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How to Curb Silicon Valley Power—Even With Weak Antitrust Laws By Nitasha Tiku, WIRED January 5, 2018 https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-curb-silicon-valley-power-even-with-weak-antitrust-laws/ Technology companies with unprecedented…
Jan 5, 2018CUE THE CRICKETS By Tanya Snyder and Lauren Gardner, POLITICO MORNING TRANSPORTATION January 5, 2018 In the revised policy framework for self-driving…
Jan 5, 2018Surfers, Seagulls and Oil Rigs? Trump Proposes More Coastline Drilling By Christina Kelley, MYNEWSLA January 4, 2018 Surfers, seagulls and oil rigs?…
Jan 4, 2018How Paranoid Should You Be About Your Nosy Virtual Assistant? By Rachael Myrow, KQED January 4, 2018 https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/ As many of us…
Jan 4, 2018UM Working To Stop Hackers Of Robot Cars By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS January 4, 2018 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2018/01/04/robot-car-hack/109166404/ University of Michigan researchers…
Jan 4, 2018Autonomous Car Developer Self-Assessment Fails and Is Dangerous By Bryan Jonston, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS January 4, 2018 Autonomous Car Developer Self-Assessment…
Jan 4, 2018Jerry Brown Has Already Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling In State Waters California, Oregon and Washington Governors blast Trump plan to expand offshore…
Jan 4, 2018The Era of Autonomous Vehicles May Be Here Sooner Than Expected What Does That Mean For Detroit’s Legacy Automakers? By Paul A.…
Jan 2, 2018Consumer Groups Say ‘NYT’ Kids Supplement Should Be Ad-Free By Sara Guaglione, PUBLISHERS DAILY (MEDIAPOST) December 28, 2017 https://mediapost.com/publications/article/312271/consumer-groups-say-nyt-kids-supplement-should-b.html The New York…
Dec 29, 2017From AOL To Digital Assistants By Don Edrington, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE December 21, 2017 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-edrington-column-20171221-story.html Hank Mason wrote that AOL will…
Dec 21, 2017Consumer Groups Ask ‘NY Times’ to Stable ‘Trojan Horse’ Ads for Google By John Eggerton, MULTI-CHANNEL NEWS December 20, 2017 http://www.multichannel.com/news/marketing/consumer-groups-ask-ny-times-stable-trojan-horse-ads-google-ads/417189 Consumer…
Dec 20, 2017Self-Driving Vehicle Proving Ground Opens At Willow Run Near Detroit By Eric D. Lawrence, DETROIT FREE PRESS December 18, 2017 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2017/12/18/self-driving-cars-proving-ground-willow-run/958771001/ The…
Dec 18, 2017California Driverless Car Regulations Changed Again By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM December 17, 2017 https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/california-driverless-car-regulations.shtml California DMVs proposed self-driving car regulations remove…
Dec 17, 2017Google and Amazon Really DO Want To Spy On You By Tim Collins, THE DAILY MAIL (UK) December 15, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5182577/How-Google-Amazon-SPYING-you.html Patent…
Dec 15, 2017Kids and Smart Speakers: What Could Go Wrong? By Wendy Lee, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 15, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Kids-and-smart-speakers-What-could-go-wrong-12434725.php When 5-year-old Colin Martin…
Dec 15, 2017Driverless Cars Won’t Need Backup Drivers In California Next Year By Isha Salian, PENINSULA PRESS December 14, 2017 http://peninsulapress.com/2017/12/14/driverless-cars/ white Toyota Highlander…
Dec 14, 2017Consumer Watchdog, Anti-Trust Experts Warn of Higher Prices From Disney-Fox Merger By Ricardo Lopez, VARIETY December 14, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/consumer-impact-disney-fox-1202641240/ Consumers can expect…
Dec 14, 2017Op-Ed Commentary by Jacques Leslie, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 14, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-leslie-brown-oil-california-20171214-story.html As Gov. Jerry Brown took a climate-change advocacy lap…
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