James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

Policy

Apple doubles down on free speech stance, reveals first India store at annual meeting

By James Farrell Feb 26, 2020

Apple Inc. received a fairly high level of support from its shareholders over the matter of free speech in China as the company met for its annual meeting today. The issue at hand was…

Policy

Twitter could soon label tweets containing misleading information

By James Farrell Feb 20, 2020

Twitter Inc. is thinking about adding colored labels to content that contains lies and misinformation, according to a leaked demo obtained by NBC today. The company has confirmed that the demo is real, although…

Policy

Google users in UK set to lose data protections after Brexit

By James Farrell Feb 19, 2020

Google LLC is moving its British users’ accounts away from European Union privacy regulators and into U.S. jurisdiction, according to a report by Reuters published Wednesday. Since the U.K. is longer part of the…

Policy

Blaming coronavirus, Apple says quarterly revenue will be lower than expected

By James Farrell Feb 17, 2020

Apple Inc. said Monday that its bottom line will very likely take a hit because of the spread of COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus. In a press release, the company said that it…

Security

Researchers say US voting app flaw could let attackers change votes

By James Farrell Feb 13, 2020

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a voting app used in four states in the U.S. has some serious security flaws, including a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to change someone’s…

Infra

Fears mount that MWC might not go ahead after more big companies pull out

By James Farrell Feb 11, 2020

There are growing fears that the giant Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona in late February might be canceled after more companies just pulled out of the event on concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.…

Policy

Amid staff tensions, Google’s HR chief steps down

By James Farrell Feb 10, 2020

Eileen Naughton, Google LLC’s head of human resources, will step down from her role at the company amid growing tensions between staff and management. Naughton had been with Google since 2006 and had spent…

AI

Silicon Valley startup Nuro first to get self-driving vehicle exemption from US

By James Farrell Feb 6, 2020

Autonomous vehicle delivery company Nuro Inc. has become the first company to be given an exemption from the federal government to operate its cars. The U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic…

AI

Google demands startup Clearview AI stop scraping photos

By James Farrell Feb 5, 2020

Google LLC-owned YouTube Wednesday said it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, telling the startup that it can no longer scrape videos from its platform. Clearview AI came under scrutiny this year after…

Policy

Twitter explains how it will crack down on deepfake content

By James Farrell Feb 4, 2020

Twitter Inc. announced Tuesday that it will weed out deceptive, doctored content, joining other social media behemoths that have recently said the same. The company said in blog post that for the past several…

James Farrell

Apple doubles down on free speech stance, reveals first India store at annual meeting

Twitter could soon label tweets containing misleading information

Blaming coronavirus, Apple says quarterly revenue will be lower than expected

Researchers say US voting app flaw could let attackers change votes

Fears mount that MWC might not go ahead after more big companies pull out

Amid staff tensions, Google’s HR chief steps down

Silicon Valley startup Nuro first to get self-driving vehicle exemption from US

Google demands startup Clearview AI stop scraping photos

Twitter explains how it will crack down on deepfake content

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