A wave of antitrust probe headlines on Facebook Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. just yanked about $137 billion from FANG stocks’ market values. Some $41 billion evaporated from Facebook on Monday as a person familiar with the matter said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will oversee antitrust scrutiny into whether the firm’s practices harm […]
Microsoft Cuts Ties With Huawei…
Microsoft will reportedly become the latest tech giant to ‘suspend’ its relationship with Huawei, according to the South China Morning Post. One week after Washington first imposed strict limits on Huawei and its affiliates that will make it almost impossible for American firms buy Huawei products or sell American-made components to the company, a handful […]
China Warns About ‘Unwavering Resolve’ to Fight U.S. ‘Bullying’…
Google Suspends Business with Huawei…
Toshiba Suspends Business with Huawei…
Britain’s Largest Cell Phone Networks Drop Huawei Phones from 5G Launch…
Sen. Josh Hawley, Who Works on AntiTrust, Says Social Media Companies Don’t Need to Be Broken Up, They Need to Be Eradicated Altogether…
A Republican senator who works on antitrust says that social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, have done more harm than good and they should “disappear.” In an op-ed published Wednesday in USA Today, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley made the strongest comments against Facebook and other social media giants by a prominent elected official. Presidential […]
Can Artificial Intelligence Be a Fair Judge in Court? Estonia Thinks So…
Government usually isn’t the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind. As Estonia’s chief data officer, the 28-year-old graduate student is overseeing the tiny Baltic nation’s push to insert artificial intelligence and machine learning into services provided to its 1.3 million citizens. […]
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 for Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera…
A UK pedestrian was arrested and fined £90 ($115 US) after attempting to cover his face while passing a controversial facial recognition camera van on a East London street. The notorious London police vans scan the faces of passers-by and compare them to a database of wanted criminals. One man wasn’t having any of it, […]
White House Declines to Back Christchurch Call to Stamp Out Online Extremism Amid First Amendment Concerns…
The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques, saying free-speech concerns prevented the White House from formally signing onto the largest campaign to date targeting extremism online. The “Christchurch Call,” unveiled at an […]
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