The British prime minister will meet with executives from Meta, Google and other companies on Thursday as his government explores how to protect children from online harms.
Category: Computers and the Internet
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Ford Says Doug Field, Who Led Company’s E.V. Push, is Leaving
The New York Times – Business:Doug Field, a former Tesla and Apple executive, had returned to Ford Motor in 2021 to help develop new electric models and software.
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Amazon Buys Globalstar for $10.8 Billion, Movingto Expand Its Satellite Internet Service
The New York Times – Business:The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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The Economist Is Putting Names (and Faces) to Its Magazine
The New York Times – Business:Nameless no more, writers for The Economist are mixing it up on video from its studio in London.
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The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race
The New York Times – Business:China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.
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Amazon and U.S. Postal Service Reach New Deal on Deliveries After Year of Talks
The New York Times – Business:Amazon will cut the volume of packages it ships through the Postal Service by 20 percent under a tentative new deal that will preserve a crucial source of income for the agency.
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Unraveling the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator
The New York Times – Business:Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin.
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Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? My Quest to Unmask Bitcoin’s Creator
The New York Times – Business:Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.
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4 Takeaways From Our Search for Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s Creator
The New York Times – Business:Here’s what we found suggesting that Adam Back invented Bitcoin.
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Uber and Lyft Offer Gas Price Relief, but Drivers Say It’s Not Enough
The New York Times – Business:As fuel costs go up, making a living as a gig driver is harder than ever.