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This is valid but what can Facebook do? What steps should the company take to ensure this doesn't happen? Do they have the capability to fix the status quo? Is there an algorithm that can prevent this from happening? We don't know if this is an issue stemmed from lacking reviewers.

And they just posted a "rebuttal" video. https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/935283210606477312

There's a lot of people who are fearful that Facebook probably knows too much about its users and that could be problematic. But what do you expect? How do you want our future to be shaped? Innovation, including AI, requires tremendous amount of data. Suicide is a serious problem and being able to accurately identify that in the future could save tons of lives. Accurately diagnosing mental illnesses will take a while for sure, and I believe this is a necessary first step.

Now, if Facebook is selling the data for profit, that's another story. But if we assume that Facebook is acting purely for the benefit of the society and the people, I think this is a great step.

So was the stolen data deleted? This could've easily just been part of a "bug county," no?

Except when you actually steal data, you're not eligible to bounty. This means the hackers had decent leverage and negotiation skills (maybe Uber could've scared them with lawyers, etc).

I believe this was part of either an E911 requirement or CIQ(Carrier IQ) feature. Nothing new and nothing crazy.

MediaTek is only suitable for mid-tier phones (at least when I was in the OEM industry). Exynos is only for Samsung. A lot of OEMs try to make their own LTE chips, but it's not easy.

Qualcomm is still very much relevant in the phone industry.

Why wouldn't they just M&A? Just curious.

There are a lot of good free alternatives on the comments but I'm curious how reliable they are.

Obviously, Xignite is the leader in paid service but it's way too expensive for startups (approximately 20k for the cheapest option).

IEX and AlphaVantage have decent customer support so I trust them, but I'd rather have a cheaper, paid service.

I wasn't on the Android development team but rather I was in management, but my colleague was and that's the information I got when I tried using his workstation (he specifically works on Android framework). I actually never checked myself so that's my mistake, so I apologize if I am spreading misinformation.

Perhaps a Hackathon project?

you're right - SSD makes a big difference too.

This is a side note, but most members of the Android team at Google used to have 256 GB of RAM on their computers to compile Android (the entire build). When we used Android Studio, it was blazing fast so most devs that didn't work with users were not aware there was a problem.

I speak three languages fluently and I can attest to Chatterbug's methodology. However, there's still much research to be done in the field. I participate in a lot of linguistic research since my case is a slightly more unique than others.

Also, I'm curious if they're hiring and/or have plan to scale. There are so many features they could add.

Would love to see some gameplay!

Most of the responsibility, minus the technical interview, seems like it could be done by an AI sometime in the future anyway. No more complaints afterwards!

The transaction fee for $1 is still a lot. For example, in Stripe's case it would be 2.9% + 30¢ so about 33 cents. I guess if that's an acceptable margin, it's no big deal, but I was just curious if your company got discounted fees.

How does your company manage to use Stripe and Paypal for microtransactions with their fees? Do you get a special discount? 25 cents - minus fees means there's barely any left.

Disclaimer: Used to work for an OEM

With critical bugs like these, it's certain Google will require recent devices that have enough affected users to be updated ASAP. Expect an update within in a few weeks.

This is just an early iteration for the future. Imagine the possibilities while travelling, attending conferences, eating at foreign restaurants.

Can't wait until this becomes commonplace.

I have higher hopes for their next phone. This first edition was way too basic for my taste. It also showed a lack of experience in dealing with camera.

With the funding they have, I'd rather have them do some sort of acqui-hire over an OEM rather than just hiring a bunch of MBA / former Google employees. They should realize that making a good phone requires years of experience by now.

doesn't HTC also have a US R&D division (most likely they do to work with North American carriers and Qualcomm).

Do you know what's happening to them?

I'm wondering what kind of legal tasks they cover for poor startups. Incorporation and whatnot is mostly automated , trivial and inexpensive but if they can help out with lawsuits, patent, trademarks, and general legal inquiries in an innovative way, it'd be awesome, as those cost a fortune.

My understanding is that they value people who are passionate about Tesla and SpaceX products. The logic is that if they truly care about what they're working on, work-life balance and pay can be sacrificed. I know several people that sometimes complain about the long hours at these companies, but they refuse to leave because of their passion.

This is a tricky exchange. Both sides could've done better. To be honest though, a company like Facebook gets so many resumes that these mistakes are inevitable. Not saying it's acceptable, but it's just the nature of recruiting.

I know your comment is more of a joke, but Uber has already seen enough success to never end up on this kind of list.

They might be in a different list along with Pets.com or Myspace though.

As someone who worked in a large OEM company releasing tons of smartphones, I'm actually impressed it only took 100 people to getting this out. I presume there was an incredible amount of sleepless nights, as this is no easy task.

To be fair though, Sprint is one of the easier carriers to work with after T-Mobile. I can't imagine them releasing a phone on AT&T or Verizon, as their process is grueling. I guess since they're selling an unlockcked version of their phone, it doesn't really matter to power users. However, most sales for smartphones are from contracts sold directly from carriers so it'll be interesting to see how they'll do in the market with their current strategy (similar to One Plus One).

Props to them though. It's not just about carrier certification. Releasing a smartphone is a long complex process. Some engineers at Sprint were briefly talking about how great the phone was, so I have high hopes.

I've pushed OTA updates to smartphones before: there is a rigorous certification process that the software has to go through before reaching the customers. We've had times where we had to push emergency OTAs soon after, but never a time where we had to do any sort of recall due to an OTA.

I'm certain that these vendors don't have nearly the same amount of checks compared to smartphones due to much less overhead (like we had from carriers, Google, SoCs), but it's still astonishing how this could happen, but it's a good lesson for them, mistakes happen and I hope they implement a system where this is not possible to happen again.

Here's a newer article on the results: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists...

The conclusion: technology is not ready for editing genes of human embryos yet.

Not necessarily but I would argue that the chance of success is higher for a person with higher IQ.

You can easily keep your transactions private on Venmo. I think the benefits outweigh the negativity mentioned in the article - it has made our lives more efficient.

However, their scam protection (https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/19/15997768/venmo-scam-fake-...) has room for improvement..