LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Transport Commissioner Mike Brown met Uber [UBER.UL]boss Dara Khosrowshahi in January, a freedom of information request revealed, as the Silicon Valley app fights to keep its cars on the streets of its most important European market.… Continue Reading
We generally think of vision as a simple mirror — there are certain objects out there and our eyes and brains process light to let us see those things — but science shows reality is a lot weirder and more… Continue Reading
Facebook has asked conservative groups for their ideas and advice in dealing with the “rush” in Congress to regulate it over privacy. In an email revealed by Politico, Facebook public policy manager Lori Moylan wrote: “I know it’s not lost… Continue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore began seeking public feedback on proposals to allow short-term rentals of private homes such as those on Airbnb. FILE PHOTO: A woman talks on the phone at the Airbnb office headquarters in the SOMA district of… Continue Reading
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. They say you should get out ahead of a bad story. Present your version before the story hits, so that people can… Continue Reading
About two hours, or 20 percent, into Mark Zuckerberg’s marathon testimony before Congress this week, the Facebook CEO had a slightly awkward exchange with senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn wanted to know what happens to people’s data when they delete… Continue Reading
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Sina Weibo will remove gay and violent content, including pictures, cartoons and text posts, during a three-month clean-up campaign, the microblogging platform said. FILE PHOTO – A man holds an iPhone as he visits Sina’s Weibo… Continue Reading
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Artificial intelligence technologies aren’t just being used to help computers more quickly recognize dogs in photos. Several businesses like Mastercard and fast-growing drone companies are exploring ways that AI technologies like machine learning can better verify people’s identities and process… Continue Reading
The internet loves to tear things to shreds. So to absolutely no one’s surprise, it jumped on Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony—a serious event in which the CEO of one of the world’s richest companies is answering to the federal government… Continue Reading