Google used to have an iconic clause in its code of conduct that said, “Don’t be evil.” Yet the clause was recently and quietly sent down the memory hole...
"The masses of people playing Candy Crush and using Viber on their mobiles are overwhelmingly unaware of their participation in data mining how their participation poses a danger to a healthy democracy..."
After years of pushing the benefits of lithium ion electric vehicles and shelling out billions of dollars in subsidies to encourage them, China could be gearing up for a turn to hydrogen fuel-cells.
"Pichai’s response was not wrong or nefarious...but this exchange as a whole may be misleading to the public eye. It lends itself to a common, dangerous misconception that sophisticated algorithms are always unbiased."
"Some said Facebook’s hiring of a PR firm that used an antisemitic narrative to discredit critics – fueling the same kind of propaganda factcheckers regularly debunk – should be a deal-breaker."
This would allow a drone to 'dock' on a power line in an urban environment, scavenging magnetic energy as a means to trickle-charge its onboard batteries prior to mission continuation...
"It eliminates the need for Soldiers to conduct mundane, dangerous or repetitive tasks that can be automated, and it increases the standoff distance between Soldiers and a threat, which can greatly enhance safety..."
Apple said that it's planning to push a software update to Chinese iPhone users next week that will modify functions that a local Chinese court ruled violated patents held by Qualcomm.
"...the workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves, data that management then uses to adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows...The light-weight sensory helmets have been rolled out on an industrial scale."
