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Late Tuesday night, the White House finally released the long-awaited list of Trump pardons, with hours to go in his presidency. The full list of 143 people — which includes 73 pardons and 70 commutations of sentences — includes rappers, disgraced politicians, a former Google executive, and Tru…
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Summary List Placement Google has suspended the corporate account of Margaret Mitchell, a lead on its ethical AI team, claiming she downloaded and shared sensitive documents with external accounts. A Google spokesperson confirmed late on Tuesday that Mitchell’s corporate access, including her work email, had been locked. The news was first reported by Dr. Timnit Gebru, who previously co-led Google’s ethical AI division with Mitchell and left the company in December after she said she was fired . “[Margaret’s] not fired yet. But apparently they’ve told her she will be locked out for at least a few days,” tweeted Gebru on Tuesday. A current employee, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not permitted to talk to the press, also told Business Insider that Mitchell had been reprimanded by management, but not fired. A Google spokesperson confirmed Mitchell had been locked out of her corporate account and claimed it was because she had shared “thousands” of files with external accounts. “Our security systems automatically lock an employee’s corporate account when they detect that the account is at risk of compromise due to credential problems or when an automated rule involving the handling of sensitive data has been triggered.
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Ina Fried / Axios : Google is investigating why Margaret Mitchell, who helps lead its ethical AI team, downloaded and shared a large number of files with people outside the company — Google is investigating recent actions by Margaret Mitchell, who helps lead the company’s ethical AI team, Axios has confirmed.
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Bliss Gifts and Homewares in Ulladulla started six years ago, selling out of car boots at local markets. Today, Google has made a documentary on its success.
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The fresh capital will be used to expand in Mumbai, Chennai and Pune, its fastest growing markets, the firm said.
Source: The Next Web
Let’s face it, we’ve all had some terrible passwords in our past. Whether it’s using the same password for every site, using some combination of personal information, or simply not using enough unique characters, many of us would do well to strengthen our online security habits. To that end, Google‘s latest update to Chrome (version […]
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Summary List Placement Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora on Tuesday announced a key partnership that brings it closer to its goal of deploying self-driving trucks. The Amazon-backed firm is teaming up with Paccar, a major truck manufacturer that builds light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under well-known nameplates including Peterbilt and Kenworth. Under the new agreement, the two companies will develop, test, and sell vehicles that marry Aurora’s autonomous-driving tech with Paccar’s vehicles, Aurora said. “We have entered into a strategic partnership with Paccar that combines their considerable expertise in heavy-duty truck development, manufacturing, and sales with our deep understanding of autonomous vehicle technology to bring a safe, efficient self-driving product to market quickly and deploy it broadly,” Sterling Anderson, Aurora’s co-founder, said in a blog post . Read more: Meet 2021’s rising stars of self-driving vehicles from companies like Waymo, Aurora, and Cruise Aurora and Paccar engineers will jointly develop “driverless-capable” trucks based on the Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680, the startup said.
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Facebook is filing a lawsuit against the makers of four Chrome extensions that installed code on users’ computers designed to scrape private information. The company behind the following extensions goes by Oink and Stuff: Web for Instagram plus DM, Blue Messenger, Emoji keyboard, and Green Messenger. If you downloaded any of the extensions above, delete them as soon as possible. Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet by a wide margin, but thanks to third-party extensions, the Chrome browser on your computer probably doesn’t look anything like the one on your neighbor’s computer. Personalization is one of the many features that Google’s browser offers, but the problem with the Chrome Web Store — which is where all of the themes and extensions are made available — is that it isn’t nearly secure enough. An insightful piece from CPO Magazine last month discussed the strides that Google has made in keeping users safe from malicious extensions, but some still sneak through the cracks.
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If the chief executives of Big Tech companies in the U.S. don’t show at next month’s virtual hearing, some European Parliament members (MEPs) said sanctions could be imposed, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Jan. 19), citing sources. MEPs will be sending invitations directly to the four biggest tech platforms — Google, Amazon, Facebook and […]
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GM Surges After Its Self-Driving Startup Ropes In $2 Billion From Microsoft GM stock is surging to start the shortened trading week after news that Microsoft is investing in the company’s driverless car startup, Cruise. The stock is up about 8% in early trading on Tuesday. Microsoft is part of a group of companies that will invest more than $2 billion in Cruise, which is majority owned by GM, according to the Wall Street Journal . The stakes in Cruise raise its valuation to $30 billion, up from $19 billion in Spring 2019. GM is also adding to its Cruise investment as part of the funding round and is going to maintain its majority stake. Among other companies investing is Honda, who is already a stakeholder, and “other institutional investors”. Cruise had previously pulled in $7 billion during 2018 and 2019 from investors that included Softbank. The terms of the deal state that Cruise will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud service to help it roll out autonomous vehicle services. Cruise has been testing vehicles in San Francisco and plans on rolling out a robot-taxi service eventually.
