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12/08/17: Facebook’s Instagram starts testing Direct, a stand-alone messaging app

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Friday December 8, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Unsupervised Learning: Unsupervised learning is a machine learning process in which no training data set is used. Unlike with supervised learning, the A.I. program is not given a specified outcome […]

12/07/17: Jeffrey Tambor may not leave Amazon’s Transparent after all

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Thursday December 7, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Supervised Learning: Supervised learning is a type of machine learning in which humans input specific data sets, and then supervise much of an A.I. program’s learning process. With supervised learning, […]

12/06/17: CNBC: Disney moves closer to acquiring 21st Century Fox assets

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 6, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Conversational Interface: A conversational interface is any user interface that simulates chatting with a real person. If you’ve spoken to Siri, Cortana, or Alexa, then you’ve used a conversational UI. […]

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12/05/17: Facebook launches Messenger Kids, a new messaging app for children

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Tuesday December 5, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Predictive Analytics: The phrase “predictive analytics” refers to any set of algorithms that focus on using available data to forecast things that may happen in the future. For instance, when […]

11/30/17: Facing underwhelming revenue, BuzzFeed fires 100s staffers

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Thursday November 30, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Bus: In computer architecture, a bus (derived from the word “omnibus”) is any communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM […]

11/28/17: Disney Germany in streaming deal with Pantaflix

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CynopsisDigital Good morning. It’s Tuesday November 28, 2017 and this is your your first early morning Digital briefing.   TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Accelerated Graphics Port: AGP is an interface specification that enables 3-D graphics to display quickly on ordinary personal computers. It was originally designed as a successor to PCI-type connections for video […]

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