Google warned on Friday that if the Indian antitrust watchdog’s ruling is allowed to progress it would result in devices getting expensive in the South Asian market and lead to proliferation of unchecked apps that will pose threats for individual and national security, escalating its concerns over the future of Android in the key overseas region. “Predatory apps that expose users to financial fraud, data theft and a number of other dangers abound on the… Source link
Read More »Microsoft’s Investment in OpenAI Poses Challenge for Google, Analysts Say
Google has been the unassailable leader among search engines for around 20 years. However, Microsoft ‘s reported plans to integrate artificial-intelligence technology from OpenAI into its search tools are raising questions about whether it could threaten Google’s dominance. Source link
Read More »Why AI poses a threat to millions of workers
Business sectors ranging from agriculture and manufacturing to automotive and financial services are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence as a means to automate large swaths of their organizations—and, along the way, save enormous sums through improved efficiencies. But, says ‘Megathreats’ Author and NYU Stern School of Business professor Nouriel Roubini, the rise of AI will also have a massively negative impact on workers throughout the economy. AI has helped revolutionize… Source link
Read More »French watchdog says Google Analytics poses data privacy risks
The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Google Analytics, the world’s most widely used web analytics service developed by Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), risks giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users’ data, France’s watchdog CNIL said on Thursday. In a decision targeting an unnamed French… Source link
Read More »Delta variant poses stark choice between behavior change or ‘more lockdowns’
The growing spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant is creating an increasingly stark choice that could make the difference between more reopenings — or a return to restrictions that decimated the world’s economy, a World Health Organization expert suggested on Friday. Amid the leak of internal documents from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), comparing the transmissibility of Delta variant to that of chickenpox, new discoveries are sparking furious debate about how… Source link
Read More »Dominion v. MyPillow Guy poses a stark test for America’s libel laws
“Instantly,” said Steven Bellovin, a professor of computer science at Columbia University with almost 40 years of experience in computer networking and security. That’s how long it took him to realize, he said in an interview, that a certain purported spreadsheet that I showed him was “not just fake, but a badly generated fake by someone who didn’t know what they were doing.” The spreadsheet, together with an animated film that was said to illustrate its data, formed the crux of a… Source link
Read More »Google’s FLoC poses a threat to identity solutions and advertisers
Google’s FLoC poses a threat to identity solutions and advertisers Your privacy means the world to us. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time. Learn more by viewing our privacy policy.Ok Source link
Read More »Yellen Shift on Vast Treasury Cash Pile Poses Problem for Powell
(Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is giving Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a bit of a headache when it comes to managing the money markets. Already low short-term interest rates are set to sink further, potentially below zero, after the Treasury announced plans earlier this month to reduce the stockpile of cash it amassed at the Fed over the last year to fight the pandemic and the deep recession it caused. The move, which aims to return its cash position at the central… Source link
Read More »Tesla Size Poses Unprecedented Challenges for S&P 500 Entry
(Bloomberg) — It may take a bit of innovation to get Tesla Inc. shares into the world’s most-influential stock index. At almost $390 billion in value and growing, Elon Musk’s company would be the biggest ever added to the benchmark. Pushing it all in at once would force index-tracking funds into serious contortions — they’d need to sell upwards of $40 billion of stock in other constituents to make room. As a result, the index’s overseer, S&P Dow Jones Indices, is considering doing… Source link
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