Internet Digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/TPyLoD
- Youtube tightening moderation screws for small channels - https://goo.gl/SHpC2h
- Camera strapped to plane - https://vimeo.com/240106846
- Guardian online getting profitable - https://goo.gl/CDpNFb
- Amazon testing a shop wo cashiers - you just take goods and walk out - https://goo.gl/hvh63Z
- Drone saving a drowning person - https://goo.gl/RdGYDx
ГЫ
- А это отлично зайдет русским ко-ко-ко разрабам и культуре "обсирания всего", которая царит в нашем IT - https://goo.gl/S5poqv
#internet
#digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/TPyLoD
- Youtube tightening moderation screws for small channels - https://goo.gl/SHpC2h
- Camera strapped to plane - https://vimeo.com/240106846
- Guardian online getting profitable - https://goo.gl/CDpNFb
- Amazon testing a shop wo cashiers - you just take goods and walk out - https://goo.gl/hvh63Z
- Drone saving a drowning person - https://goo.gl/RdGYDx
ГЫ
- А это отлично зайдет русским ко-ко-ко разрабам и культуре "обсирания всего", которая царит в нашем IT - https://goo.gl/S5poqv
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#digest
When looking at WorldBank, WEF and some consulting company reports and white-papers I always wondered if anybody reads them.
Here is a possible answer - No
https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2014/05/pdfs.jpg
They do not understand that making content more reachable and SEO-friendly helps long-term. But SEO-friendly websites are usually full of bullshit.
#internet
Here is a possible answer - No
https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2014/05/pdfs.jpg
They do not understand that making content more reachable and SEO-friendly helps long-term. But SEO-friendly websites are usually full of bullshit.
#internet
Internet digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/XYKbvr
- RNNs + band names - https://goo.gl/LBBEiP
- Soldiers + fitness trackers = military bases - https://goo.gl/B4yzxX
- Google's new unit - security and ML - https://goo.gl/q1Xnjd
- Apple produces TV content - https://goo.gl/P2X9Gb
- Some bs rumours about Telegram ICO size - https://goo.gl/D4XgPD
- Twitter is plagued by bot-farms - https://goo.gl/ZLHVz1
-- Easy to detect via similar registration dates - https://goo.gl/ZLHVz1
- Podcast about financial innovations in the US - https://goo.gl/kxHUQY
#digest
#internet
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/XYKbvr
- RNNs + band names - https://goo.gl/LBBEiP
- Soldiers + fitness trackers = military bases - https://goo.gl/B4yzxX
- Google's new unit - security and ML - https://goo.gl/q1Xnjd
- Apple produces TV content - https://goo.gl/P2X9Gb
- Some bs rumours about Telegram ICO size - https://goo.gl/D4XgPD
- Twitter is plagued by bot-farms - https://goo.gl/ZLHVz1
-- Easy to detect via similar registration dates - https://goo.gl/ZLHVz1
- Podcast about financial innovations in the US - https://goo.gl/kxHUQY
#digest
#internet
Twitter
Jeremy Fiance
recurrent neural network, trained on band names, generates fake @Coachella lineup - reminding us most band names are gibberish
Internet digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/VKLgma
- Ben Evans about smart home hype - https://goo.gl/jPrCEd
- Google closing Google Fiber - https://goo.gl/urftJc
- Amazon tracks warehouse slackers with wristbands - https://goo.gl/avtMyn
- Apple music overtaking Spotify - https://goo.gl/ghQ43p
- Why people like infinite scroll https://goo.gl/tp1XNV
- Netflix personalizes artwork - https://goo.gl/dF5hLL
- Self-driving trucks => morel local trucking jobs https://goo.gl/tfaZSS
#internet
#digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/VKLgma
- Ben Evans about smart home hype - https://goo.gl/jPrCEd
- Google closing Google Fiber - https://goo.gl/urftJc
- Amazon tracks warehouse slackers with wristbands - https://goo.gl/avtMyn
- Apple music overtaking Spotify - https://goo.gl/ghQ43p
- Why people like infinite scroll https://goo.gl/tp1XNV
- Netflix personalizes artwork - https://goo.gl/dF5hLL
- Self-driving trucks => morel local trucking jobs https://goo.gl/tfaZSS
#internet
#digest
Internet digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/7e1M4H
- FB tried to buy Snapchat 2 times - for US$60m and US$3b - https://goo.gl/xUVAM1
- Allegedly some ML can achieve 85% diabetes prediction accuracy on apple watch sensor data - https://goo.gl/Jyz5fG
- Cars may embrace 48 volts instead of 12 volts - https://goo.gl/Xmq9W5
- Google reabsorbs Nest (read between the lines - it was successful) - https://goo.gl/TzbTtY
- Snap +70% revenue growth - https://goo.gl/CQM6Xn
- 7 of 8 USA top grocers participate in Instacart - https://goo.gl/CAmoqA
- Siri APIs are fragmented lol - https://goo.gl/D6vvMK
- Uber agreed to provide Waymo, the self-driving car unit under Google’s parent company, Alphabet, with 0.34 percent of its stock - https://goo.gl/uatWBx
#internet
#digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/7e1M4H
- FB tried to buy Snapchat 2 times - for US$60m and US$3b - https://goo.gl/xUVAM1
- Allegedly some ML can achieve 85% diabetes prediction accuracy on apple watch sensor data - https://goo.gl/Jyz5fG
- Cars may embrace 48 volts instead of 12 volts - https://goo.gl/Xmq9W5
- Google reabsorbs Nest (read between the lines - it was successful) - https://goo.gl/TzbTtY
- Snap +70% revenue growth - https://goo.gl/CQM6Xn
- 7 of 8 USA top grocers participate in Instacart - https://goo.gl/CAmoqA
- Siri APIs are fragmented lol - https://goo.gl/D6vvMK
- Uber agreed to provide Waymo, the self-driving car unit under Google’s parent company, Alphabet, with 0.34 percent of its stock - https://goo.gl/uatWBx
#internet
#digest
Internet Digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/XsBqHN
- Flipboard (orly) launches ads - https://goo.gl/2muoiT
- Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017 - https://goo.gl/6eUiXw
- Looks like smartbuses may be cool. App => bus route information => route gap => launch cosy bus with music and social features - https://goo.gl/TjKndB (I doubt this is a business though)
- About the importance of decentralization - next Internet will be a set of cryptonetwork protocols - https://goo.gl/c2aB4n
- How London is responding to technological innovationhttps://goo.gl/Dh6NgD
(1) Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) or driverless (2) cars won't be on the road until the 2030s at least and could add to congestion
(3) Dockless cycle schemes need to be able to operate across London to be effective
(4) There is no control system in place for drones and droids
(5) TfL is monitoring technological developments but this needs to be embedded across the whole organisation
- Nice info graphics about city dwellers daily routes on pages 7-10 - https://goo.gl/vV71DR
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#digest
- Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/XsBqHN
- Flipboard (orly) launches ads - https://goo.gl/2muoiT
- Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017 - https://goo.gl/6eUiXw
- Looks like smartbuses may be cool. App => bus route information => route gap => launch cosy bus with music and social features - https://goo.gl/TjKndB (I doubt this is a business though)
- About the importance of decentralization - next Internet will be a set of cryptonetwork protocols - https://goo.gl/c2aB4n
- How London is responding to technological innovationhttps://goo.gl/Dh6NgD
(1) Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) or driverless (2) cars won't be on the road until the 2030s at least and could add to congestion
(3) Dockless cycle schemes need to be able to operate across London to be effective
(4) There is no control system in place for drones and droids
(5) TfL is monitoring technological developments but this needs to be embedded across the whole organisation
- Nice info graphics about city dwellers daily routes on pages 7-10 - https://goo.gl/vV71DR
#internet
#digest
Internet digest
(1) Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/8f4RkE
Market
(1) Waymo launching pilot for the self-driving trucks - https://goo.gl/Bw2R9Q
(2) Netflix to spend US$8bn on ~700 shows in 2018 - https://goo.gl/6myKj6 (sic!)
(3) Intel vs Qualcomm and Broadcomm - https://goo.gl/pa3iYB + Inter considering to buy Broadcomm - https://goo.gl/XP8fqd
(4) Amazon buys ring - https://goo.gl/cnMw6o
(5) Latest darkmarket bust - Hansa - https://goo.gl/YcUxYD - it was not busted at once, but put under surveillance
- As with Silk Road - all started with the officials finding a server and making a copy of hard drive
- This time - it was a dev server
- It contained ... owners' IRC accounts and some personal info
Internet + ML
(1) Netflix uses ML to generate thumbnails for its shows automatically - https://goo.gl/6poibk
- Features collected: manual annotation, meta-data, object detection, brightness, colour, face detection, blur, motion detection, actors, mature content
#internet
#digest
(1) Ben Evans - https://goo.gl/8f4RkE
Market
(1) Waymo launching pilot for the self-driving trucks - https://goo.gl/Bw2R9Q
(2) Netflix to spend US$8bn on ~700 shows in 2018 - https://goo.gl/6myKj6 (sic!)
(3) Intel vs Qualcomm and Broadcomm - https://goo.gl/pa3iYB + Inter considering to buy Broadcomm - https://goo.gl/XP8fqd
(4) Amazon buys ring - https://goo.gl/cnMw6o
(5) Latest darkmarket bust - Hansa - https://goo.gl/YcUxYD - it was not busted at once, but put under surveillance
- As with Silk Road - all started with the officials finding a server and making a copy of hard drive
- This time - it was a dev server
- It contained ... owners' IRC accounts and some personal info
Internet + ML
(1) Netflix uses ML to generate thumbnails for its shows automatically - https://goo.gl/6poibk
- Features collected: manual annotation, meta-data, object detection, brightness, colour, face detection, blur, motion detection, actors, mature content
#internet
#digest
Also also
(1) Dropbox - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467623/000119312518055809/d451946ds1.htm
(2) And Spotify https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639920/000119312518063434/d494294df1.htm
filed for IPOs
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(1) Dropbox - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467623/000119312518055809/d451946ds1.htm
(2) And Spotify https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639920/000119312518063434/d494294df1.htm
filed for IPOs
#internet
New stack overflow survey 2018
- https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
Key fact - global and USA Data Scientist salary
- Global https://goo.gl/AyYoVv
- USA https://goo.gl/CKdthV
Interesting facts
- Countries - https://goo.gl/2neadX
- How people learn - https://goo.gl/HxKuRH
- Git dominates version control - https://goo.gl/HDXVMj
- PyTorch is in the top of most loved frameworks https://goo.gl/66xJXs
- Connected stacks of technologies - https://goo.gl/pcXiNj
- Most popular languages and tools - https://goo.gl/GK32vn
- Most popular frameworks - https://goo.gl/Khjw87 (PyTorch =) )
- Most popular databases - https://goo.gl/TjTp65
- Attitude to rivalry - https://goo.gl/7mwWd2
#internet
- https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
Key fact - global and USA Data Scientist salary
- Global https://goo.gl/AyYoVv
- USA https://goo.gl/CKdthV
Interesting facts
- Countries - https://goo.gl/2neadX
- How people learn - https://goo.gl/HxKuRH
- Git dominates version control - https://goo.gl/HDXVMj
- PyTorch is in the top of most loved frameworks https://goo.gl/66xJXs
- Connected stacks of technologies - https://goo.gl/pcXiNj
- Most popular languages and tools - https://goo.gl/GK32vn
- Most popular frameworks - https://goo.gl/Khjw87 (PyTorch =) )
- Most popular databases - https://goo.gl/TjTp65
- Attitude to rivalry - https://goo.gl/7mwWd2
#internet
Internet digest
- Chrome OS on tablets - https://goo.gl/K5iCJw
- Facial recognition in China - https://goo.gl/aJjPH5 - 1984
- Ikea + AR manual - https://goo.gl/WW6Eqg
- WildBerries.ru stats - https://goo.gl/qPspe1
- Digital content forgery and ML - https://goo.gl/e5tqWa
- On Facebook tracking your SMS and calls
-- https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/03/fact-check-your-call-and-sms-history/
#digest
#internet
- Chrome OS on tablets - https://goo.gl/K5iCJw
- Facial recognition in China - https://goo.gl/aJjPH5 - 1984
- Ikea + AR manual - https://goo.gl/WW6Eqg
- WildBerries.ru stats - https://goo.gl/qPspe1
- Digital content forgery and ML - https://goo.gl/e5tqWa
- On Facebook tracking your SMS and calls
-- https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/03/fact-check-your-call-and-sms-history/
#digest
#internet
9to5Mac
Google debuts Chrome OS tablets to take on the iPad in education
Ahead of Apple’s education-focused event tomorrow where a new affordable iPad is expected, Google this morning announced the first Chrome OS tablet. The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is a new form factor for Chrome OS going directly after the K-12 market. Since…
Internet digest
- Ben Evans - https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450525?e=b7fff6bc1c
- About autonomous cars - https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/3/26/steps-to-autonomy - autonomy will vary based on the route / conditions / situation / use case
- FB delays its speaker - https://www.bloomberg.com/technology
- Foxconn buys Belking https://goo.gl/Xf6g9A
- Amazon music > 10m subs - https://goo.gl/C8Qhdm
- The Economist about ML in business - https://goo.gl/fTCHE9
- Apple to make its own chips - https://goo.gl/ZkkEVc
#internet
#digest
- Ben Evans - https://mailchi.mp/ben-evans/benedicts-newsletter-no-450525?e=b7fff6bc1c
- About autonomous cars - https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/3/26/steps-to-autonomy - autonomy will vary based on the route / conditions / situation / use case
- FB delays its speaker - https://www.bloomberg.com/technology
- Foxconn buys Belking https://goo.gl/Xf6g9A
- Amazon music > 10m subs - https://goo.gl/C8Qhdm
- The Economist about ML in business - https://goo.gl/fTCHE9
- Apple to make its own chips - https://goo.gl/ZkkEVc
#internet
#digest