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Facebook buys Bloomsbury AI to tackle fake news
NEWSBYTE Facebook is buying artificial intelligence startup Bloomsbury AI in a bid to combat fake news, according to a report by TechCrunch.
The social network...
US-China trade war could hit transport, smart home sectors Friday
Friday's likely escalation of the US-China trade dispute into a full-scale financial war will damage the US tech, IoT, and connected transport sectors, says...
California passes landmark data privacy act. GDPR for USA?
The citizens of Silicon Valley have won round one of a battle against Google and Facebook, as California introduces new state data privacy laws,...
Google puts Duplex AI on public trial – with some changes
When Duplex was demonstrated at Google's developer conference earlier this year, the initial consensus was 'wow': here was a giant leap forward in the interaction...
California could force USA to adopt GDPR-style laws today
Editor's note: The legislation referred to in this story has now been passed. To read our latest report on California's new data privacy rules,...
War of words escalates between tech firms’ employees and government
The employees of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com are increasingly at odds with their own bosses and with government policy, reports Chris Middleton.
The war...
Google smart home products leak location data
Research has shown that Google's two most popular smart home products are leaking precise location data, revealing their whereabouts.
Craig Young, a researcher at security...
Microsoft slammed for US immigration deal. Can tech industry stand by?
In the wake of Facebook’s problems with Cambridge Analytica, the sense that the technology industry is being held to account by the public –...
IBM’s Project Debater AI argues with humans in real time
A new IBM artificial intelligence (AI) system, Project Debater, has taken on human beings in a live debating competition in San Francisco.
First the AI...
Exclusive Q&A | Blue Prism CTO David Moss on automation, AI,...
Robotic process automation pioneer Blue Prism has grown fast under the radar: a British success story – and a North of England success story,...
AfriCan: Google to open new AI research centre in Ghana
Google has announced plans to open an artificial intelligence research centre in Ghana's capital, Accra. It will be the first of the search giant's AI...
Google announces new ethical AI strategy
Google has unveiled a set of principles for ethical AI development and deployment, and announced that it will not allow its AI software to...