Actually, even seasoned traders will lose money on some trades because it is really hard to make money all the time. For example, Wall Street legend Warren Buffet lost about $23 billion in the financial crisis of 2008. In other words, humans aren’t infallible when it comes to trading. It’s becoming quite popular these days for people to invest money into trading bots, but how feasible is this strategy? First, let’s take a look at…

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Trends that make me believe sportstech is going to take over this upcoming year

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 11:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


In the last few years, the industry has been booming with cool gadgets, and tech solutions such as wearables, analytics tools, performance boosters, and so on making it very clear we’re living in an era of innovative technology. Now, most sports organizers, teams, and players are looking to the future and embracing these changes to improve every aspect of their operations – and they’re doing this by turning to sportstech startups. So, here are the main trends that make me believe sportstech will be the next “big thing” to revolutionize the sporting world.   More opportunities for sportstech startups joining…

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Google disables some Gmail smart suggestions because it can’t fix AI gender bias

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 11:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Repeat after me: An AI is only as fair as the data it learns from. And all too often, the world is unfair with its myriad gender, race, class, and caste biases. Now, fearing one such bias might affect users and rub them the wrong way, Google has blocked Gmail’s Smart Compose AI tool from suggesting gender-based pronouns. Introduced in May, Gmail’s Smart Compose feature allowed users to automatically complete sentences as they typed them. You can see an example below, with Gmail’s suggested words in gray. If you still haven’t enabled the feature on your Gmail, you can learn…

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Google disables some Gmail smart suggestions because it can’t fix AI gender bias

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 11:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Repeat after me: An AI is only as fair as the data it learns from. And all too often, the world is unfair with its myriad gender, race, class, and caste biases. Now, fearing one such bias might affect users and rub them the wrong way, Google has blocked Gmail’s Smart Compose AI tool from suggesting gender-based pronouns. Introduced in May, Gmail’s Smart Compose feature allowed users to automatically complete sentences as they typed them. You can see an example below, with Gmail’s suggested words in gray. If you still haven’t enabled the feature on your Gmail, you can learn…

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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users

Nov27
by on November 27, 2018 at 11:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Consumer agencies in seven EU countries have asked privacy regulators to take action against Google for violating GDPR. The search giant has allegedly tracked the movements of millions of Europeans, Reuters reports. According to the BEUC’s announcement — an umbrella organization representing European consumer groups — the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have filed complaints to their national data protection authorities due to new research by Norway‘s consumer group, Forbrukerrådet. The research‘s findings were published today and, according to the BEUC, it proves that Google’s practices are unfair and invasive: The report shows that Google collects…

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