Everyone’s been there: running through the airport, late for a flight, and wishing our footwear choice had been a smart pair of flats and not heels, or heavy boots. But […]
Leaked Amazon Memo Reportedly Outs Union-Targeting Software
According to an internal memo that surfaced Tuesday, Amazon was preparing to develop tools to track and possibly neutralize the threat of its workers organizing a union at its facilities. […]
For Smaller Customer Service Issues, Let the Bots Handle It
Online sales are poised to garner nearly 30 percent of all retail sales this year while the year-over-year pace of online revenue and unit sales growth remains in the double-digits. […]
Can a PC Laptop Be Fashionable?
The words “PC computers” and “fashion” don’t often land in the same sentence. But Taiwanese electronics firm Asus is hoping to up its style cred by collaborating with techwear brand […]
Inbuilt biases and the problem of algorithms
As the founders of the Institute for Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Education, we are appalled by the manner in which an algorithm has been used to decide students’ A-level and […]
Pentagon chief technology officer, deputy to resign on July 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s chief technology officer Mike Griffin, an outspoken advocate for space-based missile defense systems, and his deputy will resign effective July 10 to set up their […]