Silicon Valley, Trump & Big Tech, Facial Recognition, Microsoft & Paid Family Leave, Hyperpolyglots — Five Things — Issue #307

Nico Lumma
Aug 31, 2018 · 2 min read

Smart regulation is so hard to achieve, let’s see how the discussion about facial recognition and AI in general will develop.


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Why startups are leaving Silicon Valley www.economist.com

And why that’s a good thing.

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Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Techwww.nytimes.com
The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false.

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How should we regulate facial recognition?www.theverge.com

This is a discussion that’s long overdue.

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Microsoft to business partners: If you want to work with us, offer paid family leave www.washingtonpost.com

That’s nice of Microsoft, but just between us: the USA should wake up and finally get paid family leave like they do in civilized societies elsewhere.

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The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languageswww.newyorker.com

Amazing.

TGIF!

    Nico Lumma

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    Managing Partner Next Media Accelerator http://nma.vc,more about me here: http://about.me/lumma — subscribe to https://www.getrevue.co/profile/5things !

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