Chris O'Brien is based in Toulouse, France. Previously, he covered Silicon Valley for 15 years as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and the Los Angeles Times.
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Why IBM believes Confidential Computing is the future of cloud security
Pew finds 69% of Twitter’s most prolific users are Democrats
Google expands BeyondCorp alliance to push zero trust security
Drone maker Delair spins out its computer vision platform to create Alteia
France’s 5G plans fuel divisions over environmental and economic impact
Analysis
How social media and gamification fueled QAnon’s ‘crowdsourced cult’
CNCF’s Priyanka Sharma on building an open source movement during a pandemic
Einride raises $10 million to bolster autonomous trucking growth during the pandemic
Pew: 26% of U.S. adults get their news from YouTube
France tries to salvage failed StopCovid tracing app as cases surge
Spotify adds virtual event listings as COVID-19 threatens 2021 tours
Orchard raises $69 million to develop machine learning for buying and selling homes
Synthetic media targets politics ahead of U.S. presidential election
Yandex and Uber spin out self-driving venture with $150 million investment
Storelift launches autonomous convenience stores using AI and computer vision
iFarm Raises $4 million to automate urban farming with AI and drones
U.S. Senate report on 2016 election details WikiLeaks’ Russian ties
Avaaz: Facebook’s algorithm drove 3.8 billion views of health misinformation
Quibi’s troubled launch was compounded by a drop in mobile video viewing
Twitter rolls out new reply controls to combat trolls
Spotify paid subscribers rose 6% in Q2 2020 to 138 million, profits fall short
CB Insights: AI venture deals in Q2 2020 slump to lowest since 2017
Withings raises $60 million to develop connected health services for companies
How EQT Ventures’ Motherbrain uses AI to find promising startups
How Pixar uses AI and GANs to create high-resolution content
Twitter CTO on machine learning challenges: ‘I’m not proud that we miss a lot of misinformation’
How Google addresses ML fairness and eliminates bias in conversational AI algorithms
Twitter hack delays launch of its new API
How Visa harnessed data and AI to prevent $25 billion in fraud
Apple wins $15 billion EU court appeal over Irish tax scheme
Ponicode raises $3.4 million to develop AI that automates code testing
Microsoft invests $1 million in Kano’s DIY Windows PC
Google Cloud launches its first Confidential Computing service to secure sensitive data online
Kernel raises $53 million to bring neuroscience insights to businesses
Facebook civil rights audit urges ‘mandatory’ algorithmic bias detection
Teleoperated scooters: Go X and Tortoise test micromobility’s future in Georgia pilot
Opinion
What if Facebook can’t be fixed?
Google expands free retail listings into search as pandemic hits ad sales