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Microsoft researchers claim 'state-of-the-art' biomedical NLP model
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 18:40
Microsoft researchers propose a new training technique that achieves state-of-the-art performance in natural language processing biomedical tasks.
This Clean Beauty Founder Doesn't Give A Freck
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 15:35Call of Duty: Warzone hits 75 million downloads in less than 5 months
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 22:06
Call of Duty: Warzone grew to more than 75 million players in 146 days as the free-to-play battle royale became a popular pastime during the pandemic.
Small-business owners have until Aug. 8 to apply for paycheck protection loans
CNBC - 4 Aug 2020 21:41
The clock is ticking on the Paycheck Protection Program. The last day to apply for a federal forgivable loan is Aug. 8.
Apple replaces key marketing SVP Phil Schiller with Greg Joswiak
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 19:13
The head of Apple's global marketing -- and App Store -- is exiting his executive role in favor of a longtime deputy who once led iPod and iPhone marketing.
The Digital Safety Net--Why You Should Take Your Small Business Digital
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 18:22Microsoft has paid security researchers $13.7 million for bug bounties in 12 months
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 18:00
Microsoft today announced it has paid out $13.7 million in bug bounties in the past year, more than three times what it awarded last year.
Kite brings its AI-powered code completions to Jupyter notebooks
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 18:00
Kite's code completions powered deep learning now work with JupyterLab and JupyterHub, helping data scientists as they type Python.
Jobs of the week: Game Engineer, Growth Marketing Manager, Video Game Software Tester
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 17:25
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Black-Owned Businesses Still Lack Resources--Here's How The Foundation For Business Equity Is Stepping In To Help
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 16:27EU launches antitrust probe into Google's $2.1 billion Fitbit bid
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 16:16
Google's $2.1 billion bid to take on Apple in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit hit a hurdle as EU regulators launched an investigation.
Starfinder is an interactive Alexa voice game starring Laura Bailey
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 16:00
Amazon is launching Starfinder, an interactive Alexa game featuring voice actors Laura Bailey (of The Last of Us Part II) and Nathan Fillion.
GDC Summer offers 112 virtual sessions for 7,500 attendees
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 15:30
The GDC got derailed as a physical event in March because of the pandemic, but the virtual version will happen over the next three days with 112 sessions.
'Fixer Upper' Is Back As Chip And Joanna Gaines' Lifestyle Empire Expands
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 21:15Bill in Congress would require businesses receive consent before using biometric data
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 21:06
Proposed in the U.S. Senate, the National Biometric Information Privacy Act would require businesses get consent to collect or share biometric data.
Paychex CEO says small business employment is starting to look like April again
CNBC - 4 Aug 2020 20:37
"We saw the July jobs index drop. That puts us back to about April, so we're flat over the last three months," Paychex CEO Marty Mucci said.
The problem of underrepresented languages snowballs from data sets to NLP models
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 20:10
In a study, researchers find that NLP pipelines often discriminate against certain languages. This can lead to unintentional underrepresentation.
10 Smart Habits For A Successful Marketing Career
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 19:10Call of Duty: Warzone Season Five opens up the stadium to combat
Venture Beat - 4 Aug 2020 19:00
Call of Duty: Warzone Season Five features some gameplay changes such as a major change to the center of the map including playing inside the map's stadium.
Howard Schultz: U.S. could lose 'the next Starbucks' without more aid to small businesses
CNBC - 4 Aug 2020 18:33
"Could Starbucks have survived this situation in 1987? And the answer is probably not unless there was some mechanism for the federal government to step in and save these businesses," Howard Schultz told CNBC.
Legal Cannabis Provides A Bright Spot In A Bleak Economy
Forbes - 4 Aug 2020 17:23From impulse purchase to scented stress relief: How Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty is surviving the pandemic
CNBC - 4 Aug 2020 16:44
On March 13, Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty was shutdown, unable to ship and unable to make its own product. And that was just the start of its troubles.