'Grow and prune' AI mimics brain development, slashes energy use
It may come as a shock to parents facing the daily chaos of toddler life, but the brain's complexity peaks around age three.
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France fines Google $166 million for abusing ad dominance
France's competition authority fined Google 150 million euros ($166 million) on Friday for "abusing its dominant position" in the online ad market.
Dec 20, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
In first, Switzerland shuts down ageing nuclear power station
One of four Swiss nuclear power stations was permanently disconnected Friday after 47 years of service, marking a first in Switzerland, as the country begins to gradually phase out atomic energy.
Dec 20, 2019
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Business
French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides
France's leading phone and internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides and its former CEO was sentenced to prison, in a landmark ruling against a major European telecommunications player.
Dec 20, 2019
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Internet
China names and shames tech giants for app privacy violations
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Xiaomi have been reprimanded by Beijing for designing apps that infringe on users' privacy, even as the Communist regime amasses its own collection of personal data.
Dec 20, 2019
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Security
Wawa facing lawsuits over data breach at all of its stores
The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its 850 locations along the East Coast.
Dec 20, 2019
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Security
Massive errors found in facial recognition tech: US study
Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment of the artificial intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2019
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