Internet

How AI discriminates and what that means for your Google habit

Safiya Umoja Noble swears she is not a Luddite. But she does think we could all learn a thing or two from the machine-bashing textile craftsmen in 19th-century Britain whose name is now synonymous with technological skepticism.

Computer Sciences

Classifying artworks with a multiple naive Bayes algorithm

A multiple naive Bayes algorithm can classify artworks by preprocessing and analyzing the histogram of the hues in the image with 99.6 percent accuracy according to work published in International Journal of Arts and Technology.

Business

Indonesia investigating Google over app store payment system

Indonesia has launched an anti-trust investigation into Google over the etch firm's insistence that its payment system be used for purchases from its app store, authorities said Thursday, accusing it of unfair business practices.

Internet

Australian leader has 'constructive' talk with Google boss

The Australian prime minister said he had a "constructive" meeting on Thursday with the head of Google after the tech giant threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over plans to make digital platforms pay for ...

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