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From Autonomous Vehicles To Blockchain, Regulatory Sandboxes Are Taking Off

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Mar 5, 2018
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As early as 1958, when a Science Digest article rhapsodized about the possibility of drivers settling back with a good book while their car took over in “Electronic Drive” mode, people have been dreaming of aut...

New approach to UK taxes may ask more of tech giants

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Feb 22, 2018
Business, Policy, Science
The UK government is considering substantial changes to the way the Treasury taxes technology companies such as Google and Facebook. According to BBC News, officials have said that a shift to tax revenues, rath...

Former tech employees lead campaign to combat social media addiction

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Feb 6, 2018
Health, Policy, Science
A new campaign, spearheaded by a group of former employees of Google and Facebook, is pushing technology companies to address issues surrounding tech and media addiction, as part of an effort to combat “the dig...

Google’s machine learning AI discovers two new planets in NASA’s Kepler telescope data

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Dec 18, 2017
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NASA and Google announced Thursday that a collaboration using advanced computer analysis of existing data has discovered two new planets in distant star systems, one of which is part of the first star system fo...

How Artificial Intelligence is Taking Online Gaming by Storm

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Oct 23, 2017
Business, Innovation, Policy, Science
In a world where smartphones, self-driving cars and the Internet are at the frontier of technological innovation, Silicon Valley has achieved a level of cultural prestige and influence that society hardly could...

Investigation and legislation are necessary to address Russian social media interference

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Oct 22, 2017
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On November 1st, representatives from Google, Twitter, and Facebook will testify before congressional intelligence committees on how their services may have been taken advantage of by Russia, in efforts to infl...

Google to provide depression screening to those searching for help

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Aug 28, 2017
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On Wednesday, 23 August, a surprise partnership was announced between The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the tech company Google. In response to what has been described as an epidemic of clinica...

Google and Levi’s debut smart jacket for commuters

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Mar 15, 2017
Business, Innovation, Science
A new collaboration between Google and Levi’s Jeans may herald the future of wearable high-tech in general, and smart fabrics in particular. The ‘Commuter’ smart jacket was introduced at South by Southwest, ...

Google’s self-driving car outfit files injunction to block Uber from using allegedly stolen technology

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Mar 14, 2017
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Google’s self-driving car project, Waymo, is filing an injunction against Uber over intellectual property rights. Waymo filed a request on Friday for a judge to stop Uber from using technology they say was stol...

Google to appeal judge’s ruling that it must turn over data stored in EU

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Feb 7, 2017
Policy, Science
A US judge ruled Friday that Google must comply with search warrants issued by the FBI for a domestic fraud investigation, turning over emails from Gmail users that are stored outside the US. Google said they p...
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