By 2021, according to various Silicon Valley luminaries, bandwagoning politicians and leading cab firms in recent years, self-driving cars would have long been crossing the…
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All I want for 2021 is to see Mark Zuckerberg up in court | John Naughton
It’s always risky making predictions about the tech industry, but this year looks like being different, at least in the sense that there are two…
View More All I want for 2021 is to see Mark Zuckerberg up in court | John NaughtonFacts won’t fix this: experts on how to fight America’s disinformation crisis
At the beginning of 2021, millions of Americans appear to disagree about one of the most basic facts of their democracy: that Joe Biden won…
View More Facts won’t fix this: experts on how to fight America’s disinformation crisisApple removes Vybe Together app used to arrange parties during Covid
Apple has pulled an American app that encouraged users to meet at secret underground gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The Vybe Together app, which promoted…
View More Apple removes Vybe Together app used to arrange parties during CovidUK chipmaker Graphcore valued at $2.8bn after it raises $222m
Graphcore, the UK maker of chips designed for use in artificial intelligence, has raised $222m (£164m) from investors, valuing the company at $2.8bn. The Bristol-based…
View More UK chipmaker Graphcore valued at $2.8bn after it raises $222mHow we are changing the way we rate sustainability of consumer electronics
When we first started looking at the sustainability of consumer electronics at the beginning of 2019, we soon discovered that reliable information was very hard…
View More How we are changing the way we rate sustainability of consumer electronicsTech platforms vowed to address racial equity: how have they fared?
Following the death of George Floyd and nationwide protests against police brutality and racial inequality, some of the largest technology corporations waded into the anti-racism…
View More Tech platforms vowed to address racial equity: how have they fared?Control shift: why newspaper hacks are switching to Substack | John Naughton
Way back in March, at the beginning of the first lockdown, I fell to wondering what a columnist, academic and blogger under house arrest might…
View More Control shift: why newspaper hacks are switching to Substack | John NaughtonDozens sue Amazon’s Ring after camera hack leads to threats and racial slurs
Dozens of people who say they were subjected to death threats, racial slurs, and blackmail after their in-home Ring smart cameras were hacked are suing…
View More Dozens sue Amazon’s Ring after camera hack leads to threats and racial slursGoogle told scientists to use ‘a positive tone’ in AI research, documents show
Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review,…
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