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Google Founders Are Stepping Down

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as CEO and President of Alphabet, respectively. Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over as Alphabet’s CEO....

2020 May Be the Year for a Slack-quisition

Slack’s stock value has plummeted 40% since its public debut in April 2019. Slack's slowing revenue growth coupled with intense competition in the collaboration space may...

Google and IBM Are Calling for AI Regulation

Last week, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, called for new AI regulations. The next day, IBM called for rules to eliminate AI biases that can discriminate against consumers,...

Amnesty International Calls Google and Facebook a Threat to Human Rights

We recently covered Google’s lackadaisical approach to data privacy in the context of its partnership with Ascension, a US healthcare giant. Last month, Google was under...

Clearview AI Demonstrates the Dangers of Facial Recognition

Facial recognition technologies (FRTs) are in the news again. This time, it is Clearview AI, a small company that until recently was virtually unknown to everyone except...

UK Doctors Are Exploring Machine Learning to Predict Alzheimer’s From Retinal Scans

Doctors at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have built a data set that links patient retinal scans with nationally held data about people with Alzheimer’s. They plan...

Google Moves Into Banking With Project Cache

Google sets its sights on another vertical to dominate: it plans to start offering checking accounts, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The service, code-named...

Google Has Personal Medical Data of Up to 50 Million Americans: Project Nightingale

Google has access to personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans through its partner Ascension, the second-largest health network in the US. The information about...

Google Builds AI-Powered Tools for Patient Care: Project Nightingale

Google has been accused of secretly collecting sensitive patient data in the US on behalf of the healthcare provider Ascension. While most of the criticism has been about...

Google Is Acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 Billion

Google is acquiring Fitbit, a leading wearables brand, for $2.1 billion. Google says the motivation is to “help more people with wearables,” expand its vision of “ambient...
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