Monkeys Run The Circus: Google Announces Global AI Ethics Panel

Google has launched a global advisory council to offer guidance on ethical issues relating to artificial intelligence, automation and related … More

Google’s Toronto ‘Smart City’ Facing HUGE Resistance

The world’s most ambitious “smart city,” known as Quayside, in Toronto, has faced fierce public criticism since last fall, when … More

Google Cuts Deal With Mastercard To Track Offline Sales

For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads … More

Google CEO Refuses To Testify At Senate Intelligence Hearing

Google’s Sundar Pichai is facing bipartisan criticism for refusing to testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing next week, but … More

Not Going As Planned: Residents In Arizona Reportedly ‘HATE’ Google Self-Driving Cars

Early rider use the Waymo driverless vehicles to get to school. Alphabet‘s self-driving cars are annoying their neighbors in Chandler, … More

Google’s Orwellian Toronto ‘Smart City’ Sparks Fears In Many

Illustration by Ben Fearnley It could be the coolest new neighborhood on the planet—or a peek into the Orwellian metropolis … More

Police Push For Civilian Drone Surveillance

At a recent apartment blaze in Oakland, California, a sheriff deputy directing firefighters with a drone-mounted video camera encountered a new … More