๐ค These 100 startups are leading the way in #AI:
#Chinaโs Bytedance leads in funding with $3.1 billion, but 76 of the 100 startups are #US-based.
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#Chinaโs Bytedance leads in funding with $3.1 billion, but 76 of the 100 startups are #US-based.
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STAT
โก๏ธ 75% of executives say they've seen brands advertising alongside unsavoury or objectionable stories or videos (Source: Reuters)
INSIGHT
๐ฅ โGaming disorderโ is officially recognized by the World Health Organization: t.me/iXNews/27733
OTHER NEWS
๐ #Amazon faces pressure to stop selling facial recognition to police: prs.pctvix.co/2MCn8SN
๐ป Even Evan Spiegelโs wife Miranda Kerr hated the #Snapchat redesign: prs.pctvix.co/2MF9TRt
โ๏ธ Unilever stops working with digital media influencers who buy followers: prs.pctvix.co/2MFbxCf
๐ฉ Amazon launches an Alexa system for hotels: t.me/iXNews/27754
๐ Alexa is coming to Spain ๐ช๐ธ and Italy ๐ฎ๐น later this year: t.me/iXNews/27757
๐ค What itโs like to watch an IBM #AI successfully debate humans: t.me/iXNews/27739
๐ง #YouTube rolls out its music subscription services to 12 more markets: t.me/iXNews/27706
โ
โ๏ธ If you like our channel, please support us with a coffee: prs.pctvix.co/2taiWBz
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โNo one has ever become poor by giving.โ โ Anne Frank
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STAT
โก๏ธ 75% of executives say they've seen brands advertising alongside unsavoury or objectionable stories or videos (Source: Reuters)
INSIGHT
๐ฅ โGaming disorderโ is officially recognized by the World Health Organization: t.me/iXNews/27733
OTHER NEWS
๐ #Amazon faces pressure to stop selling facial recognition to police: prs.pctvix.co/2MCn8SN
๐ป Even Evan Spiegelโs wife Miranda Kerr hated the #Snapchat redesign: prs.pctvix.co/2MF9TRt
โ๏ธ Unilever stops working with digital media influencers who buy followers: prs.pctvix.co/2MFbxCf
๐ฉ Amazon launches an Alexa system for hotels: t.me/iXNews/27754
๐ Alexa is coming to Spain ๐ช๐ธ and Italy ๐ฎ๐น later this year: t.me/iXNews/27757
๐ค What itโs like to watch an IBM #AI successfully debate humans: t.me/iXNews/27739
๐ง #YouTube rolls out its music subscription services to 12 more markets: t.me/iXNews/27706
โ
โ๏ธ If you like our channel, please support us with a coffee: prs.pctvix.co/2taiWBz
โ
โNo one has ever become poor by giving.โ โ Anne Frank
Ben, @iXNews
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ 20% of smart-speaker owning Brits use them to boil an egg. Only 7% have used them to buy anything. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
๐ก Ad Council creates story-driven mobile chat to combat teenage drinking and driving: prs.pctvix.co/2N5v2Em
OTHER NEWS
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users: t.me/iXNews/28485
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ #Facebook and #Twitter Expand Peek Into Whoโs Behind Their Ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NaCttZ
๐ This flying โdragonโ #drone can change shape in midair: t.me/iXNews/28507
๐ #Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from #LG to reduce reliance on #Samsung: t.me/iXNews/28503
๐ค #SpaceX is sending an #AI robot โcrew memberโ to join the astronauts on the space station: t.me/iXNews/28495
๐ซ #Instagram may soon let college students list their schools: t.me/iXNews/28486
๐บ #YouTube kills some creatorsโ custom-made thumbnail images in latest experiment: t.me/iXNews/28481
โ
๐ Build a Digital Marketing Plan (eBook) & chance to win $20 & a special prize: prs.pctvix.co/2tCojJZ
โ
โAdventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.โ โ Unknown
And I'm off to London ๐
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
โก๏ธ 20% of smart-speaker owning Brits use them to boil an egg. Only 7% have used them to buy anything. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
๐ก Ad Council creates story-driven mobile chat to combat teenage drinking and driving: prs.pctvix.co/2N5v2Em
OTHER NEWS
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users: t.me/iXNews/28485
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ #Facebook and #Twitter Expand Peek Into Whoโs Behind Their Ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NaCttZ
๐ This flying โdragonโ #drone can change shape in midair: t.me/iXNews/28507
๐ #Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from #LG to reduce reliance on #Samsung: t.me/iXNews/28503
๐ค #SpaceX is sending an #AI robot โcrew memberโ to join the astronauts on the space station: t.me/iXNews/28495
๐ซ #Instagram may soon let college students list their schools: t.me/iXNews/28486
๐บ #YouTube kills some creatorsโ custom-made thumbnail images in latest experiment: t.me/iXNews/28481
โ
๐ Build a Digital Marketing Plan (eBook) & chance to win $20 & a special prize: prs.pctvix.co/2tCojJZ
โ
โAdventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.โ โ Unknown
And I'm off to London ๐
Ben, @iXNews
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebookโs share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
๐ค 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ
OTHER NEWS
๐ #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way โbroadcastโ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581
โ๏ธ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX
๐ช๐บ #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo
๐บ #YouTubeโs picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560
โ
EXTRA
๐ #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
โ
โYou're never too important to be kind to other people.โ โ Tim Fargo
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
โก๏ธ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebookโs share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
๐ค 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ
OTHER NEWS
๐ #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way โbroadcastโ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581
โ๏ธ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX
๐ช๐บ #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo
๐บ #YouTubeโs picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560
โ
EXTRA
๐ #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
โ
โYou're never too important to be kind to other people.โ โ Tim Fargo
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)
INSIGHT
โ๏ธ โAddictiveโ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh
OTHER NEWS
๐ 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758
๐พ #Snapchatโs new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo
๐ค DeepMindโs #AI agents exceed โhuman-levelโ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766
๐ช๐บ Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760
๐ต #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE
โ
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." โ Satchel Paige
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
โก๏ธ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)
INSIGHT
โ๏ธ โAddictiveโ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh
OTHER NEWS
๐ 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758
๐พ #Snapchatโs new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo
๐ค DeepMindโs #AI agents exceed โhuman-levelโ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766
๐ช๐บ Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760
๐ต #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE
โ
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." โ Satchel Paige
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
๐ฌ The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS
OTHER NEWS
๐จโโ๏ธ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po
๐ช๐บ EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800
๐ค #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786
๐จ๐ณ Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799
๐ซ Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt
โ
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." โ Charles R. Swindoll
Have a great day!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
โก๏ธ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
๐ฌ The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS
OTHER NEWS
๐จโโ๏ธ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po
๐ช๐บ EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800
๐ค #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786
๐จ๐ณ Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799
๐ซ Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt
โ
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." โ Charles R. Swindoll
Have a great day!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ Snapchat usage and engagement has gone down 15-40% since the release of Instagram Stories. Top creators used to get around 330,000 views per day on Snapchat in 2015 up until June 2016. Nowadays, they only get around 205,000 to 250,000 views per day. (Source: TechCrunch)
INSIGHT
๐พ How Wimbledon is using #AI to enhance the fan experience: prs.pctvix.co/2mdR3EY
OTHER NEWS
๐ป Googleโs #Chrome desktop browser is about to receive a major facelift: prs.pctvix.co/2mahE5D
๐ฑ This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head: t.me/iXNews/29209
๐ฅ #Google introduces machine learning ad tools and brands are hot for them:
๐ #Xbox One is getting Dolby Vision support: t.me/iXNews/29203
๐ค Casper opens a storefront for $25 naps: t.me/iXNews/29191
๐ #Facebook testing #AR ads in the News Feed and new tool to help brands create video ads: prs.pctvix.co/2mdjS4a
๐ Dirt Protocol raises $3M for a decentralized, #blockchain-based approach to information vetting: t.me/iXNews/29189
โ
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." โ Winston S. Churchill
Have great day!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
โก๏ธ Snapchat usage and engagement has gone down 15-40% since the release of Instagram Stories. Top creators used to get around 330,000 views per day on Snapchat in 2015 up until June 2016. Nowadays, they only get around 205,000 to 250,000 views per day. (Source: TechCrunch)
INSIGHT
๐พ How Wimbledon is using #AI to enhance the fan experience: prs.pctvix.co/2mdR3EY
OTHER NEWS
๐ป Googleโs #Chrome desktop browser is about to receive a major facelift: prs.pctvix.co/2mahE5D
๐ฑ This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head: t.me/iXNews/29209
๐ฅ #Google introduces machine learning ad tools and brands are hot for them:
๐ #Xbox One is getting Dolby Vision support: t.me/iXNews/29203
๐ค Casper opens a storefront for $25 naps: t.me/iXNews/29191
๐ #Facebook testing #AR ads in the News Feed and new tool to help brands create video ads: prs.pctvix.co/2mdjS4a
๐ Dirt Protocol raises $3M for a decentralized, #blockchain-based approach to information vetting: t.me/iXNews/29189
โ
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." โ Winston S. Churchill
Have great day!
Ben, @iXNews
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๐ Use AI to fake those dance moves you always wanted!
Deepfakes for Dancing uses #AI to read someoneโs dance moves and copy them on to a target body!
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โโ๐ฃ The State of Chinese Voice Assistants
China is the second-largest consumer market in the world, hitting $4.3T in consumer expenditure in 2016 alone (for reference, the US ranked first with $12.5T, and Japan third with $2.7T).
The Chinese smart home market will reach nearly $23B in 2018, according to Juniper Research. #SmartSpeakers and #AI voice assistants are becoming an integral part of that.
Now that smart speakers are becoming commonplace, the early entrant, #Amazon, is losing its market share โ and not just to its rival #Google, but to newer players emerging in China.
๐ @PerspectiveIX via CBInsights.
โ Do you own a smart speaker?
China is the second-largest consumer market in the world, hitting $4.3T in consumer expenditure in 2016 alone (for reference, the US ranked first with $12.5T, and Japan third with $2.7T).
The Chinese smart home market will reach nearly $23B in 2018, according to Juniper Research. #SmartSpeakers and #AI voice assistants are becoming an integral part of that.
Now that smart speakers are becoming commonplace, the early entrant, #Amazon, is losing its market share โ and not just to its rival #Google, but to newer players emerging in China.
๐ @PerspectiveIX via CBInsights.
โ Do you own a smart speaker?
๐ซ Facebook's Battle with Fake Accounts
Last week, #Facebook published its third Community Standards Enforcement Report which shows the efforts the company is making to curb and remove controversial content. Between October 2018 and March 2019, Facebook said it removed 3.39 billion fake accounts, twice the number detected and removed in the previous six-month period. It is also more than a billion more than the 2.37 billion people who actively use Facebook each month.
Facebook is trying to fight mass account creations using a combination of #AI and human monitoring. Facebook claims that the vast majority of fake accounts disabled within minutes of their creation.
#๏ธโฃ #FakeNews #Spam
๐ Read more on Statista.
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Last week, #Facebook published its third Community Standards Enforcement Report which shows the efforts the company is making to curb and remove controversial content. Between October 2018 and March 2019, Facebook said it removed 3.39 billion fake accounts, twice the number detected and removed in the previous six-month period. It is also more than a billion more than the 2.37 billion people who actively use Facebook each month.
Facebook is trying to fight mass account creations using a combination of #AI and human monitoring. Facebook claims that the vast majority of fake accounts disabled within minutes of their creation.
#๏ธโฃ #FakeNews #Spam
๐ Read more on Statista.
๐ @PerspectiveIX
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ Day 6
๐ #France is using #AI to check whether people are wearing masks on public transport (link)
๐ #Facebook's Oversight Board, who will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment, announces its first 20 members out of a total of 40 (link)
๐ Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and more Viacom channels coming to #YouTubeTV (link)
๐ #Zoom acquires #Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise (link)
๐ Libertyโs Virgin Media and Telefonicaโs O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal (link)
๐ #Square Q1: revenue of $1.38B, up 44% YoY; net loss of $106M, up $68M YoY (link)
๐ #Square reports $528M in Q1 revenues from its Cash App, with $306M coming from #Bitcoin transactions, exceeding the app's fiat revenue of $222M for the first time (link)
๐ #PayPal Q1: misses estimates with revenue of $4.62B, up 13% YoY; net income of $84M, down from $667M YoY (link)
๐ #Shopify Q1: revenue of $470M, up 47% YoY; gross merchandise volume of $17.4B, up 46% YoY (link)
#๏ธโฃ #EarningsCalls
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๐ Weekly Newsletter.
๐ #France is using #AI to check whether people are wearing masks on public transport (link)
๐ #Facebook's Oversight Board, who will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment, announces its first 20 members out of a total of 40 (link)
๐ Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and more Viacom channels coming to #YouTubeTV (link)
๐ #Zoom acquires #Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise (link)
๐ Libertyโs Virgin Media and Telefonicaโs O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal (link)
๐ #Square Q1: revenue of $1.38B, up 44% YoY; net loss of $106M, up $68M YoY (link)
๐ #Square reports $528M in Q1 revenues from its Cash App, with $306M coming from #Bitcoin transactions, exceeding the app's fiat revenue of $222M for the first time (link)
๐ #PayPal Q1: misses estimates with revenue of $4.62B, up 13% YoY; net income of $84M, down from $667M YoY (link)
๐ #Shopify Q1: revenue of $470M, up 47% YoY; gross merchandise volume of $17.4B, up 46% YoY (link)
#๏ธโฃ #EarningsCalls
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๐ Weekly Newsletter.