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The pandemic has stirred interest in smartphone software for remotely monitoring parolees and people on probation. But the approach has raised alarms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The artificial intelligence programs can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Manufacturing, mining, and delivery firms, among others, are exploring building their own high-speed wireless networks with the new standard. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Uber and Lyft led a ballot measure that exempts them from AB 5. But millions of janitors, retail workers, and others are still covered by the statute. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Intel processors are on their way out, replaced by home-grown designs, which will give the Mac maker more control of its destiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The fast food chain is radically rethinking what the Golden Arches experience looks like, from a new loyalty program to more high-tech drive-thrus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ballot measures were approved in California to restrict commercial use of user data and in Michigan to require warrants for searches of electronic information. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Following a well-funded campaign, California voters approved Proposition 22—allowing gig economy companies to keep treating workers as independent contractors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Suggesting other news sources only reinforces users' political beliefs. Another study finds that quitting the social media giant leaves people less informed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The “hybrid workplace” is Silicon Valley’s latest buzzword, as tech companies start giving people more options for how and when and where they get stuff done. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
To reduce carbon emissions, electric vehicles need to stay on the road as long as possible. That means developing a robust trade in second-hand cars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A study analyzed patterns in online comments and found liberals and conservatives use different words to express similar ideas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tesla has the Cybertruck, GM a $113,000 Hummer, and Ford an electric F-150. And then there are the startups. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A study finds that only 11 percent of firms that have deployed artificial intelligence are reaping a “sizable” return on their investments. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A ballot measure would create a new classification for people who have been contractors. Uber and Lyft threaten to leave the state if it fails. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The justice department's case against Microsoft in the 1990s was much stronger than the one it's concocted against the Mountain View tech giant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In an antitrust suit, the Justice Department claims the company uses exclusive deals with device makers and browser makers to prop up its near-monopoly on search. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company, launched by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey, is building software to connect multiple Air Force systems—allowing officers to act more quickly. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Plus: a plan to break up Microsoft, anonymity on the internet, and a baffling balcony address. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Labor Department last week questioned Microsoft’s stated goal to double the number of Black leaders in the company. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Political strategists say they combine information from multiple databases to identify the people they want to vote—and not vote. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
More potential young voters are on social media than enrolled in college full time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Plus: Mark Zuckerberg’s own words, the personification of the internet, and Burger King’s whopper of an ask. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Algorithms can help diagnose a growing range of health problems, but humans need to be trained to listen. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The company's Q3 report exceeded analysts' expectations, but its stock still fell about 3 percent in Friday morning trading. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
