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14 predictions for 2014 that media experts find unlikely

The Next Web

It’s not for every company, and no, dealing with open source data such as those which come from social APIs do not count. - Chris Ee , Integrated Digital Strategist at Bajibot Media. I’m so sick of seeing that Facebook is doomed because teens don’t think it is cool anymore. Vine and Instagram video will take over the world.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. While there are various jobs in every facet of life, tech jobs are currently in high demand in the global economy these days.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

Open Source Autonomous Boat (OSAB) (Portland, Oregon) OSAB is working to design and build small autonomous vessels powered by solar energy with the purpose of monitoring and protecting ocean, river and lake environments and ecosystems. Pictured at top). Some of these are pretty legit.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Report: Thousands of harmful AI chatbots threaten minor safety

Mashable Tech

The trend has prompted alarm from child safety watchdogs and parents, heightened by high profile cases of teens who have engaged in extreme, sometimes life-threatening , behavior in the wake of personal interactions with companion chatbots. and the prevalence of deceptively-labeled mental health chatbots.

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Daily Crunch: Stealth startup Figure releases first photos of its all-purpose humanoid robot

TechCrunch

Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 My friends call me Murphy; you call me Figure : It’s “iRobot” come to life: Figure emerges from stealth with the first images of its humanoid robot, Brian reports. Amanda reports that senators are urging Mark Zuckerberg to keep teens out of the metaverse. It’s a service we provide.

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The 5 Levels of Chatbot Safety & Unregulated Autonomous School Buses 

Whole Whale

AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models. For the relationship level, AI chatbot provides greetings and routes teens to human counselors who then provide advice. The chatbot has no real understanding of the crisis details. Close monitoring is required.

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