In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.Read More
Month: December 2020
Many Google employees and others in the tech and academic communities are furious over the sudden exit from Google of a pioneer in the...
The US government will not extend the Dec. 4 deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell off the social media app, but it will...
The Trump administration is continuing to inflict damage on China’s prized businesses in its final weeks, with actions that could make it harder for...
Timnit Gebru, one of the few Black women in her field, had voiced exasperation over the company’s response to efforts to increase minority hiring.
The White House did not extend a Dec. 4 deadline for the Chinese internet company ByteDance to sell TikTok.Read More
Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown...
What Went Viral This Week
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Stories about Elliot Page, BTS and a rare “Christmas Star” dominated social media this week.Read More
Why ‘Wonder Woman’ at Home Matters
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The Netflix model is winning, and the entertainment industry may be changed forever.Read More