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Uber’s female board members say the company is cleaning up its act, but will it be enough?
Bad news seems to be following Uber Technologies Inc. around like a stray puppy these days, but on Tuesday Uber’s female board members turned toward the growing angry mob of Uber critics in an attempt to calm things down. In a conference call, Uber board members Arianna Huffington (pictured), Liane Hornsey and Rachel Holt talked ...
Report: Apple making big bet on augmented reality for iPhone and even smart glasses
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook hasn’t been shy about hinting that augmented reality is going to be the next big thing, the omnipresent consumer technology that we can’t and won’t live without. Now, it’s becoming a little clearer how Cook’s vision may manifest itself in Apple products. A report in Bloomberg Monday provides a glimpse of ...
Amid numerous controversies at Uber, disillusioned President Jeff Jones steps down
After serving less than a year as Uber Technologies Inc.’s president, Jeff Jones is quitting, reportedly deciding the ride-hailing giant’s many problems were worse than he realized. The resignation and the reasons for it were first reported by Recode Sunday afternoon, but later Uber confirmed that Jones had decided to step down. According to Recode’s ...
Leaked documents show Uber’s self-driving car fleet is prone to accidents
Despite all the experiments with autonomous vehicles, most experts think it will be quite a few years before they’re common on the street. Recently leaked documents on Uber Technologies Inc.’s tests of self-driving cars starkly reveal a big reason why. The documents, obtained by Recode, state that while being tested in Pennsylvania, Arizona and California, ...
Google’s DeepMind overcomes the tricky problem of forgetfulness in AI
Researchers at Google Inc.’s DeepMind project report that their artificial intelligence has just become a little more human: It now remembers things. One of the hurdles to overcome in the advancement of AI is the fact that you can train it to complete a task, but memorizing what it has done and being able to ...
Musical cyberattacks? How sound waves can mess with a connected device
New research suggests that hackers could potentially use sound waves to meddle with or take control of a connected device. On Tuesday a group of security researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina showed how a connected device can be meddled with, or taken control of, using sound waves. That ...
Facebook says it won’t allow user data to be used for police spying – anymore
Facebook Inc. and its Instagram photo sharing app have bowed to pressure from civil rights activists, creating new policies designed to prohibit developers using the platforms for surveillance purposes. This comes after revelations last year that the social media giants were being plundered for data by law enforcement via spying software in order to target ...
Google’s Waymo asks judge to halt all of Uber’s self-driving car plans
Uber Technologies Inc. is using stolen self-driving car technology in the pursuit of creating its own car, Waymo Inc. said last month when filing a lawsuit. On Friday, Waymo went one step further, asking a federal judge to halt all of Uber’s work on autonomous vehicle technology. Uber has maintained that the complaints made by ...
Uber rival Didi Chuxing sets up in Silicon Valley to pursue self-driving cars
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing took over operations in China from its rival Uber Technologies Inc. in 2016 after Uber reportedly lost large sums of money in China that threatened its worldwide operations. Now, the company has just moved into Silicon Valley. In August, Uber boss Travis Kalanick announced he was selling his Chinese business for a 17.7 ...
Facebook reports BBC journalists to police for flagging posts containing child porn
Facebook Inc. has found itself the object of criticism after failing to remove images of sexualized children on its platform found by BBC investigative journalists. According to reports, Facebook had taken down only 18 photos out of 100 that the BBC’s team had flagged using Facebook’s tools. Facebook now has to answer to a group of ...
