Why Ex-Silicon Valley Execs Are Rebelling Against Technology
mindbodygreen.com–2 hours ago
Could big tech be the next big tobacco? mbg posed the question in our 2018 wellness trend forecast and predicted that this will be the year we wake up to the dark side of our digital devices. Ex-Silicon Valley insiders agree. A distinguished group including Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook, …
Ex-Google employee calls tech addiction an ‘existential threat’ and …
CNBC–Feb. 7, 2018
‘We’re pointing the most powerful supercomputers in the world at our brains to suck the attention out of it,’ says ex-Googler Tristan Harris. Shaping people’s attention and thoughts leads to shaping society and culture, he says. A group of tech alum and experts are fighting for legislation and regulation of …
Trudeau Meets Bezos in San Francisco. Here’s How Canada Is …
Bloomberg–17 hours ago
The country still lacks any major global tech players. There are no Canadian companies among the world’s top 300 spenders on research and development, which is a deterioration from 2015 when BlackBerry Ltd. almost cracked the top 200. One change, a software design company, Constellation Software …
Keeping Gear (and Herself) Warm at the Winter Olympics
New York Times–Feb. 7, 2018
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Talya Minsberg, a social strategy editor for The Times who is in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to cover the Winter Olympics, discussed the tech she’s using. As a social strategy editor for The Times, what tech do you …
Facebook Launches $10 Million Community Leader Awards
U.S. News & World Report–44 minutes ago
FILE PHOTO – Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people who have …
Google to Use Getty Images Content for Its Services
U.S. News & World Report–8 minutes ago
The Google logo is seen at the Young Entrepreneurs fair in Paris, France, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Reuters. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will begin using content from Getty Images within its products and services as part of a multi-year licensing partnership, the photo agency said …
China’s Didi, SoftBank Target Japan in Taxi-Hailing Push
U.S. News & World Report–6 hours ago
SHANGHAI/TOKYO (Reuters) – China’s Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp will roll out a venture in Japan later this year to provide ride-hailing services, amid a global battle to control the technology increasingly central to urban transport. The move into Japan underscores a recent push by Didi to beef …
Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight …
New York Times–Feb. 4, 2018
The campaign, titled The Truth About Tech, will be funded with $7 million from Common Sense and capital raised by the Center for Humane Technology. Common Sense also has $50 million in donated media and airtime from partners including Comcast and DirecTV. It will be aimed at educating students, …
Car Technology Sales Skyrocket With Autonomous Driving Dream
Bloomberg–Feb. 6, 2018
Estimated annual sales of vehicles outfitted with onboard cameras have surged almost 25-fold in the past six years, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Global sales totaled 46 million units in 2017, a 30 percent increase from the previous year and up from slightly more than 2 million in 2011.
Northeastern University Launches Micro Credential Program in …
Campus Technology–16 minutes ago
Courses will be offered on weekday afternoons and evenings in Lookout’s office in downtown San Francisco, a location designed to cater to the growing tech industry in the city. Topics will include data mining, parallel data processing, network security, cloud computing and mobile application development.
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