China’s Baidu will help deliver Walmart groceries in self-driving vans — CNN
China's leading search engine will soon be helping make deliveries for Walmart, bringing it into direct competition with Google's driverless technology, according to Sherisse...
America desperately needs fiber internet, and the tech giants won’t save us — Recode
Harvard’s Susan Crawford explains why we shouldn’t expect Google to fix slow internet speeds in the US, in a piece by Eric Johnson.
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IBM tops 2018 patent list as A.I. and quantum computing gain prominence — Fortune
IBM won 9,100 U.S. patents in 2018, marking the 26th year in a row the Armonk, New York-based company has been the top recipient,...
Google boasts 1 billion Assistant devices—10x Amazon Alexa’s install base — Ars Technica
The power of Android gives Google 10x more assistant devices than Amazon, writes Ron Amadeo.
Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/google-assistant-flexes-on-alexa-announces-1-billion-strong-install-base/
The Sundar Pichai hearing was a major missed opportunity — Wired
Like earlier House hearings with tech leaders, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the day proved heavy on theatrics and...