Security: A Multi-Dimensional Affair
With the right amount of training, Watson can also be used to power chatbots just as how insurance giant Prudential has done. IBM used Watson to build askPRU, Prudential's cognitive-powered chatbot. Integrated into Prudential's backend systems, the chatbot is able to instantly retrieve data such as a … Read More
Chatbots gaining momentum in mainstream banking
In March 2018, Citicorp launched a Facebook Messenger chatbot for its consumer banking clients in Singapore. They also plan to launch these chatbot-based services in Hong Kong and Australia later in 2018. Citicorp's conversation-as-a-service enables customers to access account balances and … Read More
Rihanna Slams Snapchat Ad for Joking About Domestic Violence
Rihanna is speaking out about a game that appeared on Snapchat this week, asking users if they would rather “slap Rihanna” or “punch Chris Brown.” In a message posted on her Instagram story on Thursday, the singer wrote, “Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you ain't my fav app …
Rihanna shames Snapchat over crass ad mocking domestic violence
Music megastar Rihanna has slammed Snapchat after an advertisement on the app made light of domestic violence. The advertisement for a game called “Would You Rather” asked Snap users if they'd rather “Slap Rihanna” or “Punch Chris Brown.” The tasteless and frankly tone-deaf advert referenced … Read More
Rihanna Calls Out Snapchat For Making Light of Domestic Abuse: ‘Shame On You’
"Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you ain't my fav app out there!" Rih wrote in a lengthy post. "But I'm just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess! I'd love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain't that dumb! You spent money …
Abortion, free speech collide in Supreme Court dispute
The Supreme Court is taking up a fight over a California law that regulates anti-abortion pregnancy centers like Informed Choices on the edge of downtown Gilroy in northern California. The center advertises "free pregnancy services" and promises to discuss all options with pregnant women. Read More
Battle for Telegram: FSB’s encryption keys order is invalid a priori
The FSB refused to publicly discuss the document regulating the procedure for transferring keys to decrypt messages of messengers' users in bed of speedy execution of the President's instruction; it is stated in the objection of the service to the claim of the founders of the Telegram messenger on … Read …
Telegram (TON) ICO Refusing Investments from Sanctioned Persons and Countries; Might Not …
The Telegram Open Network (TON) ICO, which raised $850 million during an initial pre-sale, is reportedly not allowing participation from investors under the net of international sanctions. According to a contract for the purchase of Gram tokens (the network's proposed native digital currency) verified by … Read More
Woman who killed boyfriend in botched YouTube stunt gets 180 days in jail
ADA, Minn. — A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for fatally shooting her boyfriend in a stunt they recorded on video and planned to post on YouTube. see also. Pregnant woman fatally shoots boyfriend in YouTube prank gone wrong. A 22-year-old Minnesota man was shot …
Susan Wojcicki on YouTube’s Fight Against Misinformation
Susan Wojcicki: YouTube started out with the tagline, “Broadcast Yourself.” And we modified it a little bit when I came to YouTube [in 2014]. We started talking about different freedoms that we believed in—freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of opportunity. And I think what this year … Read More