by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 15, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In 2018, Silicon Valley, like Hamlet’s engineer, was hoist with its own petard. Citizens were panicking about data privacy, researchers were sounding alarms about artificial intelligence, and even industry stakeholders rebelled against app addiction. Policymakers,...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 14, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
On Tuesday, Massachusetts became the second state this year to sue ride-hail companies Uber and Lyft for treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. State attorney general Maura Healey told reporters the Covid-19 pandemic motivated her to...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 13, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
A spokesperson for DJI said its products don’t send customer data to China and cited the results of a recent security audit by consultants Booz Allen Hamilton. It discovered some security vulnerabilities in DJI’s drones, which the company says it is addressing, but no...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 12, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Spurned by traditional venture capital firms, three businesspeople turned to other funders, government contracts, and their own savings to launch companies.
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 11, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
A new paper argues that the computing demands of deep learning are so great that progress on tasks like translation and self-driving is likely to slow.
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 9, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Nonprofits and advocacy groups signed on to an organization called Communities Against Rider Surveillance—without knowing that the ride-hail giant was involved.
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