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Artificial Intelligence Is Too Important to Leave to Google and Facebook Alone

Read News: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/10/opinion/artificial-intelligence-facebook-google.html

Opinion | Artificial Intelligence Is Too Important to Leave to Google and Facebook Alone Let’s develop a public research consortium to take on useful projects that have no commercial prospects.

Apple’s ad agency has layoffs as the company beefs up its in-house ads group

Read News: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/05/apples-advertising-agency-media-arts-lab-lays-off-several-employees.html

Apple's ad agency has layoffs as the company beefs up its in-house ads group Media Arts Lab, a unit within Omnicom Group agency TBWA that's dedicated to Apple advertising, laid off several staffers Monday.

Zero-day vulnerability found in Google Chrome web browser

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Zero-day vulnerability found in Google Chrome web browser Detected exploit was used in what the cyber security firm calls 'Operation WizardOpium'

Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power'

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Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power' [LISBON] Technology has given internet giants "irresistible power" when they work in concert with governments, whistleblower Edward Snowden told the Web Summit that opened in Lisbon on Monday. Read more at The Business Times.