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Google Works on AI with Top Chinese University That Has Ties to Chinese Military…

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Google has been cooperating with a leading artificial intelligence (AI) research body at Tsinghua University, a prestigious Chinese academic institution that also conducts AI research for the Chinese military. The American internet giant has been collaborating with Beijing’s Tsinghua University since June 2018, when it launched a new AI research body, the Tsinghua University Institute […]

Current Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech Is “dangerous,” “taking sides”…

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Project Veritas has published an on-the-record interview with an insider who works at Google named Greg Coppola. This video interview follows a series of insider Google reports, including internal Google documents, recently published by Project Veritas which exposed political bias, “algorithmic unfairness,” and the use of “blacklists” at YouTube. Coppola is a senior software engineer […]

DOJ Opens Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies…

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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a new and broad review of on-line tech companies to investigate if their activity is violating antitrust laws. The DOJ announcement explains: “Review Focuses on Practices that Create or Maintain Structural Impediments to Greater Competition and User Benefits.” According to the Wall Street Journal, “The new antitrust inquiry […]

Former Facebook Security Chief: ‘Completely Reasonable’ to Believe Foreign Governments Have ‘Subverted’ Big Tech…

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Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos recently backed billionaire investor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel on claims that foreign governments could have infiltrated the Masters of the Universe. Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos recently backed up Paypal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel on his comments relating to the influence of foreign governments […]

Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Google Assistant?…

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Google, Amazon, and Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home. Last month, a couple in the Waasmunster area of Belgium got an unexpected lesson in how these supposedly automated helpers really work. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED. Tim Verheyden, a journalist with […]

How Google Took on China–and Lost…

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Google’s first foray into Chinese markets was a short-lived experiment. Google China’s search engine was launched in 2006 and abruptly pulled from mainland China in 2010 amid a major hack of the company and disputes over censorship of search results. But in August 2018, the investigative journalism website The Intercept reported that the company was […]

To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public…

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Recognition is growing worldwide that something big needs to be done about Big Tech, and fast. More than $8 billion in fines have been levied against Google by the European Union since 2017. Facebook Inc., facing an onslaught of investigations, has dropped in reputation to almost rock bottom among the 100 most visible companies in […]

I Found Your Data. It’s for Sale…

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I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve even opened a tax return you only shared with your accountant. I found your data because it’s for sale online. Even more terrifying: It’s happening […]

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