Archive for January, 2018
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Lyft probes whether employees viewed data of exes, love interests — and Mark Zuckerberg: report
Employees tracked romantic partners, lust interests, porn stars — and even scooped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s phone number, according to a new report.
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Facebook, Pinterest and other Silicon Valley tech firms discuss AI’s future
Is artificial intelligence more helpful than harmful?
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Apple expands its self-driving car fleet to 27: report
Apple started off with three self-driving cars and added two in July, seven in October, two in November, six in December, and seven in January.
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What’s Meg Whitman’s next gig? Something called NewTV
Whitman is set to step down from Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Feb. 1, and will be CEO of Hollywood bigwig Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new video-content venture.
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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo quits FCC advisory board on broadband
The mayor said the committee is dominated by business interests that don’t appear to be concerned about improving broadband access to the underserved.
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Off topic: Cloned monkeys, saffron history, slave ship discovery, ‘dibs’ origin
Cloning method used for Dolly the sheep produces two female monkeys. The history of saffron, the world’s most expensive spice that’s also said to have healing properties. A reporter may […]
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Tesla to organizers of female-exploitation event: no Model X for you
Company reportedly found the posh dinner’s rampant groping and indecency ‘disgusting’ and cancelled sale of a vehicle sold to the organizers for a charity auction.
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AT&T rolls out ad push for net neutrality law that covers tech companies
Before the FCC voted in December to repeal net neutrality rules adopted in 2015, the telecom giants insisted that they support net neutrality.
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Apple iPhone users will be able to see their medical records on Health app
Apple’s Health app will streamline medical records from a dozen medical facilities across the United States.
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Facebook survey to determine news trustworthiness has two questions
Facebook has been under increasing pressure to thwart fake news and is surveying users to find out which news publications they deem trustworthy.
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