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‘A Perfect Positive Storm’ : Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech - 2 mai 2021
The dictionary doesn’t have enough superlatives to describe what’s happening to the five biggest technology companies, raising uncomfortable questions for their C.E.O.s.
In the Great Recession more than a decade ago, big tech companies hit a rough patch just like everyone else. Now they have become unquestioned (...)
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Microsoft to Buy Artificial Intelligence Provider for $16 Billion - 14 avril 2021
By acquiring a provider of artificial-intelligence software, the tech giant is hoping to bolster its offerings for the fast-growing field of medical computing.
Microsoft said on Monday that it would buy Nuance Communications, a provider of artificial-intelligence and speech-recognition software, for about $16 (...)
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Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns - 11 avril 2021
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog, which it says can be deployed in dangerous situations and keep officers safer, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.
Two men were being held hostage in a Bronx apartment. They had been threatened at gunpoint, tied up and tortured (...)
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Supreme Court Backs Google in Copyright Fight With Oracle - 7 avril 2021
The 6-to-2 ruling ended a decade-long battle over whether Google had improperly used Java code in its Android operating system.
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Google in a long-running copyright dispute with Oracle over software used to run most of the world’s smartphones. The 6-to-2 ruling, which resolved (...)
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If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser - 2 avril 2021
A new crop of internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.
Most of us use web browsers out of habit.
If you surf the web with Microsoft Edge, that may be because you use Windows. If you use Safari, that’s probably because you are an Apple (...)
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The Amazon union vote : What happens next. - 2 avril 2021
The counting of votes that will determine whether a union can form at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., begins Tuesday. But the results of the union election, one of the most consequential in recent memory, may not be known until later this week or early next week because the vote can often involve a (...)
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Facebook’s A.I. Whiz Now Faces the Task of Cleaning It Up. Sometimes That Brings Him to Tears. - 27 mars 2021
Facebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won’t solve everything.
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, was tearing up.
For half an hour, we had been sitting in a conference (...)
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Anime Is Booming. So Why Are Animators Living in Poverty ? - 3 mars 2021
The workers who make the Japanese shows the world is binge-watching can earn as little as $200 a month. Many wonder how much longer they can endure it.
TOKYO — Business has never been better for Japanese anime. And that is exactly why Tetsuya Akutsu is thinking about calling it quits.
When Mr. Akutsu became an (...)
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves - 1er mars 2021
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — When the Chula Vista police receive a 911 call, they can dispatch a flying drone with the press of a button.
On a recent afternoon, from a (...)
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An Australia With No Google ? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat - 26 février 2021
The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make them pay for news.
SYDNEY, Australia — In a major escalation, Google threatened on Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for (...)
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Why Is Facebook Rejecting These Fashion Ads ? - 26 février 2021
Earlier this year Mighty Well, an adaptive clothing company that makes fashionable gear for people with disabilities, did something many newish brands do : It tried to place an ad for one of its most popular products on Facebook.
The product in question was a gray zip-up hoodie ($39.95) with the message : “I am (...)
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California Wins Court Victory for Its Net Neutrality Law - 26 février 2021
A federal judge’s ruling can allow the state to go ahead with its law while a lawsuit works its way through the courts.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for California to enforce its net neutrality law, denying a request by telecommunications providers to delay state rules meant to ensure (...)
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Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer - 26 février 2021
While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry’s decades-long ties to the military.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Over the rolling, scrub-spotted hills of the Southern California coast, where defense contractors once tested rockets and lasers for (...)
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Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening - 22 février 2021
Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize.
When Abdul Tokhi, a father of two small children, arrived in the United States from Afghanistan in 2017, a local church group helped him and his family find an apartment in (...)
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Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’ - 17 février 2021
Government antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected to come. If successful, the cases could cost them dearly.
Google is facing antitrust cases from Europe’s top competition enforcer, the Justice Department and attorneys general from more than 30 (...)
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Where Do Vaccine Doses Go, and Who Gets Them ? The Algorithms Decide - 12 février 2021
Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate the coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access.
Faced with the daunting task of parceling out a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines, Trump administration officials came up with a seemingly simple formula last year to (...)
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McKinsey Settles for Nearly $600 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis - 8 février 2021
The consulting firm has reached agreements with 49 states because of its sales advice to drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin.
McKinsey & Company, the consultant to blue-chip corporations and governments around the world, has agreed to pay nearly $600 million to settle (...)
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How Your Phone Betrays Democracy - 7 février 2021
In footage from drones hovering above, the nighttime streets of Hong Kong look almost incandescent, a constellation of tens of thousands of cellphone flashlights, swaying in unison. Each twinkle is a marker of attendance and a plea for freedom. The demonstrators, some clad in masks to thwart the government’s (...)
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They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them. - 6 février 2021
Times Opinion was able to identify individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data.
In 2019, a source came to us with a digital file containing the precise locations of more than 12 million individual smartphones for several months in 2016 and 2017. The data is supposed to be anonymous, but it isn’t. (...)
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Uber Buys Drizly, an Alcohol Delivery Service, for $1.1 Billion - 2 février 2021
Uber has acquired Drizly, the alcohol delivery service, in a $1.1 billion deal, the ride-hailing company said on Tuesday. The acquisition is part of Uber’s aggressive push to expand its booming delivery business during the pandemic.
The deal, a mix of stock and cash, follows Uber’s recent acquisitions of Postmates, (...)
