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Wimbledon looks to supercomputer Watson for fast tournament highlights to lure a younger audience
by
Renata Sago
Jul 2, 2018
IBM’s artificial intelligence supercomputer Watson is primed to do quick searches for video highlights of the Wimbledon tennis championship next week. The idea is to deliver key moments to fans via social platforms like Facebook and Instagram. But what might that mean for more mainstream broadcasters that buy the rights to sporting events? Click the […]
Instagram Lite debuts, designed for smartphone users in developing countries
by
Erika Beras
Jun 29, 2018
Instagram Lite popped up on the Google Play Store this week. It’s a slimmed down version of Instagram for people in developing countries. It works where networks are smaller, spottier and Android phones are more popular. Instagram Lite is a follower here, Facebook Lite arrived in 2015 and it now has over 200 million users. […]
"The government is often the underdog," the U.S. assistant attorney general says
Jun 27, 2018
Makan Delrahim talks about the Justice Department's losing bid to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, along with other antitrust cases.
Big tech and other companies decry Supreme Court travel ban ruling
Jun 26, 2018
Business leaders say President Trump’s travel ban goes against their values and hurts economically.
Seattle fought Amazon ... and Amazon won
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 15, 2018
The city council voted this week to repeal a decision that levied taxes on large business.
Tesla gets a reality check
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 14, 2018
The automaker has had a rough 2018. Here's how it might turn things around.
It takes "thousands of hours" to comply with GDPR, says one tech CEO
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 12, 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation has been an "intense" process for some companies.
For public good, not for profit.
Net neutrality repeal is unlikely to bring an immediate web slowdown
by
Justin Ho
Jun 11, 2018
Today is the day when so-called net neutrality rules no longer apply to the internet. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission repealed the rules that had prevented internet providers from playing favorites, by, for instance, offering faster service to customers who pay more for it. What comes next? Click the audio player above to hear […]
An Indian tech company is hiring 10,000 workers in the U.S. Here's why.
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Jun 8, 2018
"The Trump factor has caused a lot of uncertainty" in IT, one writer says.
ZTE provides a lens into U.S.-China technology and data war
by
Scott Tong
Jun 4, 2018
Beijing has ambitious plans to end its dependence on U.S. semiconductors and other technologies.