Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Bill Ford: Robot-car ethics need urgent societal reviewSep 18, 2016 7:15 am - The great-grandson of Henry Ford called on the auto industry and public institutions to address ethical issues emerging in a world where robot cars will make life-and-de...
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A tiny power plant you could swallow to fight cancerSep 17, 2016 7:30 am - Human beings benefit from more than four billion years of evolution in bioenergy. But come on. We can do better than that. So a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon U...
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Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro agree to stop online child trackerSep 17, 2016 7:21 am - Children visiting websites for SpongeBob SquarePants, Barbie and other popular kids' brands will no longer have their personal data illegally tracked for marketing purpo...
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Ted Cruz's internet crusade gains steam in U.S. funding debateSep 17, 2016 7:21 am - Another year, another standoff over a possible government shutdown, and Ted Cruz is back in the center of the action - this time over who controls internet domain names....
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Pentagon's 'rebel alliance' chief seeks to boost digital prowessSep 17, 2016 7:16 am - Chris Lynch is easy to spot walking the Pentagon's sprawling corridors: He's the guy wearing a hoodie and sneakers amid all the crisp military uniforms. Instead of a pla...
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Google car project loses leaders - and advantage - as rivals gainSep 17, 2016 7:12 am - Chris Urmson, the mild-mannered robotics expert who ran Google's self-driving car project, used to say that when his son reached driving age in 2019 the technology would...
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Clinton risks swing state backlash with 'deplorables' remarkSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - Bob Polansky, who's worked for the last half-century at the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant near Youngstown, Ohio, considers himself part of the fabric of Americ...
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Elon Musk confronts Wall Street in plea to Tesla workersSep 11, 2016 7:14 am - Elon Musk's latest admonition to Tesla employees - produce more, spend less - is no simple belt-tightening before he asks investors for more cash. It also reflects Wall ...
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Inside Activision's plan to make its gaming league the next ESPNSep 10, 2016 7:19 am - Players on headsets exchange strategy as two teams fire away at each other through the rubble of a virtual city. Thousands of video-game fans in an arena cheer as the cl...
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The Labor Day guide to putting your money to workSep 05, 2016 7:18 am - Retailers use Labor Day to sell us "elegant" fire pits and pom-poms for handbags (yes, an accessory for an accessory). That isn't quite what the holiday is about. It's a...