Google to acquire Looker for $2.6 billion
Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Looker, a company that provides a unified platform for business intelligence, data applications and embedded analytics, in a $2.6 billion all-cash transaction.
Google CEO shunned a large stock award after lavish payouts — Bloomberg
Pichai turned down a big new grant of restricted stock in 2018, writes Mark Bergen and Anders Melin.
Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/google-ceo-turned-down-a-big-stock-award-after-lavish-payouts
‘A white-collar sweatshop’: Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft — The Guardian
“It’s like a white-collar sweatshop,” said one current Google employee, writes Julia Carrie Wong.
Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/28/a-white-collar-sweatshop-google-assistant-contractors-allege-wage-theft
10 things we should all demand from Big Tech right now — Vox
We need an algorithmic bill of rights, writes Sigal Samuel.
Here is the link: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/22/18273284/ai-algorithmic-bill-of-rights-accountability-transparency-consent-bias
Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments — Nature
Researchers tested mechanisms linked to nuclear fusion at room temperature — but found no evidence for the phenomenon, writes Elizabeth Gibney.
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