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Everything You Need To Know About The DraftKings/FanDuel Scandal
Oct 19, 8:42PM
It’s been a crazy few weeks in the world of daily fantasy sports. What originally started as a data leak from DraftKings has now morphed into a federal investigation and total ban across the state of Nevada. Feel like you don’t know the story? It’s ok, you’re not alone. Read on to get caught up on the insanity that is daily fantasy sports. Read MoreIBM Slips 4% On Disappointing Q3 Revenue Of $19.3B, Lower Full-Year Profit Forecast
Oct 19, 8:24PM
Today following the bell, IBM reported its third quarter financial performance, including revenue of $19.3 billion and earnings per share of $3.34, using adjusted techniques. Analysts had expected IBM to earn an adjusted $3.30 per share, off revenue of $19.6 billion. The company’s shares, off a fraction in regular trading, are down in after-hours trading, following its mixed… Read MoreHow Attackers Could Send Your Smartphone To An Early Grave
Oct 19, 8:00PM
A rare genetic disorder called progeria that causes symptoms of old age to manifest in the young has been popularized in books and movies such as Jack, a film that featured Robin Williams as a boy who aged four times faster than normal, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on a story said to be inspired by the disorder. Researchers at NYU have published a paper showing how to… Read MoreCEO Jonathan Jaglom Talks About MakerBot's Challenges
Oct 19, 7:48PM
It’s been an eventful year for 3D printing company MakerBot: it got a new CEO, opened a new factory in Brooklyn’s Industry City and announced multiple rounds of layoffs. We visited the Industry City facility back in September and spoke to CEO Jonathan Jaglom (previously an executive at Stratasys, which acquired MakerBot in 2013) about where he sees MakerBot going from here. Read MoreFacebook M Assistant's Top Requests Include Restaurant Suggestions And Shopping Help
Oct 19, 7:37PM
How can Facebook Messenger’s AI/human hybrid assistant M lend you a hand? Early data from Facebook’s testing shows people want help booking reservations, finding local businesses that could solve their problems, and buying stuff. Facebook characterizes M activity saying, “So far, most people are using M to pass off less than thrilling chores, get out of a bind, or just… Read MoreNavigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less Cluttered, But Still Needs Improvement
Oct 19, 5:46PM
The Google-owned navigation app Waze has a number of standout features – its ability to alert you to traffic conditions and speed traps, and re-route you around traffic jams, for example – but its user interface was not one of its better qualities. Today, the company is attempting to change that with the rollout of an entirely made-over version of its iOS application that introduces… Read MoreNotifications Summit: Session 5
Oct 19, 5:36PM
The Notifications Summit was recorded live October 1, 2015 @ betaworks in New York. Gathered were a group of technologists, developers, and thought leaders. Media as the First Instance, Alerts (Cont’d): 5 minute High Order Bit — News and Notifications with Stacy-Marie Ishmael (Buzzfeed) Different approaches to event detection for notifications, a data perspective Gilad Lotan… Read MoreDrones Now Need To Be Registered With U.S. Government, Say The FAA And DOT
Oct 19, 4:52PM
As rumored last week, the U.S. government has just announced a program that will require drones to be registered with the U.S. Department of Transportation. At a press conference today in Washington D.C., Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the plan. The department will be creating a task force comprising public and private industry leaders to devise exactly how the… Read MoreFacebook Should Reword Confusing Hack Warning About "State-Sponsored Actors"
Oct 19, 4:43PM
When we say “Facebook IS the Internet to many people” we really mean “Many Facebook users don’t fully understand what the Internet is.” Throwing Internet jargon at them will just make them freeze up and ignore you, or get deeply confused. So imagine what targets of hacking attempts might think when they receive this notification from Facebook: Please Secure… Read MoreGoogle Goes After Microsoft And IBM By Making Google Apps For Work Free While Customers Still Under Competitor's Contract
Oct 19, 4:02PM
To acquire more Google Apps for Work customers, Google just announced a new promotion that’s a huge shot across Microsoft’s bow. The company says that it will give interested customers access to Google Apps for Work for free, while they’re still under an enterprise agreement (EA) with another provider. While Google didn’t call out Microsoft or IBM by name when making… Read MoreCommon, The Co-Living Startup From A General Assembly Founder, Opens Its First Building in Brooklyn
Oct 19, 4:00PM
Common, a co-living startup from General Assembly co-founder Brad Hargreaves, is unveiling its first building today in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights. With more than four floors and 7,300 square feet of space, the building has 19 private bedrooms costing anywhere from $1,800 to $1,950. Along with the private rooms, comes four communal kitchens, a large dining room, work space and a roof deck.… Read MoreHundreds Of Apps Banned From App Store For Accessing Users' Personal Information
Oct 19, 3:02PM
Hundreds of iOS applications have been pulled out of the App Store, following a report from analytics service SourceDNA, which uncovered a group of applications that were extracting users’ personally identifiable information, including email addresses associated with their Apple IDs, devices and peripheral serial numbers, as well as a list of apps installed on their phone. The… Read MoreWhat If The Angels Go Back To Heaven?
Oct 19, 3:00PM
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” That’s how Ralph Waldo Emerson described his distrust of a certain type of “private adventurer.” I think of that whenever I hear that angel investors will do more and bigger deals next year than they did last year — not because I don’t believe it, but precisely because I do. It… Read MoreMeet Me In St. Louis For The First TC Meet Up And Pitch Off
Oct 19, 2:19PM
I recently visited St. Louis for the first time and fell in love. It’s a vibrant city with a fascinating startup scene and, thanks to some amazing folks, we were able to grab some great video of makers and makerspaces in the city. Now we’re heading back to give St. Louis the full TC treatment. We will hold the first TC Pitch-Off on Tuesday, November 17th at the PBR Cowboy Bar on… Read MoreFlipboard Launches A New Targeted Ads Product Based On Its Interest Graph
Oct 19, 2:09PM
Flipboard today is opening up some better targeting to its advertising partners in the form of the advertising based on the interest graphs it has built for its users. Here’s an example: an advertiser that chooses to advertise with coffee topics may also have their ads shown with craft beer topics. The reason behind that, Flipboard head of advertising products Dave Huynh said, is… Read MoreLively Turns Your iPhone 6S Live Photos Into GIFs And Videos
Oct 19, 2:04PM
Yet another app has sprouted up that wants to take the Live Photos from your iPhone 6S/6S Plus and turn them into videos and/or GIFs. Because what is beauty — nay, what is art — without the ability to share it? Lively, an app from Tiny Whale, lets you turn your all-too-locked-up Live Photos into GIFs or videos with control speeds for the GIF, ranging from 0.5x to 2.0x. But… Read MoreFacebook Now Warns Users If They're A Target Of State-Sponsored Attacks
Oct 19, 1:41PM
Years after Google implemented a similar feature for Gmail users, Facebook says it will begin alerting users if it suspects they’re a target of state-sponsored attacks. That is, if the network believes a user’s account has been either targeted or already compromised by an attacker working on behalf of a nation-state, Facebook will pop up a notification warning them of the incident… Read MoreTime Inc. Acquires Hello Giggles
Oct 19, 12:52PM
Time Inc., the New York-based publishing company with over 90 magazines in its stable, has announced the acquisition of a lifestyle, pop culture and beauty website called Hello Giggles. Though the terms of the deal weren’t publicly disclosed, the WSJ reports that one source puts the deal in the $20 million range. Hello Giggles was launched in May 2011 and was founded by none other than… Read MoreStanford Researchers Treat Autism With Google Glass
Oct 19, 11:30AM
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As Google retools its Glass experiment, researchers at Stanford are using the device to help autistic children recognize and classify emotions. In a small office buried inside an administrative building at Stanford, Catalin Voss and Nick Haber are pairing face-tracking technology with machine learning to build at-home treatments for autism. The Autism Glass Project, a part of the Wall Lab in… Read MoreGrabhouse Wants To Transform The Indian Rental Market By Booting Out Brokers
Oct 19, 11:29AM
While participating in non-profit Teach For India, Pankhuri Shrivastava and Prateek Shukla got a firsthand look at how chaotic the country’s rental market is, especially for people on a tight budget. Despite the real estate market’ s rapid growth, brokers don’t need licenses or other professional qualifications and many charge excessive fees for basic services. Even… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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