Experts Warn AI Is Now A ‘Clear And Present Danger’ In Major Report
In fact the conversation was with a highly advanced chatbot which has learned to mimic the writing style of your friend and has been created to infect as many computers as possible. In an even more alarming step, the report then imagines a world where these chatbots could even mimic …
Snapchat Adds “Tabs” to Redesign, Making it Slightly Less Annoying
A major redesign was unveiled earlier this month, in which users saw a major change to their Discover and Stories pages. The update made it difficult to differentiate Stories and text chats, which were combined, along with separating “friends” from celebs and brands. Now parent company Snap Inc. Read More
The new Snapchat update is so bad, it’s affecting the value of the company
In the beginning of September, Snapchat released a major update that changed the entire look and feel of the app. Big updates to popular apps are almost never received very well by users in the beginning, but the reaction to this one seemed to be even more severe. Users took …
How Snapchat’s Redesign Caused a Downgrade of Snap Stock
Due to the overwhelmingly negative reception the Snapchat has gotten this month, Citi analysts have downgraded parent company Snap Inc.'s stock rating. Just when the publicly-traded company found a way to grow its potential user rate, its stock rating dropped from “Neutral” to “Sell” on Tuesday. Read More
Telegram raises $850M in pre-ICO sale
Secure messaging company Telegram raised $850 million in the pre-sale stage of an initial coin offering (ICO) to develop and maintain its messaging apps, and also to work on its blockchain technology. The funds were raised from a private sale of tokens to investors at a discount of more than …
Investment Round: Telegram, Homie, Zoomcar, Lydia and Bynder
Telegram has struggled with high operating costs in the past, and the ICO could represent a way for the company to secure its future while it pushes for greater scale and improved revenues. The $850m raised so far, which likely represents the pre-sale section of the ICO, would seem to …
Rangers can exceed low expectations if these things happen in 2018
Rougned Odor had one of the worst seasons of any hitter in the majors last season and must be better for the Rangers to have a chance at the postseason. Jim Cowsert Special to the Star-Telegram. By Jeff Wilson. jwilson@star-telegram.com · LinkedIn · Google+ · Pinterest · Reddit; Print; Order …
Gen Z abandons old media, choose Instagram, YouTube, Facebook
Gen Z, the newest generation of teens graduating into adulthood, isn't just snubbing print, but have abandoned old media altogether, choosing to get their news from Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, according to a global study of those 18-32. The shift isn't just driven by handheld technology, like it … Read More
Nintendo To Expel Members From ‘Creators Program’ In Accordance With New YouTube Policy
Today is the day that changes officially roll out to YouTube's Partner Program (YPP), whereby, in order to monetize on the platform, creators will need to have surpassed 4,000 hours of watch time within the past year and boast at least 1,000 subscribers. (Previously, creators needed to have 10,000 … Read …
Ethan & Grayson Dolan Cringe While Recreating Their First YouTube Video
During our pre-pubescent years, we made a YouTube channel and we made some goofy videos,” the guys said in the beginning of the video. “We did it when we were 14 'cause we were pretty much bad a–.” “We dented the whole entire platform of YouTube with our first video,” …