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In the spring of 1977, when Sherry Turkle was a young professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Steve Jobs came to visit. While he toured the campus and met with her colleagues, Turkle was cleaning her apartment and worrying over the menu for...
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In the drone business, however, he is not alone. A host of start-ups are building similar technology for the military. Shield AI, founded by a former member of the Navy SEALs, is in San Diego, not far from Anduril. Teal Drones, whose founder emerged...
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Media organisations Open Democracy and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism have acted in unison to put in question the NHS and the UK state’s wider dealings with data mining company Palantir.
The Palo Alto-based firm was co-founded by leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel in 2003....
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved an emergency subsidy for low-income households to get high-speed internet, an effort to bridge the digital divide that has cut off many Americans from online communication during the pandemic.The four-member commission unanimously agreed to offer...
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AT&T is selling part of its TV business, which consists of the DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse brands, to the private equity firm TPG in a spinoff deal as it looks to shed assets to deal with a burdensome debt load and focus on...
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has today launched a digital cyber security self-assessment service for sole traders and micro-businesses to help the UK’s smallest businesses securely navigate the digital world.
The Cyber Action Plan forms part of the government’s wider Cyber Aware campaign, and in...
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Dispo, a new photo-sharing app that mimics the experience of using a disposable camera, is taking off. People are clamoring for invites to test the beta version. Early adopters are praising its social features. And investors are betting big on its future.In the app,...
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Airbnb, which has faced sky-high expectations since its blockbuster initial public offering in December, posted declining revenue and a whopping $3.9 billion loss on Thursday in its first earnings as a publicly traded company.The home rental company brought in $859 million in revenue in...
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For years, Twitter remained pretty much the same. One of its most memorable product updates was in 2017 when it doubled the number of characters that could fit into a tweet.But in recent months, the company has signaled an itch for change, with plans...
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The UK contracting community is calling on the government to again delay the start date of the IR35 tax avoidance reforms in the private sector, as research highlights a lack of preparedness among the self-employed for the changes.
According to a poll by Ernst & Young’s...
