Another week for interesting news about technology, innovation, and publishing. Let me know what you want to see more of, or less of, in this newsletter. And feel free to tweet me tips on articles to include. I would love to hear from you!

Technology

The three methods of image tampering that Adobe’s AI detects (so far)

Adobe’s new AI can identify altered images

Most of Adobe’s efforts with AI will help users manipulate images more easily, but the company is also working on AI technologies that can detect three popular methods of image tampering.

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How Chinese tech giants like Alibaba are bringing AI to neighborhood corner stores

Alibaba has retrofitted over 1M mom & pop stores in China with AI-driven enhancements such as inventory management, mobile apps, and heat sensors for analyzing foot traffic. Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com are offering stores “digitalization in a box” and are accelerating China’s evolution in the applied AI future. In effect, it is offering the operating system for going digital.

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End of an era: Google is ditching the DoubleClick name

Google is doing away with the DoubleClick name, 22 years after launch and 11 years after the tech company acquired the ad tech platform, as part of the company’s rebranding of its advertising suite.

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How Intrapreneurs can Align Innovation Strategies Within a Big Company

Don’t do Random Acts of Innovation – implement a build-measure-learn loop for strategy making and for investing money

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Innovation

Ways to think about machine learning

Thought-provoking take on ML from Benedict Evans

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Six of the hottest media tech developments disrupting the industry

This is innovative: Meredith’s AllRecipe’s magazine has a partnership with Samsung that creates recipes based on the contents of what’s inside the fridge + displays on the refrigerator’s screen

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Bacardi tests IGTV by getting users to participate in video creation

Within a week of Instagram launching IGTV, its YouTube-like section for long videos, companies including Chipotle, Netflix, Nike and Everlane have begun testing it with original video or repurposed Instagram Stories.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 132 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

From the DeLorean and New Coke to the Newton and Google Glass, here’s a list of the biggest product flops from corporate giants. #LearningFromFailure

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Causes

Updates on Kid Lit Community’s Reaction to U.S. Border Policy

A new statement, under the banner Kid Lit Says We’re United Until Every Family Is United, expresses concern for the families already separated at the border and the lack of a clear plan for their reunification.

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Illustrations from Raising Our Voices website

Raising Our Voices – Free posters

Free posters by prominent illustrators to print and carry. #raisingourvoices #familiesbelongtogether #wherearethechildren #keepfamiliestogether

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Representation Matters Mentorship Program

There was a nice article in Publishers Weekly about this program, but they didn’t have a link to it. It’s a free program that connects aspiring publishing professionals who identify as people of color with industry insiders who teach them the ropes and help them land jobs. Here is the link:

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Upcoming Events

[VoiceCamp] Build Actions for Your Community – PART A | Meetup 7/9 at 6pm at Google Chelsea Market

This is the first in a 2-part series of events focused on Conversational UI/UX in general, and on building apps for the Google Assistant in particular.

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