Mon. 01/27 - The AI That Spotted the Wuhan Virus Early

Vine has a spiritual successor in Byte, the new razr might have “bumps and lumps,” your anti-virus program might be selling all your clicks, Seamless might be inventing restaurants from whole cloth, and the AI algorithm that spotted the Wuhan virus early.

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Links:

• Vine reboot Byte officially launches (TechCrunch)
• Motorola on the Razr’s folding screen: ‘bumps and lumps are normal’ (The Verge)
• An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus (Wired)
• YouTube signs exclusive streaming deal for Activision e-sports like Call of Duty and Overwatch (The Verge)
• Online mattress retailer Casper IPO to raise $182.4 million (CNBC)
• Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data (Motherboard)
• Seamless, Grubhub deliver confusion with mistaken restaurant listings (The San Francisco Chronicle)
• Alex Danco Tweet Thread

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