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Feb 4, 2022 • 6min
HP Wins Huge Fraud Case Against Autonomy’s Mike Lynch
The ruling by the UK’s High Court could also lead to Lynch’s extradition to the United States, where he faces further charges.
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Feb 3, 2022 • 10min
It's Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
A controversial new program that uses facial recognition is part of a national effort to verify identities and reduce fraud.
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Feb 2, 2022 • 7min
Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote, Too
Advances in artificial intelligence and other technology allow machines to be operated from far away. The trend could spell trouble for workers.
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Feb 1, 2022 • 10min
Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks
Publishers hope computer-generated voices can help them tap surging demand, but some fans—and Amazon—are resisting the robots.
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Jan 31, 2022 • 5min
Latino Founders Have a Hard Time Raising Money From VCs
Despite diversity pledges, funding to Latino-founded startups in the US still lags—accounting for only 2 percent of venture investments last year.
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Jan 28, 2022 • 6min
Everyone Wants to Be an Entrepreneur
Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic.
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Jan 27, 2022 • 9min
Meta and Twitter's NFT Landgrab Could Backfire
A new plan to lure social media users to the metaverse could legitimize NFTs, but it could also ruin them.
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Jan 26, 2022 • 11min
Guts, Not Guidelines, Will Stop Tech Mergers
Plus: Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, Silicon Valley’s approach to history, and Tonga’s disastrous eruption.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 9min
China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms
No garlic on the oysters? Soup stained a blanket? Panels of users hear the complaints and can order refunds or removal of critical reviews.
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Jan 24, 2022 • 8min
When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
Medical information is more complex and less available than the web data that many algorithms were trained on, so results can be misleading.
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