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Enlarge / Google’s Matt Brittin, president of EMEA Business and Operations, speaks at the Web Summit on November 9, 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal. (credit: Getty Images | Horacio Villalobos ) Big Tech companies shouldn’t have to pay for Internet service providers’ network-upgrade costs, a Google executive said today amid a push in Europe to have […]
Elizabeth Warren and Cori Bush led over two dozen congressional Democrats in urging Amazon, Lyft, Uber, and others to reclassify contractors as employees. https://media.wired.com/photos/632ba9c640fe1e8870aa3b5c/master/pass/Warren-Abortion-Gig-Employers-Business-1233338537.jpg
Jantakon Kokthong/EyeEm/Getty; Christian Offenberg/EyeEm/Getty; Anna Kim/Insider Tech companies are worried an aging Congress can't meet or even understand their demands. Some members of Congress said age plays no factor in their regulatory abilities. Younger members of Congress are beginning to take the lead in conversations on tech issues. Read more from Insider's "Red, White, and […]
Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor | Archive Photos) For the past year, Texas has been fighting in court to uphold a controversial law that would ban tech companies from content moderation based on viewpoints. In May, the Supreme Court narrowly blocked the law, but this seemed to do little to settle the matter. Today, […]
You can rest easy knowing you’re saving money on some top-notch gadgets. https://media.wired.com/photos/61d3d73978a5ef68264d6ca9/master/pass/Gear-CES-Garmin-Vivomove.jpg
Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer / Staff | Getty Images News) Both Google and Meta have taken steps to start paying US publishers for aggregating their news content, but neither tech giant has yet found a perfect solution that would fairly compensate publishers and potentially help combat the mass shuttering of newsrooms across America. The Wall […]
Panera Bread is testing AI-powered bots at the drive-thru. Panera Bread Panera Bread is known as a restaurant pioneer when it comes to technology. The chain is working with tech startup OpenCity to test voice bot ordering at the drive-thru. OpenCity, which also works with Popeyes, says AI-powered bots can improve accuracy and speed. In […]
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Labor Day weekend isn’t known as an especially fruitful time for deals on electronics, and generally speaking, that’s the case again this year. As usual, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other holiday sales toward the end of the year will bring bigger savings to those who can afford to wait. That […]
Make the most of the long weekend with discounted MacBooks, robot vacuums, and weighted blankets. https://media.wired.com/photos/5fb85ed153f6dea0581eda0e/master/pass/Gear-Apple-MacBook-Pro-with-M1-SOURCE-Apple.jpg
Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops. He says he'd pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for […]
