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It took Facebook months to ban this shady app after Cambridge Analytica

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 9:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook announced this week it had made its first outright ban of an app in the company-wide audit it’s been working on since the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. The app in question had apparently been setting off red flags since April. Ime Archibong, Facebook‘s VP of product partnerships, revealed Facebook banned an app called “myPersonality,” which hadn’t been active since 2012. According to him, the app was banned “for failing to agree to our request to audit and because it’s clear that they shared information with researchers as well as companies with only limited protections in place.” The app…

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It took Facebook months to ban this shady app after Cambridge Analytica

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 9:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook announced this week it had made its first outright ban of an app in the company-wide audit it’s been working on since the Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year. The app in question had apparently been setting off red flags since April. Ime Archibong, Facebook‘s VP of product partnerships, revealed Facebook banned an app called “myPersonality,” which hadn’t been active since 2012. According to him, the app was banned “for failing to agree to our request to audit and because it’s clear that they shared information with researchers as well as companies with only limited protections in place.” The app…

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Report: The Pixel 3’s second front camera will be used for ‘Super Selfies’

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 9:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Despite the myriad of leaks so far, one of the big mysteries surrounding the Pixel 3 is why the phone has two cameras on the front but only one in the rear. Now a report by 9to5Google gives an explanation: something called Super Selfies. According to 9to5Google’s sources, this is largely related to making portrait mode better for selfies, even though I thought the Pixel 2 already had the best implementation outside of the iPhone X. Using two cameras gives Google better depth information, but that doesn’t necessarily explain the commitment to two cameras. The company has been adamant about only needing one sensor…

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Report: The Pixel 3’s second front camera will be used for ‘Super Selfies’

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 9:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Despite the myriad of leaks so far, one of the big mysteries surrounding the Pixel 3 is why the phone has two cameras on the front but only one in the rear. Now a report by 9to5Google gives an explanation: something called Super Selfies. According to 9to5Google’s sources, this is largely related to making portrait mode better for selfies, even though I thought the Pixel 2 already had the best implementation outside of the iPhone X. Using two cameras gives Google better depth information, but that doesn’t necessarily explain the commitment to two cameras. The company has been adamant about only needing one sensor…

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Want to make robots more human? Try artificial stupidity

Aug23
by on August 23, 2018 at 8:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Welcome to the AI era. We missed the official announcement too, but it’s obvious that’s what we’re in. This new paradigm requires the acceptance or denial of a new brand of faith: Artificial general intelligence (AGI). Or, sentient machines, if you prefer. Either way, let’s talk about killer robots. It seems like the entire world is obsessed with AGI – the idea that a machine could become “alive” or “sentient.” At a bare minimum an AGI would be as capable as a human in any domain. Right now, they’re no more alive than a rock and no more “capable” than…

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