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Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Snap employees were told they wouldn’t be getting cash bonuses for 2017 since they didn’t beat their internal goals, which were undefined, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was paid $ 637 million in 2017 as revealed by an annual security filing. This isn’t a good look […]
After more than a century, engineers are still finding ways to squeeze more power from less fuel. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a835771a8e48854db1759b4/master/pass/EngineVideo-FA.jpg
A new round of sanctions likely to be imposed on Moscow by Washington will be an obvious attempt to disrupt Russian internal affairs ahead of the presidential elections, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister has said. “We see this as yet another attempt to influence our internal affairs, especially ahead of the presidential election,” Deputy FM Sergey […]
Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 09:57 North Korea says the upcoming intra-Korean talks are a “great opportunity” for unification, but warns foreign parties against compromising the talks, state-run KCNA news agency said, commenting on a speech by Kim Jong-un. In the editorial published on Saturday, KCNA stressed that bilateral relations are an “internal matter of […]
Published time: 20 Dec, 2017 15:21 Edited time: 20 Dec, 2017 15:36 Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s security services to “erect a safe barrier” against foreign interference in the country’s society and politics, ahead of the presidential election next year. Read more “There is a great responsibility on the intelligence services to erect a safe […]
Michael Masters/Getty Images Leaked emails show Twitter’s own executives were confused about the firm’s policy towards verification, and how to apply its rules around harassment and abuse. Twitter’s de-verification of far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos triggered an internal debate about whether he should be on the platform at all, and how users should be verified. Twitter […]
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Microsoft has set up its own internal “university” to train Microsoft staff in the field of artificial intelligence. The company is also looking to hire people at machine learning conferences likes NIPS. Chris Bishop, head of the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge, said he’s keen to avoid “hoovering” up AI professors from universities. […]
After an officer was cleared of criminal charges for shooting unarmed motorist Terrence Sterling, investigators determined that he did not follow protocol and should be fired. The decision could affect a pending lawsuit against Washington, DC. A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Internal Review Board found that Officer Brian Trainer, 27, was “unjustified” when he shot […]
GUEST: The title of the most popular vehicle in the electric car market has created a long and highly competitive race between Tesla and Chevrolet. Though the two brands offer vastly different versions of electric vehicles, they seem to be the two makes dominating electric vehicle sales in 2017. Reports show that the top spot […]
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Despite the initial hype, Snap’s Spectacles are a commercial flop. The company has sold only 150,000 pairs to date, and less than half of Spectacles owners kept using the glasses after the first month. Snap reportedly has “hundreds of thousands” of unsold Spectacles sitting in warehouses. Snap’s much-hyped Spectacles glasses are, by commercial standards, a total flop. Besides selling […]
