World’s First “Robot Lawyer” Overturns 160,000 Parking Tickets
The robo uprising has now spread to another human-dominated industry; law.
A chat bot called DoNotPay designed by a teenager is taking London and New York by storm after it was able to overturn parking tickets. Dubbed the [..]
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Elizabeth Holmes Banned from Running Her Own Startup
The Wall Street Journal reports US regulators have decided to ban the owners and operators of Theranos from running a lab for two years. That includes Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes.
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Google May Be Developing Smartphone To Compete With Apple
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With the waves of technology being released every year from top manufacturing companies, it was expected that Google would at some point begin developing their own smartphones and devices that compete with other. Rumors and [..]
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Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion…cash
In a big move towards the social media space, Microsoft announced that it acquire the professional network Linkedin for $26.2 billion.
Jeff Weiner will stay on as Linkedin’s CEO but will be reporting to [..]
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Apple Supplier Cuts 60,000 Jobs In China; Replaces Them With Robots
The world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, Foxconn, recently announced the automation of 60,000 jobs in one of its factories in Kunshan, China. The cuts are part of an ongoing program to replace workers [..]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Accounts Hacked
8 years ago
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News of celebrities being hacked is very common on gossip blogs. Just last week Katy Perry’s Twitter account was compromised. However, the latest victim of hacking is someone we never expected; Mark Zuckerberg, [..]
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Forbes Youngest Woman Billionaire Now Worth $0
Elizabeth Holmes is a household name in many circles. And not just for making black turtlenecks cool again. Known for being the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a blood test startup, Theranos, last year [..]
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Uber and Lyft Threating to Leave Chicago
A few weeks ago, Uber and Lyft have begun threatening to leave the Chicago market. This was because of a referendum which proposed that all drivers should be required to undergo background checks. They would need to be [..]
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Paypal Drops Payment Protection: Crowdfunding Becomes Riskier
8 years ago
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In a surprise turn of events, in a recent policy change, PayPal pulls buyer protection for crowdfunding sites and will no longer offer purchase protection on purchases made on those crowdfunding platforms. This is [..]
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Adobe Systems Acquires Livefyre Social Media Platform
8 years ago
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One of, if not the leading, multimedia and creativity software companies, Adobe Systems has acquired the San Francisco based social media platform company, Livefyre.
Livefyre launched in 2009. Initially the motive was [..]
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