Enlarge / A drone from Alphabet’s Wing delivers a package to a customer. (credit: Wing) Earlier this month, Google’s sister company, Wing, began offering a drone delivery service in the Dallas suburbs of Frisco and Little Elm. Wing drones take off from “nests” in two Walgreens parking lots to deliver things like health products or […]
The Facebook and Instagram parent wades into treacherous territory by allowing some calls for political violence against Russians. Read More
Enlarge / KRAKOW, POLAND – 2018/08/20: Social media apps with European Union flag are seen in this photo illustration. The European Commission is planning issue a regulation that allows to fine social media platforms and websites if they don’t delete extremist post within one hour. (Photo by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Regulators in […]
The U. S. government and private sector teamed to repel Russian cyberattacks. Doing the same at home during peacetime is harder. Read More
Google has ticked off all manner of antitrust officials, but its acquisition of a cybersecurity firm could actually help cloud competition. Read More
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) California lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill to protect children’s data online this Thursday, mirroring the UK’s recently introduced children’s code, as part of growing momentum globally for stricter regulation on Big Tech. The California age appropriate design code bill will require many of the world’s biggest tech platforms […]
A. I. is rapidly gaining on human coders when it comes to writing software Read More
A. I. is rapidly gaining on human coders when it comes to writing software Read More
Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft continue to beat analysts’ estimates and dominate Fortune’s “most admired” list. Read More
Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think tanks in the US, as they seek to advance the argument that stricter competition rules will benefit China. Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are behind an increase in funding to four of Washington’s most prestigious research groups: […]