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International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty joined a growing chorus of tech executives lambasting web platforms, like Google and Facebook Inc., over their collection of user data and urged governments to target regulatio… Continue reading IBM CEO Joins Apple in Blasting Data Use by Silicon Valley Firms
Scrutiny of Huawei has increased since Donald Trump became U.S. President as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate. Continue reading U.S. Urges Allies to Avoid Using Huawei Equipment, WSJ Says
If enhancing privacy by creating a giant database of people’s DNA sounds counterintuitive, the group’s point is that it’s already too late to prevent mass exposure. Continue reading Scared Your DNA Is Exposed? Then Share It, Scientists Suggest
The conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, which takes place annually in early December, had been commonly known by the acronym NIPS. The foundation that runs the conference said it will now use the acronym NeurIPS instead. Continue reading Top AI Conference Swaps Acronym After Sexism, Misconduct Protest
Three years ago, artificial intelligence company DeepMind embarked on a landmark effort to transform health care in the U.K. Now plans by owner Alphabet Inc. to wrap the partnership into its Google search engine business are tripping alarm bells about … Continue reading Google Taking Over Health Records Raises Patient Privacy Fears
There is no requirement for cell sites to have backup power. The industry has resisted efforts to make that mandatory, arguing that it would be overly burdensome in part because it can be expensive to rent space for equipment and hard to get permits to… Continue reading Phones Fail in California Fires, Highlighting Cell Vulnerability
Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene, who has pushed for three years to catch up with market leaders Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., will step down from her post and be succeeded by former Oracle Corp. executive Thomas Kurian. Continue reading Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene to Leave; Kurian Steps In
“People don’t have time to look at every expense item,” says AppZen Chief Executive Officer Anant Kale. “We wanted to get AI to do it for them and to find things the human eye might miss.” Continue reading AI Can Now Catch Lies on Your Expense Report
Oracle Corp. lost a challenge to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, as the Government Accountability Office dismissed its argument that the winner-take-all contest violates federal procurement standards and unfairly favors Amazon.com Inc. Continue reading Oracle Loses Protest of Pentagon Cloud Bid Seen Favoring Amazon
Fresh research suggests GDPR is making a difference in Europe — but not so much for U.S. web users. Continue reading Major American Companies Are Making Basic Security Mistakes