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Inside Google’s Plan to Disrupt the College Degree (Exclusive)

This morning, Google is announcing the next steps in its plan to disrupt the world of education, including the launch of new certificate programs that are designed to help people bridge any skills gap and get qualifications in high-paying, high-growth job fields–with one noteworthy feature:  No college degree necessary. The new tools could be a game-changer for a growing number of people who consider the current educational system broken, or for the millions of Americans who are… Source link

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Exclusive: Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt

By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an effort to quell internal tumult over the integrity of its artificial intelligence (AI) research. FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville In remarks at a staff meeting last Friday, Google Research… Source link

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Exclusive: Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt

By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an effort to quell internal tumult over the integrity of its artificial intelligence (AI) research. FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville In remarks at a staff meeting last Friday, Google Research… Source link

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Exclusive: Ant investor Boyu Capital targets $6 billion for new private equity fund

By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese private equity firm Boyu Capital, an investor in Chinese technology titans including billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group, is raising a new, China-focused fund targeting as much as $6 billion, three people with knowledge of the matter said. Its fifth and largest U.S. dollar-denominated fund is likely to close in the near term, said one of the people, who declined to be identified as the information is confidential. Boyu did not immediately respond to a… Source link

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Exclusive: French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers – sources

PARIS (Reuters) – French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators’ report said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau In the 93-page report, known as a statement of… Source link

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Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets

By Diane Bartz, Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. The U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds and other pages – including those of charities, and… Source link

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Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets

By Diane Bartz, Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. The U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds and other pages – including those of charities, and… Source link

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Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets

By Diane Bartz, Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. The U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds and other pages – including those of charities, and… Source link

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Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets

By Diane Bartz, Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. The U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds and other pages – including those of charities, and… Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated

PARIS (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters show, a deal one news publishers’ lobby deemed unfair. FILE PHOTO: A man jogs past a news rack which displayed copies of French newspapers on the Promenade Des Anglais in Nice, France, April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo The two documents, seen by Reuters and disclosed publicly for the… Source link

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