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False information on the internet is hiding the truth about onions
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2017
Tom Scocca wants to fight "the darkness of falsehood." He's starting with onions.
Uber has had a really bad week
Feb 24, 2017
The news early in the week was that Uber had hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to look into explosive allegations of sexual harassment by a former engineer at the company. On top of that, Uber is now being sued by Alphabet, the parent company of Google as well as the autonomous driving company Waymo. […]
How hackers are using AI to fight fake news
Jan 3, 2017
Marketplace's Lizzie O'Leary talks to Wired Senior Staff Writer Cade Metz about how technologists are combining artificial intelligence with human fact checkers to take down fake news.
How Google is making its A.I. smarter
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Robert Garrova
Dec 22, 2016
Artificial intelligence is improving Google Translate and there might be more to come.
Google creates 'Waymo', an independent self-driving car company
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 13, 2016
Google’s plan to take over the world takes another step forward. The company has turned its self-driving car project from a research operation to a full-fledged business division, according to the latest from Reuters. The new venture is called Waymo — which stands for “a new way forward in mobility”. The move seems to suggest […]
Wanted: tech exec for “conservative outreach”
by
Annie Baxter
Dec 6, 2016
Google and other tech companies are looking at how to lobby a Trump Administration.
Let’s do the numbers: the business of fake news
by
Donna Tam
Nov 22, 2016
There’s talk of made-up news moving the needle during the election and beyond. So how profitable is it?
For public good, not for profit.
Google and Facebook: headed for a truth war?
by
Molly Wood
Nov 15, 2016
The companies face down the fake news problem by starting with the money.
Google, Facebook strengthen rules against fake news
by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 15, 2016
Google will start by cutting off its ad-selling software to sites promoting false information.
Google Chrome is going to crack the whip on unprotected websites
by
Gigi Douban
Nov 4, 2016
The Google Chrome security team is getting tough on websites that are not encrypted. Those are the ones without the HTTPS at the beginning of its URL. Anyone looking at what you’re doing online on that site can capture all of your information, including important user names and passwords. Most of the pages desktop users […]