Monthly Archives: December 2020

Timnit Gebru’s team at Google is going public with their side of the story

Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher. On Monday, the team published a letter on the Google Walkout Medium account firmly stating that Gebru was fired and did not resign as Google’s head of artificial intelligence, Jeff Dean, said. They also said the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.” “Dr. Gebru’s dismissal has been framed… Source link

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Google adds Apple Music support to Assistant smart speakers and displays

Google has announced that Apple Music is now available on smart speakers and displays that use the Google Assistant, including Google’s own line of Nest products, such as the new Nest Audio. Owners of Assistant smart speakers or displays will be able to set Apple Music as the default service on the speakers and use their voice to play songs, albums, or playlists from it, much like they can do with Spotify, Pandora, or YouTube Premium. This addition broadens the appeal of Assistant smart… Source link

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Apple Music arrives on Google's smart speakers and displays – Yahoo Tech

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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Google hesitates to crack down on allegedly deceptive practices by IAC: WSJ

Google has hesitated to take action against marketing practices by media conglomerate IAC that it deemed to be deceptive because of fears it would exacerbate its own antitrust scrutiny, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Investigators inside Google found that IAC-made extensions for Google’s Chrome web browser offered some functions they didn’t follow through on and steered users toward additional ads, the Journal reported, based on documents it reviewed. Google’s internal report… Source link

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Stocks mostly lower, retreating from record highs

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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3 reasons Tesla isn’t our Company of the Year

On paper—and on pavement—Tesla seems like a strong contender to be the Yahoo Finance Company of the Year. The stock has soared by an unreal 573% this year. After 12 years of losses, the electric carmaker has now turned a profit five months in a row, earning inclusion in the S&P 500 index. Tesla (TSLA) has resolved manufacturing snags, too, and three years after it went on sale, the Model 3 sedan is the world’s best-selling electric vehicle by a comfortable margin. Yet we chose… Source link

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A new global dashboard for COVID-19 monitoring

Image: Engin Akyurt on Unsplash Highlights This blog presents a global dashboard that compiles publicly available Google search data and can be used by policymakers and the general public to understand how internet search interest for different terms or phrases can be used to effectively assess the spread of the coronavirus in real-time for almost 200 countries worldwide.  Search interest for various symptoms of coronavirus is highly correlated with administrative COVID-19 cases and… Source link

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Why the COVID-19 vaccine is part of American Airlines flight plan to recovery – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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A word of caution: Morning Brief

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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Yahoo Finance 2020 Company of the Year: Zoom

The Guardian Out in the wild: how Ken Layne created an alternative to clickbait in the desert The Desert Oracle, the former Wonkette owner’s pocket-sized magazine, has proven a cult hit while refusing to establish an online presenceUFOs, doomed hikers, William Burroughs, singing sand dunes, Elvis, ghosts, roadrunners and rattlesnakes – the Desert Oracle packs a lot of weird, dark matter between its bright yellow covers.The pocket-sized magazine, which looks like a cross between a guide… Source link

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