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A report from the Wall Street Journal today revealed Facebook was attempting to gain detailed financial information from its users’ banks. Oof, in how many languages can I say “no?” According to the Journal, Facebook has approached the likes of Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup with an eye toward partnership. In exchange for users’ banking data, it proposed to offer a bank’s customers the ability to conduct business within Facebook itself. In response, a company spokesperson told TNW any reports it had requested transaction data weren’t true, and the company asked for the partnership in order to incorporate banking chatbots into…
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Voice shopping was supposed to be the future. Remember? Both Amazon and Google touted a world where barking a simple command at your smart device was all it took to put the wheels in motion, an event that culminated in paper towels, or avocados, arriving at your doorstep in just days, or even hours. Except, that’s not at all what’s happening. Sure, it’s possible to shop for bath towels while on the toilet, but only 2 percent of people who own an Alexa-enabled device have used it for shopping, according to a new report by The Information. Worse, 90 percent…
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YouTube recently removed a mean-spirited video involving a YouTuber poisoning a loved one with laxatives. That’s nice, YouTube. Now get started on the thousands of other videos just like it. Recently, the website Babe ran an expose on the channel “CJ SO COOL,” which stars a father who repeatedly “pranks” his four children and wife and laughs at the ensuing pain, suffering, and chaos his antics cause. Among his other exploits, which include recording his partner after her miscarriage, pretending to electrocute his children by throwing a speaker into the pool, and faking a home invasion that prompted his partner to pull an…
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Labor day is less than a month away, and that means it’s time to get ready for the new school year. Here’s a list of educational Android apps that should prove helpful to most students. As we enter the 2018/2019 school year it’s important to look towards the future. And, without a doubt, the future of everything is artificial intelligence. The difference between this year’s crop of apps and last year’s is the inclusion of AI features in nearly all of the new ones. Smart Study Plan This AI-powered planner schedules all of your study sessions for you, because machines…
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