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Meet Hadrian, the Brick Laying Robot That Will Make Construction Workers Obsolete…

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Across the US, cities are independently passing measures to implement a $15 minimum wage – or mandating higher wages with an eye toward one day achieving that goal. But low-wage workers who are celebrating their fatter paychecks should enjoy the feeling while it lasts…because the more expensive workers become, the faster employers will work to […]

Man Charged with Threatening to Kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Family…

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A California man is charged with threatening to kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s children because he was “angry” about the repeal of net neutrality regulations, the Justice Department said today. Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with threatening to murder an immediate family member of a U.S. official. Prosecutors […]

The Government Agency That Made Silicon Valley…

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One of the major legacies of WW2 – on both sides of the Atlantic – was a profound awareness that science and technology matter. They played a huge role in winning the war, and they must have an equal place in winning the peace. In the United States, President Roosevelt’s wartime science guru, Vannevar Bush, […]

Major Bank CEOs Say Blockchain Will Underpin the Financial Industry ‘in Five Years’…

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Blockchain technology could soon revolutionize the global banking industry, according to the chief executives of two major European lenders. Banks have invested millions in developing blockchain applications in recent years, as part of a broader industry effort to try to cut costs and simplify their back-office processes. The technology, which is perhaps better known as […]

Tech Titans Tiptoe Toward Monopoly…

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Imagine a not-too-distant future in which trustbusters force Facebook FB 1.15% to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp. Imagine a time when Amazon’s cloud and delivery services are so dominant the company is broken up like AT&T . Imagine Google’s search or YouTube becoming regulated monopolies, like electricity and water. Facebook Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. […]

This Is the ‘Depressing’ Chart Mark Zuckerberg Does Not Want You to See…

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Almost a year ago, we wrote about how post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been, but they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. The Atlantic’s Jean Twenge questioned whether “smartphones destroyed a generation?” There is compelling evidence that the devices we’ve placed in young people’s hands are having profound effects on their […]

Uber Self-Driving Car Saw but Ignored Pedestrian in Deadly Arizona Crash…

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A self-driving Uber may have spotted the pedestrian killed in the first fatal crash with a driverless car but ignored her anyway. The self-driving car which killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Phoenix, Arizona in March saw the pedestrian as a “false positive”, causing its on-board system to decide to ignore her rather than swerve to […]

Oakland to Require Public Approval of Surveillance Technology…

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Oaklanders will have a say in the city’s use of surveillance technologies like license-plate readers, cellphone trackers and surveillance cameras under a new city ordinance. The ordinance, introduced at Tuesday’s city council meeting, creates a public approval process for surveillance technologies used by the city. The rules also lay a groundwork for the City Council […]

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