Palantir CEO Karp on Silicon Valley, ICE, 2020 Election
By: Bloomberg Politics August 2, 2019 Watch Full Video
Facial recognition elevates art of queuing in bars
By: Mark Bridge August 1, 2019 It is technology most often deployed to catch terrorists and criminals. Now facial recognition is coming for another category of public enemies — drinks queue jumpers. A bar in London has used the controversial technology to thwart those who previously relied on their sharp elbows, good looks or a […]
Healthcare Is Only The Beginning: 15 Big Industries CRISPR Technology Could Disrupt
By: CBINSIGHTS August 01, 2019 Gene-editing tool CRISPR is changing the ways we develop new medical treatments, power our vehicles, and even brew our beer. Here are the industries this cutting-edge technology could disrupt. From treating diseases like HIV and sickle cell to designer babies and custom-made pets, CRISPR has the potential to affect nearly […]
Employee Happiness and Business Success Are Linked
By: The Economist July 31, 2019 A new study (PDF) by Christian Krekel, George Ward and Jan-Emmanuael de Neve finds a link between employee happiness and business success. “The study, based on data compiled by Gallup, a polliging organization, covers nearly 1.9 million employees across 230 separate organizations in 73 countries,” reports The Economist. From […]
The vexed question of samples and songwriting credits
By: M.H. July 31, 2019 THE THORNIEST question in popular music at the moment is this: who owns a melody? This week two court cases addressed the issue. In California, a jury decided that Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” had plagiarised the beat of “Joyful Noise”, a track by Flame, a Christian rapper. Meanwhile the […]
Apple Contractors Hear Sex Acts, Drug Deals in Siri Recordings
By: Kristin Houser July 29, 2019 If you use Apple’s AI-powered voice assistant Siri — or own a Siri-enabled device — there’s a chance a human on the other side of the world may be listening to you have sex right now. Or they may be hearing that conversation you had with your boss about […]
A society’s values and beliefs matter for its economy
By: The Economist July 25, 2019 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN is more than text on a red cap. It is an argument about the nature of American success: one which President Donald Trump elaborated on in racist comments last week. On July 21st he questioned whether four Democratic congresswomen, all non-white, were “capable of loving […]
Should tech companies be worried about DoJ’s antitrust review?
By: Alex Hern July 24, 2019 The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced a wide-ranging antitrust review of “market-leading online platforms”, suggesting that long-awaited action may finally be taken against some of the world’s largest companies. But the confirmation of the investigation is sparse on detail, revealing only that the review “will consider the […]
Is Congress rigged in favour of the rich?
By: The Economist July 22, 2019 American politicians often rail against the undue influence of the rich. Bernie Sanders, a left-wing senator from Vermont, has decried a political system that allows billionaires to “elect the candidates of their choice”. On the campaign trail in 2016 Donald Trump claimed that the system is “rigged” in favour […]