Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is seeking additional information about the working conditions in Amazon warehouses in advance of legislation he’s preparing to introduce on September 5. Income inequality was, after all, the centerpiece of Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. It was a populist message that resonated strongly with voters, giving the dark horse candidate a boost…
Oath, the advertising arm of Verizon — which owns both Yahoo and AOL — has been pitching advertisers a service that would allow them to peer into the email accounts of more than 200 million people. The service benefits advertisers by allowing them to identify and segment potential customers by picking up on contextual buying…
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Google has released an open source framework for reinforcement learning (RL) based on TensorFlow, its machine learning library. The Google Brain team has developed the framework with flexibility, stability, and reproducibility in mind. Reinforcement learning – a branch of machine learning in which computer programmes learn to take actions to maximise a certain outcome or reward…
Robinhood, the app-based investment platform for all your speculative investing needs, has launched a tool for investors to throw money at publicly traded international companies through the rollout of American depositary receipts. ADRs are the investment mechanism that U.S. investors use to invest in foreign companies whose shares aren’t traded on U.S. stock exchanges like…
Venture capitalists are still hungry for food delivery startups. Foodsby, the provider of a lunch delivery service based out of Minneapolis, has raised a $13.5 million Series B led by Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking. Greycroft Partners, Corazon Capital and Rally Ventures also participated. With the new capital, Foodsby plans to expand to 15 to 25…
Instagram is at last quenching the thirst of its thirsty, thirsty unverified users. The company just introduced a trio of new features designed to make Instagram a generally safer and more authentic place to hang out (third-party 2FA — enable it!) and for the first time the platform now offers users a straightforward way to…
Facebook users are complaining the company has removed the cross-posted Tweets they had published to their profiles as Facebook updates. The posts’ removal took place following the recent API change that prevented Twitter users from continuing to automatically publish their Tweets to Facebook. According to the affected parties, both the Facebook posts themselves, as well as…
Daniel Pianko Contributor Daniel Pianko is co-founder and managing director of University Ventures, a fund focused on innovation from within higher education. More posts by this contributor Why Silicon Valley Falls Short When It Comes To Education Carol D’Amico Contributor Carol D’Amico is executive vice president of Strada Education Network, a national nonprofit dedicated to…
Memory cards are one of those things that aren’t particularly interesting. Manufacturers release updated versions on the regular, and most pass by the glare of the tech media without notice. Sony’s latest offering, however, is different, as it’s reportedly “the world’s toughest and fastest SD card.” The SF-G series TOUGH specification UHS-II SD cards are…
