James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Facebook details abuse on platform – and AI falls short in flagging some of it

By James Farrell May 15, 2018

Facebook Inc. Tuesday released its first Community Standards Enforcement Report, detailing what its algorithm and human moderators have detected and removed from October last year to March this year. The upshot: a lot. Facebook said…

AI

Google employees leave company over supplying Pentagon with AI

By James Farrell May 15, 2018

Close to a dozen employees at Google Inc. have apparently quit their jobs in protest over a project in which the company is providing the U.S. Department of Defense with artificial intelligence. In March,…

Policy

Propaganda fears heighten as House Democrats release thousands of Russian-linked Facebook ads

By James Farrell May 10, 2018

Democrats from the House Intelligence Committee released a total of 3,519 Facebook ads on Thursday that were run from 2015 to 2017 by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency. All the ads are available to…

Policy

ZTE ceases operations after crippling US ban brings company to its knees

By James Farrell May 9, 2018

Chinese electronics giant ZTE Corp. announced Wednesday that it has ceased major operating activities following a seven-year ban that forbids U.S. companies from supplying ZTE with components. “As a result of the Denial Order, the…

Apps

In a big management shakeup, execs bounce around Facebook

By James Farrell May 8, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg will remain at the helm of Facebook Inc., and his Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg remains at that job too, but many other execs have just been given a new role at…

Emerging Tech

Autonomous vehicle startup Drive.ai will give Texas its first self-driving cars

By James Farrell May 7, 2018

California-based Drive.ai announced Monday that it will soon launch a pilot program for self-driving cars in Frisco, Texas, that will allow users to order a ride via its smartphone app. The program will start…

Emerging Tech

Criminal gang used drone swarm to foil FBI raid

By James Farrell May 4, 2018

In what sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie, the FBI reported this week that last year a hostage raid was undone when criminals employed a swarm of drones to get in officers’…

Big Data

Cambridge Analytica shuts down, but probes of its Facebook data use continue

By James Farrell May 3, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, the company behind the data harvesting scandal that affected as many as 87 million Facebook users, Wednesday announced it will cease all operations in the U.K. and the U.S. The British political…

Apps

Oculus Go and its new features: enough to take VR mainstream?

By James Farrell May 1, 2018

The hotly anticipated Oculus Go became available to the public on Tuesday, a standalone virtual reality headset that might induce the average consumer to take the plunge and finally get into VR. The reason for…

Apps

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum leaves, allegedly over data privacy clash with owner Facebook

By James Farrell Apr 30, 2018

Jan Koum, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook Inc.-owned messaging giant WhatsApp, will leave the company amid reported disagreements over data privacy, advertising and encryption. Koum will also vacate his spot on Facebook’s…

James Farrell

Facebook details abuse on platform – and AI falls short in flagging some of it

Google employees leave company over supplying Pentagon with AI

Propaganda fears heighten as House Democrats release thousands of Russian-linked Facebook ads

ZTE ceases operations after crippling US ban brings company to its knees

In a big management shakeup, execs bounce around Facebook

Autonomous vehicle startup Drive.ai will give Texas its first self-driving cars

Criminal gang used drone swarm to foil FBI raid

Cambridge Analytica shuts down, but probes of its Facebook data use continue

Oculus Go and its new features: enough to take VR mainstream?

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum leaves, allegedly over data privacy clash with owner Facebook

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