Automotive

Stripped-back auto show mirrors German car industry gloom

Frankfurt's biennial International Auto Show (IAA) opens its doors to the public Thursday, but major foreign carmakers are staying away while climate demonstrators march outside—forming a microcosm of the industry's woes.

Security

Wearable pet devices are putting human privacy at risk

The billion-dollar pet industry now has a growing market dedicated to wearable devices but new research from the University of Bristol has found these devices capture more data on the owners rather than their pets.

Business

Amazon has 'destroyed' US retail industry, Mnuchin says

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin alleged that Amazon.com Inc. has "limited competition" and harmed the retail industry as the Trump administration announced a broad antitrust review into whether technology companies ...

Automotive

GM's Cruise delays launch of robo-taxis

General Motors' autonomous car division Cruise said Wednesday it will take longer than expected for it to hit the streets with self-driving taxis.

Computer Sciences

Living with artificial intelligence—how do we get it right?

Powerful AI needs to be reliably aligned with human values. Does this mean that AI will eventually have to police those values? Cambridge philosophers Huw Price and Karina Vold consider the trade-off between safety and autonomy ...

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