James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Stanford researchers sound alarm on Mastodon’s significant child sexual abuse material problem

By James Farrell Jul 24, 2023

Researchers at Stanford’s Internet Observatory released a paper today revealing some worrying insights concerning the social media platform Mastodon, which they say is rife with child sexual abuse material, known as CSAM. The researchers…

NEWS

Apple warns it will pull popular apps from UK if surveillance law changes as planned

By James Farrell Jul 20, 2023

Apple Inc. warned today that if British surveillance laws change with the upcoming Online Safety Bill, it might have no choice but to pull iMessage and FaceTime from the country. Under the new bill,…

NEWS

Microsoft and Activision agree to a new deadline as UK approval still not certain

By James Farrell Jul 19, 2023

The drama of the biggest tech acquisition of all time seemingly won’t end, with Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. today announcing they’ve agreed on a new deadline of Oct. 18 to finalize their…

AI

Pay up! Thousands of authors tell AI leaders they want to be paid when their work is used

By James Farrell Jul 18, 2023

Around 8,500 authors, many of them household names, have signed an open letter to leaders in the generative artificial intelligence industry telling them either to compensate them for their work or to leave it…

NEWS

UK court gives Microsoft more time to negotiate with CMA over $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition

By James Farrell Jul 17, 2023

The U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal today agreed to extend Microsoft Corp.’s appeal to buy the gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc. after the acquisition was blocked by the U.K.’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets…

NEWS

US university professors cry foul on Texas’ ‘unconstitutional’ TikTok ban

By James Farrell Jul 13, 2023

A free speech group of professors at New York’s Columbia University has sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others for the state’s TikTok ban on official devices, saying that the ban is unconstitutional under…

NEWS

FTC is still trying to kill Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal that appeals court ruling blessed

By James Farrell Jul 12, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission is taking its fight into the 12th round in its attempt to block Microsoft Corp’s pending $68.7 billion acquisition of the gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc. The agency filed an…

AI

US senators sound slightly overwhelmed at first-ever classified briefing on artificial intelligence

By James Farrell Jul 11, 2023

U.S. senators today discussed the rise of artificial intelligence at what was the first-ever briefing on the technology, and most of them sounded somewhat concerned about the future. The senators listened to experts on…

NEWS

Massachusetts might become the first state to ban the sale of phone location data

By James Farrell Jul 10, 2023

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are in the process of considering a bill that would ban the sale of mobile phone location data, which would make the state the first in the U.S. to restrict what…

Emerging Tech

Volkswagen is about to launch a self-driving car testing program in Texas

By James Farrell Jul 6, 2023

The German automaker Volkswagen AG announced today that it will start testing a small fleet of self-driving microbuses in Austin, Texas, with a mind to expanding to more U.S. cities in the future. Using…

James Farrell

Apple warns it will pull popular apps from UK if surveillance law changes as planned

Microsoft and Activision agree to a new deadline as UK approval still not certain

Pay up! Thousands of authors tell AI leaders they want to be paid when their work is used

US university professors cry foul on Texas’ ‘unconstitutional’ TikTok ban

US senators sound slightly overwhelmed at first-ever classified briefing on artificial intelligence

Massachusetts might become the first state to ban the sale of phone location data

Volkswagen is about to launch a self-driving car testing program in Texas

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