James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Thalmic Labs introduces custom-made smart glasses for everyday life

By James Farrell Oct 24, 2018

Canadian startup Thalmic Labs, now called North, is hoping to do what other companies have failed to do: Get people to start wearing smart glasses. The Amazon.com Inc.-backed startup has said that its glasses,…

Infra

After meditating on his behavior, Linus Torvalds returns to Linux

By James Farrell Oct 23, 2018

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has returned after taking a break to think about his sometimes intemperate behavior. In September, Torvalds decided to take a sabbatical following years of criticism regarding his public outbursts and…

Apps

Twitter employee reportedly acted as Saudi Arabian spy

By James Farrell Oct 21, 2018

Trolls worked for the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his advisors to discredit slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi (pictured) and other critics of the government on Twitter, according to a New York Times report Saturday. But…

Apps

Ahead of elections, Facebook opens up a ‘war room’ to fight fake news

By James Farrell Oct 18, 2018

Facebook Inc. gave reporters a tour of its “war room” Wednesday, explaining its latest efforts to tackle election interference. “As our teams have gotten smarter, so have the adversaries seeking to misuse our services,”…

Apps

Google’s Chinese search engine now seems to be a certainty

By James Farrell Oct 16, 2018

The controversial search engine that Google LLC has been developing in China might soon become a reality, despite objections from inside the company and from some critics. Speaking on Monday at the WIRED 25…

Apps

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is dead at 65

By James Farrell Oct 15, 2018

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen passed away on Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Allen revealed two weeks ago that the disease had returned after he spent years battling and overcoming it. He said…

Apps

Facebook takes down hundreds of pages for ‘inauthentic’ political content

By James Farrell Oct 11, 2018

With the U.S. midterm elections looming, Facebook Inc. has removed hundreds of pages related to political spamming and what the company calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” In a blog post, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of…

Emerging Tech

Amazon axes AI recruiting tool that wasn’t too keen on women

By James Farrell Oct 10, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. recently had to shut down a machine learning recruiting tool because it apparently showed bias against female applicants. According to Reuters, which first published the story, Amazon had been using artificial intelligence…

Apps

Apple has been secretly fighting iPhone fraud in China

By James Farrell Oct 9, 2018

Apple Inc. had to go to war in China over fraudsters who were making handsome profits from buying or stealing iPhones, replacing some parts, and then claiming the phones were broken, according to a…

Policy

‘Presidential Alert,’ though not from Trump himself, hits millions of US phones

By James Farrell Oct 3, 2018

Millions of Americans on Wednesday received what may have looked like a text message from U.S. President Donald Trump. The text was sent out at 2:18 p.m. EDT to test the Integrated Public Alert and…

James Farrell

Thalmic Labs introduces custom-made smart glasses for everyday life

After meditating on his behavior, Linus Torvalds returns to Linux

Twitter employee reportedly acted as Saudi Arabian spy

Ahead of elections, Facebook opens up a ‘war room’ to fight fake news

Google’s Chinese search engine now seems to be a certainty

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is dead at 65

Facebook takes down hundreds of pages for ‘inauthentic’ political content

Amazon axes AI recruiting tool that wasn’t too keen on women

Apple has been secretly fighting iPhone fraud in China

‘Presidential Alert,’ though not from Trump himself, hits millions of US phones

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