Uber, Google Trade Secret Theft Claims May Result In Criminal Probe
A U.S. judge has requested an investigation into allegations of trade secret theft that were alleged in a court battle between Silicon Valley giants Uber and Alphabet over their rival self-driving car...
View ArticleMicrosoft Turns To Artificial Intelligence For Next Anti-virus Software
Microsoft is relying on artificial intelligence to create the next generation of antivirus software. The company is under massive pressure to deliver a cybersecurity solution that will work for...
View ArticleSecurity Hack Exposes Vehicle Tracking Data
The tracking devices installed by SVR indicate the vehicle's location around the clock, even if it hasn't been reported as missing or stolen, according to the company.
View ArticleIntel Developing Neuromorphic Processor
Loihi is up to a million times faster than other “typical” spiking neural nets when solving MNIST digit recognition problems. It also claims that Loihi is more efficient when used for convolutional...
View ArticleSan Francisco Fires Wayward Security Robot
Perhaps one day the robots will replace us, but it was a robot that got a pink slip. The San Francisco SPCA animal shelter had been using a 5-foot-tall Knightscope security robot. After the robot...
View ArticleFacebook Won’t Allow Crytocurrency Advertising
There are two things that are certain about cryptocurrencies: Lots of people are talking about them right now, and lots of people are confused by them. In the meantime, Facebook is banning...
View ArticleResearchers Exploring Ways To Turn Smartphones Into Lie Detectors
A new machine learning algorithm developed by computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen can suss out honesty — and dishonesty — by analyzing how you swipe or tap a smartphone. Dishonest...
View ArticleFacial Recognition May Be Used To Locate Late Passengers
Ever had a flight delayed because of passengers late checking in? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore’s Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that could, in future,...
View ArticleCity Of Orlando Ends Amazon’s Facial Recognition Test
Orlando has halted its testing of Amazon’s facial recognition program after rights groups raised concerns that the service could be used in ways that could violate civil liberties. The Florida city...
View ArticleAmazon’s Facial Recognition Has Mismatch Problem, Says ACLU
A facial recognition tool that Amazon.com Inc markets to web developers incorrectly identified 28 members of Congress as police suspects, in a test conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union...
View ArticleGoogle Employees Resigning Over Chinese Government Demands
Google employees unhappy with the tech giant’s plans to re-enter China are resigning in protest, according to news reports published Thursday. The company has been under intense scrutiny since The...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Going All In On A.I.
While Microsoft's blog post is a little light on details, as far as Lobe is concerned it's business as usual for the time being.
View ArticleWhy Did Google Let Third Party Firms Scan Users Email
The news follows an earlier report that shows that third parties are allowed to scan mail for services such as Google Trips, which helps create itineraries for your travel, based on your email content.
View ArticleWill Microsoft Starting To Use A.I. To Replace Programmers
Microsoft has toyed with early IntelliCode prototypes that help find bugs. It found that the way it phrased the identification of a bug to a user can change the way that they react to it. Developers...
View ArticleDid VW Withhold Vital Evidence
German prosecutors have accused Volkswagen’s CEO of holding back market-moving information on rigged emissions tests four years ago. This is terrible news for Adolf Hitler’s favorite car company, which...
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