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So he would end up with hundreds of millions in his own pocket still?

TikTok isn't social media It is the new TV with infinite channels to switch by Facebook will never be able to match it unless it reinvents itself.

This is not about US domestic politics. Will the US government use FB/Twitter to delete the supporters' posts for the candidates it doesn't like?

Would you categorize Facebook/Twitter then, as the tool for US government to influence geopolitics on its behalf?

The last few strongholds I see with C++ is probably game development. To crack into gaming industry, C++ is still a must-have skill. But TBH, I really don't want to use C++ if the …

I doubt that is the case. Look up how Japanese companies are treated in late 80s and 90s. When one felt under threat, all rules will be forgone.

I don't think South Korean companies will have such concerns.

Albums in Kpop world is a different thing. Think of buying albums more like a kickstarter fundraising for fans to support their idols. The photo book or the chance to get a ticket …

Even Taylor Swift releases the full new Album on youtube the first day, which is unthinkable even 5 years ago. I think the industry already accept it is the way forward.

If you use Google video search (from the search engine itself) often enough, you will many even majority of the times, the top N results are most likely not from Youtube, even thou…

This ain't mind-blowing by any means IMO. If the said company has unknown track record, then doing business with them is risky. What if the company goes out of business in near fut…

> This feature was rarely used Seriously? Without the subtitles from fans, I can't really count how many great content I will miss, especially for relative niche languages.

Pretty interesting. The few shots learning capacity is very much there. I would imagine Chatbot can now really get somewhat correctable thus usable, by continuously providing examp…

For real. But the title itself is something worth a moment of reflection. Doctoral programs are supposed to be scarce, selective and of high profile. Now they are being treated as …

Bitcoin isn't big at all. It haven't made relevant changes to people's everyday life.

Nah, company only manufacture in cheap countries.

Already happened. My company has sent notice to us that international hired employees are preferentially located to Canada and other sites instead of US, since it is difficult to g…

Unintended? Hardly. The current administration has pushed hard for some time now, to encourage women to "go back to family". http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-02/24/c_11181423…

Amazing the internet can empower an individual blog post to force the previously most formidable startup's CEO to resign. Fear this inter connected world. Fear the power of languag…

I am pretty catching up-to-date with this field, and I didn't really get my DL(AI though it is pointless buzzword) news from media. As far as I can remember, most important researc…

OpenAI is a weird animal. Their research seems generally less impactful than rest of the top tier labs out there. But they do have great people on the team. Is it because their eng…

I believe NHS doesn't use pirated software, right?

The residents are blocking the construction to protect their real estate value. Nice move from the government, however I don't know how would this go through because there will sur…

Because I don't want to take the phones everywhere with me when I am at home?

Here is a crazy idea: What didn't Amazon make this its own Nintendo Switch? A stand with a detachable tablet? Won't this be even better?