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22Feb/21

Technology and media entities join forces to create standards group aimed at building trust in online content

February 22, 2021MediaAdobe Inc., Articles, Authenticity in art, Branches of philosophy, Deception, Disinformation, Epistemology, Intel, Microsoft, Misinformation, Propaganda techniques, Provenancesmbale

A group of influential technology and media companies has partnered to form the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a Joint Development Foundation project established to address the prevalence of disinformation, misinformation and online content fraud through developing technical standards for certifying the source and history or provenance of media content. Founding members Adobe, Arm, BBC, Intel, Microsoft and Truepic seek to establish a standardized provenance solution with the goal of combating misleading content. Read more

21Nov/17

Tencent surpasses Facebook in market value

November 21, 2017FinanceAlibaba, Alibaba Group, ALPHABET, Amazon, Apple, Business/Finance, Cate, China, Companies, Companies of China, Company: Tencent Holdings, Computing, Continent: Asia, Economy of China, Facebook, Germany, Lee, Ma Huateng, Microsoft, Nanshan District Shenzhen, RSS, Samsung, Software, Supercell, Technology/Internet, Tencent, Tencent Holdings, United States, Video game publishers, Wangzhe Rongyao, WeChat, WeChat red envelope, World Wide Websmbale

Tencent Holdings has racked up some impressive gains this week – becoming the first Chinese firm to be worth more than $500 billion and surpassing Facebook to be the world’s fifth-most valuable company. Grace Lee reports Continue reading →

31Oct/17

BOJ governor laughs off face recognition technology to predict policy changes

October 31, 2017EconomyArticles, Artificial intelligence, Bank of Japan, Banking, Disgust, Economy of Japan, Emotion, Facial expression, financial services, Haruhiko, Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan, Kuroda, Microsoft, Monetary policy, Science and technology, Structure, Technology, Tokyosmbale

TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 31, 2017) (TV TOKYO) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday (October 31) laughed off the notion that researchers can use artificial intelligence to analyse his facial expressions and predict changes in monetary policy.
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20Oct/17

Tech companies lobby for ‘Dreamers’

October 20, 2017ImmigrationAmerican society, Barack Obama, Coalition for the American Dream, Company: Facebook, Company: Google, Company: Microsoft, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: United States, Criminal law, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Donald Trump, DREAM Act, Ethics, Facebook, Fred Katayama, Google, Human migration, Illegal immigration, Illegal immigration to the United States, Jeff Dastin, JEFFREY DASTIN, Microsoft, Morality, Politics, Social Issues, The Dreamers, United Statessmbale

Nearly two dozen major technology companies are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that would allow illegal immigrants a path to permanent residency. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

20Oct/17

Can AI use Japan bank chief’s face to predict the future?

October 20, 2017FinanceAPI, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Bankers, Business/Finance, Central bankers, Central banks, Company: Microsoft, Company: Nomura Fin PS, Economics, Emotion, Fellows of the Econometric Society, financial services, Governor, Haruhiko, Haruhiko Kuroda, Interest rate, Janet Yellen, Japan, Julian Satterthwaite, Kuroda, Microsoft, Monetary policy, Nomura Financial, Tokyo, US Federal Reserve, Yoshiyuki Suimonsmbale

Artificial intelligence researchers in Japan say they’ve found a way to predict major policy shifts from the country’s central bank by analyzing split-second changes in the facial expression of its governor, Haruhiko Kuroda. Julian Satterthwaite reports. Continue reading →

09Sep/17

Supermetrics Helps Google Disrupt the BI Market

September 9, 2017InternetAdWords, Alphabet Inc., Business intelligence, CapitalG, Companies, Company: Google, Company: Supermetrics, Computing, DoubleClick, Finland, Google, Google Ads, Google Data Studio, Helsinki, Microsoft, Online advertising, Search engine marketing, Technology, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web, Yahoo!smbale

Supermetrics announces a new product and is Google’s top partner for bringing marketing data into Google Data Studio, Google’s new business intelligence tool that challenges incumbent players in the BI market Continue reading →

05Sep/17

Business leaders baffled by DACA end

September 5, 2017EconomyAmerican people of German descent, Barack Obama, Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen, Business, Businesspeople, Climate change skepticism and denial, Country: United States, DACA, David Birdsell, Dean David Birdsell, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Donald Trump, Fred Katayama, Mark Zuckerberg, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Microsoft, president, Regents of the University of California v. United States Department of Homeland Security, Satya Nadella, The Apprentice, Tim Cook, Trump, United States, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

Business leaders express their disappointment with president Donald Trump decision to scrapp DACA, a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally as children. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

15May/17

Microsoft slams gov’t secrecy

May 15, 2017SecurityBrad Smith, Computer security, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Cyence, FireEye, Fred Katayama, JOHN MILLER, Lazarus Group, Malware, Microsoft, Prevention, Ransomware, Security, Security breaches, United States, WannaCry ransomware attacksmbale

Microsoft pinned blame on the U.S. government for not disclosing software vulnerabilities after officials across the globe scrambled to catch the culprits behind a massive ransomware worm. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

15May/17

‘Accidental hero’ stops ransomware attack but warns of fresh infections

May 15, 2017SecurityCyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Locky, Marcin Kleczynski, Marcus Hutchins, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, National Health Service, NEXT MEDIA, Patch, Ransomware, Researcher, Security, Spain, Technology/Internet, Telefónica, United Kingdom, WannaCry ransomware attacksmbale

A 22-year-old computer researcher is being hailed a hero for stopping the global spread of a ransomware attack that began last Friday.
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01May/17

Dubai becomes the first city to have its own Microsoft font

May 1, 2017TechnologyAhmed al-Mahri, Computer font, Croscore fonts, digital technology, Digital typography, Dubai, Hamdan, Hamdan Crown Prince, Ihsan Anabtawi, Microsoft, Monotype, Monotype typefaces, Nadine Chahine, Printing, Typeface, Typography, United Arab Emiratessmbale

Microsoft launches the new Dubai font, its first typeface named after a city.
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