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Facebook uses 1.5bn Reddit posts to create chatbot — BBC

"Blender" was trained using available public domain conversations which included 1.5 billion examples of human exchanges, says the report. Here is the link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52532930

In spite of pandemic (or maybe because of it), cloud infrastructure revenue soars — TC

The cloud infrastructure market totaled $29 billion in revenue for Q12020, writes Ron Miller. Here is the link: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/in-spite-of-pandemic-or-maybe-because-of-it-cloud-infrastructure-revenue-soars/

Apple and Google give devs a first look at their COVID-19 tracking API — Engadget

The companies announced that they’re seeding the first versions of their COVID-19 exposure API to devs working together with public health authorities, writes Devindra...

We need to talk about ‘cloud neutrality’ — Wired

A multibillion-dollar, privately-owned infrastructure is now essential to the modern internet economy. That should freak you out, writes Molly Wood. Here is the link: https://www.wired.com/story/we-need-to-talk-about-cloud-neutrality/  

Google’s Larry Page gave $400 million in Christmas donations. Not a penny went straight to charity. — Recode

What Page was doing each year was something of a philanthropic sleight of hand, writes Theodore Schleifer. Here is the link: https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/18/21010108/larry-page-philanthropy-foundation-donor-advised-fund-christmas