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Archives for May 2017
Another cautionary tale for would-be Amazon partners.
One-quarter of U.S. households now have at least one piece of smart home gear.
At $230, it’s the most expensive Alexa device yet.
The Alphabet executive chairman was citing a popular, and flawed, anecdote about automation.
Imagine if Uber could say, “We enabled one million food-shopping trips for low-income Americans who lacked good transportation options.”
Urtasun will continue to teach at the University of Toronto part-time and will be joined by eight of her students.
Humans adapted to the industrial revolution and they’ll adapt to automation, the Alphabet executive chairman said at a forum at Columbia University.
“Will it happen? There’s a high probability.”
Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.
Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook bury the hatchet.
It’s a prepaid card, not a real debit card. But it’s like the one Jack Dorsey recently showed off.
The practice, known as “greyballing,” is the subject of the investigation, which may be criminal in nature.
A small percentage of Gmail users — which is still a lot of users — were affected.
Cathy Beaudoin is stepping away at a surprising time.
“I don’t know what they’re doing on the car front, it’s not clear.”