silicon valley
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Let’s Be Very Clear About What Breitbart’s Leaked Google Video Shows
The Republican Party, and conservatives more generally, are upping their attacks on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google over unfounded claims of bias. To date, that’s included investigations.
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Report: Jack Dorsey On Futile Quest To Make Angry US Republicans Less Angry, At Least At Him
Jack Dorsey.Photo: AP Right-wingers have long been obsessed with the notion Silicon Valley liberals are conspiring to censor them on social media. But it’s reached a fever pitch recently, with US Republicans decrying Google’s fact-checking modules and its firing of workplace sexist James Damore, pretty much anything Facebook does to slow down right-leaning hoaxes and…
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A Startup Set Its Scooters To Scream ‘Unlock Me Or I’ll Call The Police’ When They’re Touched
It’s happened to everyone: You’re walking home, minding your own business, when no random devices suddenly start screaming at you about how the police are coming if you happen to bump into them. Fortunately, someone is finally disrupting that space.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Deluded If He Thinks AI Can Solve Facebook’s Hate Speech Problem
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days, so naturally we want to throw it at all of our problems. Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg’s comment that Facebook won’t have effective tools to filter hate speech for another “five to 10 years” seemed both dismissive and uninspiring. No doubt, it was classic Silicon Valley speak for “we…