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Speaking today at Uber Technologies Inc.’s #TheYearAhead event, Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that the company is confident that autonomous ride-hailing is coming sooner than you think. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait, Khosrowshahi admitted that true, reliable, autonomous …
Facebook opens up on whether social media is good or bad for democracy
After mounting pressure on Facebook Inc. regarding its role in the world, the company today attempted to address the issue of what impact it might have on democracy. In the latest of its periodic “Hard Questions” series, this one on social media …
Facebook crowdsources ratings to decide which news is ‘trustworthy’
Facebook Inc. finally moved Friday to crack down on the dissemination of dubious news and clickbait by letting its users decide what news is trustworthy. “Starting next week, we will begin tests in the first area: to prioritize news from publications that …
Spotify launches new multimedia format called Spotlight
Spotify Ltd. signaled on Thursday that it’s getting more serious about podcasting, unveiling a new visually enhanced format called Spotlight that will cover news, culture, politics, sports and entertainment. The world’s biggest paid music service is teaming up with the likes of …
Humans beat popular algorithm for spotting potential re-offenders
It turns out that a trusted crime-fighting algorithm used to predict if criminals will re-offend might not be any better at its job than a random untrained human. The technology has already been widely used in the U.S. by judges as a …
22 states sue to stop FCC from repealing net neutrality
Twenty-two state attorneys general Tuesday filed a lawsuit in an attempt to turn around the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality repeal. The lawsuit is led by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. He was joined by state attorneys from California, Connecticut, Oregon, New …
Responding to criticism, Facebook makes news feed changes to spur more interaction
Facebook Inc. wants us to have more “meaningful social interactions” on its platform, so it has begun a news feed shakeup designed to address the swaths of negative criticism it has faced lately. The company came under considerable scrutiny last year first for …
YouTube decides to punish Logan Paul for his controversial suicide video
YouTube has decided that YouTube star Logan Paul should be punished for his bad taste video that showed a suicide victim in what is known as Japan’s “Suicide Forest.” The company today announced it has removed Paul’s channel from its premium advertising …
Apple responds after investors express worries kids are addicted to its devices
A day after two large Apple Inc. investors said they’re concerned kids are too addicted to their digital devices, the company today said it provides protections and has more planned. In an open letter, New York-based Jana Partners and the California State …
Fired Google engineer James Damore sues for discrimination – against white men
James Damore, a former senior software engineer at Google LLC, was fired in August after writing an internal memo that discussed the issue of diversity in the workplace and more controversially argued that women were less biologically suited to become engineers. Now …