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Samsung quietly launched its free TV service on the web

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Samsung recently launched a web version of its free and ad-supported Smart TV Plus streaming service for live and linear programming as well as added casting support for Chromecast devices.

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Amazon partners with UCLA on science hub focusing on AI and its social impact

GeekWire

The collaboration will support doctoral fellowships and research projects as well as community outreach programs. Funding for the hub will support annual fellowships of $70,000 each for students in the second, third or fourth year of a UCLA Engineering doctoral program. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.

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Hortonworks HDP 2.5: Improved Security and Data Governance

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At Hadoop Summit in San Jose on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Hortonworks announced a new release of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution, version 2.5, as well as an expansion of its Partnerworks program and a new partnership with AtScale , provider of a self-service Business Intelligence (BI) platform for Hadoop.

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Washington Technology Industry Association lays off 14% of staff

GeekWire

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) trade group is laying off 11 employees, or 14% of its workforce, with cuts mostly affecting positions in its non-profit tech worker apprenticeship program Apprenti. Launched in 2016, Apprenti provides free training and apprenticeships for candidates looking to work in the tech sector.

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Scientists share a wiring diagram tracing connections for 200,000 mouse brain cells

GeekWire

The data collection, which is now publicly available online , was developed as part of the Machine Intelligence From Cortical Networks program, or MICrONS for short. MICrONS was funded in 2016 with $100 million in federal grants to the Allen Institute and its partners from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity , the U.S.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle

GeekWire

Founded in 2016, the San Francisco startup helps companies develop and manage their AI and machine learning systems. Wilke was long considered a leading candidate to succeed Jeff Bezos as CEO; Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will replace Bezos later this year. GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong).

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Amazon reports $149B in revenue for holiday quarter, beating estimates, but shares fall 6%

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In a sign of the broader tech spending slowdown, revenue for Amazon Web Services grew just 20% in the fourth quarter, compared to 40% growth in the year-ago period. Amazon Web Services: Amazon’s cloud business was up 20% at $21.3 Shares of Amazon were down as much as 6% in after-hours trading. billion, with $5.2

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