Singapore bank sets up unit to drive in-house AI development
OCBC's head of e-business, business transformation, and fintech and innovation group, Pranav Seth, said the bank already had been tapping AI over the past couple of years to monitor transactions and power chatbots. He added that such technologies now were "integral to digital banking" and would … Read More
Real life: “I opened my husband’s Snapchat and it was an explicit picture from a girl”
I looked at his contacts on Snapchat, and this woman had a yellow heart next to her name. I had to look up what that means – turns out they were "best friends", meaning they communicated A LOT. I felt like I was going to be sick. I didn't do …
Snapchat To Feature Art-Made Lenses
Snapchat plans to start adding creator-made lenses to its carousel, Mashable reports. “The update will display artists' work in the app's main screen, only a couple of swipes away from the puppy filter and the dancing hot dog,” it writes. “That means potential exposure to Snapchat's 187 million daily active … …
Adults using Snapchat, Twitter and other apps to lure children
The man known as the Human Hacker says popular apps such as Snapchat, Kik and Twitter are being used to “groom“ or lure kids and teens away from their homes, many ending up on child pornography sites on the darknet. “There's just so much teen and child pornography links on …
Leicester marijuana dispensary wants to expand beyond medical use
LEICESTER – Last year, Leicester selectmen negotiated a host agreement to locate a medical marijuana facility on Main Street, the first of its kind in the region. Now, representatives from Cultivate Holdings Inc, would like to develop a similar arrangement to allow for the sale of marijuana for nonmedical … Read …
One dead in Leominster crash on Saturday
The crash happened at 8:30 a.m. at Merriam and Washington Streets. Police are not releasing the name or other information about the driver who died in the crash. The other driver was not injured, according to Paul Jarvey, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. The accident …
The Latest: Hanabusa calls for missile alert transparency
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who is leaving her seat in Congress to challenge Hawaii Gov. David Ige (EE'-gay) in the state's gubernatorial race, says she is troubled by her opponent's lack of transparency around January's false missile alert. Ige's office has denied Associated Press requests to release … Read More
BTS to Star in Docuseries ‘BTS: Burn The Stage’ on YouTube Red
The global sensation will star in a new YouTube Original series titled BTS: Burn the Stage, set to launch on YouTube Red later this month. The eight-episode series will give fans an intimate look at the seven members as they embarked on their sold-out 2017 world tour BTS Live Trilogy …
YouTube: What If We Just Inserted a Link to Wikipedia Under Some of the Conspiracy Videos
On Tuesday at tech festival SXSW, streaming site and Google subsidiary YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki proposed one solution to the conspiracy screeds and “false flag” hoax videos that are slowly but surely taking over the site by gaming its algorithms. No, it's not really a critical self-examination of … Read More
Why media companies are shifting their attention from Facebook to YouTube
Durant and Rich Kleiman, his manager and co-founder of Thirty Five Media, sidestepped the other big platforms and met with YouTube's top brass, including CEO Susan Wojcicki, chief business officer Robert Kyncl and chief product officer Neal Mohan. Kleiman already knew how big an audience … Read More