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Hacking the patent system: Open source and patents
"Recently, I caught up with Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to pose a few questions relating to software patents. Daniel is a staf…
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A QUOI RÊVENT LES ROBOTS ?
"Alors, quelle activité en propre restera-t-il aux humains face à des robots habiles, véloces et calculateurs ? Le philosophe Dominique Lestel, dans son ou…
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A woman sued Twitter for supporting terrorism. Why the lawsuit is nonsense.
"Twitter will likely be able to get the lawsuit dismissed. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects platforms like Twitter from liability for…
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Do Consumers Care About Their Privacy In Practice? The FTC Digs Into The Debate
"Rather than feeling downtrodden and helpless, many consumers are “thrilled or even delirious” about new technology, said Omer Tene, VP of research and edu…
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The Feds Will Have Rules for Self-Driving Cars in the Next 6 Months
"“This is an aggressive and ambitious embrace of automated driving,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina S…
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Cadillac’s Delaying Its First Whack at a Self-Driving Car
"Tesla has willingly stepped into a “mushy middle space,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of La…
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You may be powerless to stop a drone from hovering over your own yard
"Some argue the agency has the legal authority to address the privacy issues raised by drones. But the agency “does not consider privacy to be their role o…
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Google says its futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid 11 crashes during testing on California roads
"Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who closely follows self-driving car developments, said the rate of potential collisi…
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Google reports self-driving car mistakes: 272 failures and 13 near misses
"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor in the School of Law at the University of South Carolina, says the DMV could reasonably ask for more information.…
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T-Mobile and the Fuss Over 'Free' Phone Streaming: What the Fight’s About
"The episode has also renewed attention to whether Binge On is permissible under the FCC net neutrality rules. But so far, even after the EFF controversy,…
Viewing the Road Ahead for Self-Driving Cars
This week, General Motors announced that it would pour $500 million into the ride-sharing service Lyft, with an aim of eventually producing a fleet of self-driv…
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The federal crime nobody talks about in 'Making a Murderer'
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said accessing Halbach's wireless account is possibly a…