Новости за 13.12.2017

Microsoft is doing some very compelling work infusing its various productivity tools with artificial intelligence. But the audience for all that work has been limited by the small number of email and calendar services Cortana could talk to. Now Microsoft has announced that it has extended its personal digital assistant to Gmail (available next month) …

California, Texas, New York and Florida leading states where people’s identity was stolen.

At an event in San Francisco, Microsoft just unveiled a bunch of AI-related enhancements for its Bing search engine. Research honcho Harry Shum also welcomed Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian onstage to introduce a deal between the two companies which will integrate material from Reddit’s communities into Bing results. Among the new features: Better top-of-the-results answers …

One of the founding principles behind the Republican-controlled plan to repeal net neutrality rules is that the free market will keep ISPs honest. If an Internet provider tries to slow down Netflix streams, for instance, it will lose customers to competitors who don’t monkey with people’s access. That argument has a weak point, though: According …

Two organizations–Parley for the Oceans and Biofabricate–are teaming up to prove that sustainable, naturally derived materials can and should replace plastics across industry supply chains.

Redbox is once again trying to move beyond DVD and Blu-ray rentals, this time with a digital on-demand video service. Similar to other a la carte stores like iTunes and Vudu, Redbox will offer 48-hour rentals for $4, and purchases starting at $10, though it won’t support 4K HDR video at the moment. It also …

The New York Power Authority is pioneering an effort to monitor every one of its assets, from generating facilities to transmission lines to buildings, in real time–and to figure out how new influxes of wind and solar can fit into the system.

After shaking up the wireless business, T-Mobile is taking aim at cable with the acquisition of pay TV startup Layer3 TV. The plan is to use Layer3’s technology and team to launch a new television service in 2018. Layer3 TV is an unusual service, whose big idea is that people will still pay a lot …

The tweet at Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was just the latest in an ongoing pattern: Trump’s consistent antagonizing of women.

The three largest internet service providers and their trade association spent an amount equivalent to $1.12 for every public comment filed with the government on a repeal of net neutrality rules.

During a recent talk at Stanford, Chamath Palihapitiya, the early Facebook executive who now runs venture capital firm Social Capital, spoke of the dangers of social networks—such as their ability to efficiently spread false information—and said that he felt “tremendous guilt” for his role in the medium’s rise. Facebook took his comments personally enough that …

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to take over Al Franken’s seat in the U.S. Senate. As you may recall, Franken stepped down from the Senate last week in the wake of sexual harassment allegations made against him. Smith was considered the frontrunner to take over Franken’s senate seat, as she …

The fossil fuels divestment campaign founded by Bill McKibben seems to some to have been a failure, but it dramatically re-framed the climate debate.

In “The Business of Change,” a new series, Capital & Main looks at the rise in CEO activism in response to the Trump administration.

An expert on authoritarian regimes thinks Lindsay Graham’s recent tweet promoting Trump’s golf business is a bad sign of things to come.

Last week Patreon announced plans to implement a new fee structure that would likely hurt creators who depended on patrons who donated small amounts. Instead of the usual processing fee, Patreon announced that patrons would pay additional amounts for each donation made. This would mean those donating $1/month would pay nearly 100% more than expected, …

The Twitter account of Anderson Cooper called President Trump “a pathetic loser” yesterday, and the CNN anchor says he had nothing to do with it. The tweet was sent in response to Trump’s tweet stating that he knew Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore would lose the race against Democrat Doug Jones. Trump tweeted that the …

Recently, the term “Weinstein effect” has been used as a way of trying to trace the ongoing cascade of sexual-abuse allegations back to early October, when Harvey Weinstein’s alleged misconduct first started dominating headlines. While that story certainly had a profound snowball effect, other stories may have played an even bigger role in prompting more …

Parenting is tough and Kraft wants to make you feel better (probably about feeding your kids Kraft Dinner).

The Maldives is one of those lust-worthy vacation spots that could make you punch your Instagram feed in jealousy when friends post photos frolicking in its crystal blue waters and white sand beaches. But one thing most people don’t feature in their vacation pics is the archipelago’s “rubbish island,” which is made up of the …

Talking too much, showing up late, and not having a list of questions prepared are definite no-nos on your next job interview.

Two millennial women were daunted by choosing a role to which they’d have to commit, so they created a platform to allow young professionals to try out jobs.

Reporters from Axios, the Washington Post, CNN, and others were reportedly presented with a document that looked like a lawsuit detailing a sexual harassment complaint against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The document appeared to have come from a former staffer, and contained “lurid sexual harassment accusations,” reports Axios. The only problem is that it’s …

One CEO says you can enlist everyone in your company to keep an eye on the budget even when you’re flush with cash and tempted to splurge.

In the latest sign of what the future of basketball broadcasting might be, the NBA will soon co-stream some of its developmental league games on the popular social video service Twitch, enabling a wide variety of commentators on games. Known for the giant audiences who watch other people playing video games, Twitch will begin showing …