By Kathy Sandler • Issue #71 • View online

Technology

The US military is trying to read minds

This is real. HT @justinhendrix A new DARPA research program is developing brain-computer interfaces that could control “swarms of drones, operating at the speed of thought.“ What if it succeeds?

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Tencent Shows The Future Of Ads; Will Add Ads In Existing Movies, TV Shows

Tencent will use AI & computer vision to insert ads in existing movies and TV shows

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Google’s new voice recorder app transcribes in real time, even when offline

Looks like good technology (that could be used for good or bad purposes) -> Google’s new voice recorder app transcribes in real time, even when offline #voice

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Reddit and Snapchat Roll Out a Content Sharing Integration on iOS

HT @MilenaPSchmidt

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Twitter says it will restrict users from retweeting world leaders who break its rules

@michellemanafy Twitter will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules. It will not allow users to like, reply, share or RT offending tweets, but instead will let users quote-tweet to allow users to express their opinion

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Publishing

Family Circle, a pillar of women’s magazines, will shut down after 87 years

How can 4m subscribers not be enough to sustain a magazine/brand??

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Is USA Today’s print edition headed for the sunset as GateHouse and Gannett merge? Signs point to yes, per Poynter

HT @bosacks Sources say USA Today will phase out its print edition in a major restructuring.

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Cosmo licences to Dress the Population clothing line

Seems like a smart brand extension.

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WIPO’s Francis Gurry Opens an AI Initiative

HT @BridgetMarmion @WIPO announces an #AIinitiative to protect intellectual property with a “copyright layer.“ #copyright #IP

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Business

Six Trends Revolutionizing Games

HT ⁦@neilperkin This seems wild: Games are the new mall (and the new sports bar) #gaming The next big social network, ecommerce empire, movie franchise, and super app? Games will lead the way.

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Bezos will ‘break up his own company’ before regulators do, Atlantic writer who profiled the CEO predicts

Speculation, but could happen. Amazon Web Services represented 52% of Amazon’s operating income in the second quarter of 2019.

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Is Amazon Unstoppable?

HT @LauraB7 Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back, Charles Duhigg writes.

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