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January 15, 2016
Robot Atlas Can Do The Chores You Don't Want To Do
It's like Roomba on steroids.
The robot takeover is nigh—but first, let one of your future masters clean your home.
The Tabs Down Under: Let's Dance (With Spiders)
Circus Peanuts are bad.
It's Friday again, and joining us today is Elmo Keep, who has written about transhumanists and tech weirdos for The Verge, The Awl, Motherboard, and others. But also, she is Australian, so today she's going to catch us up on lurking horrors, antipodean and otherwise.
All Chipotle Locations Will Close For A Food Safety Meeting On February 8
Following a slew of outbreaks caused by food-borne illnesses, Chipotle is making food safety its priority.
After months of food poisoning reports and falling sales, Chipotle will hold a company-wide food safety meeting next month. On February 8, all stores nationwide will be closed for part of the day for training related to safe ingredient preparation.
Uber Will Pay $7.6 Million Fine For Failing To Share Data
A California judge ruled that ride-hailing startup Uber failed to provide necessary information required of transportation companies.
Uber has agreed to pay the state of California $7.6 million for failing to share enough data about the trips users have taken using the service, reports the Wall Street Journal. In 2015, a California judge ruled that Uber violated state rules as a transportation network company by not providing data on the number of trips by zip code, information about accidents during trips, information about how many of its vehicles were wheelchair accessible, and information about how much riders paid.
Amazon Is Expanding Into The World Of Ocean Freight Shipping
Move seen as a boon to Chinese sellers
Amazon's ongoing efforts to use drones to deliver packages have made headlines over the past year, but the company has also taken steps to move goods via much more traditional means: ocean freight shipping. As Flexport reports, Amazon's Chinese arm, Amazon China, has been granted a license by the Federal Maritime Commission to become an ocean freight forwarder.
January 14, 2016
Jeb Bush Proposes Putting NSA In Charge Of Civilian Data, Cybersecurity
The GOP presidential candidate also proposed offering liability relief to tech companies that share data with law enforcement officials.
At the tail end of a sixth Republican presidential debate, dominated by personal feuds and mutual condemnation of the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush made a stunning proposal: Put the NSA in charge of civilian data and cybersecurity.
Trump Feuds With Cruz, Bush On Proposed Tariff For Chinese Imports
During Thursday's GOP debate, the party's top contender butted heads with his rivals over how incoming Chinese goods should be taxed.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump clashed with rivals Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush during Thursday's Republican debate over his proposal to set a tariff on Chinese goods.
The U.S. Government Offers More Details On Its "Moonshot" Effort To Cure Cancer
Following Obama's bold announcement of an effort to cure cancer, the National Institutes of Health explains how it could work.
One item in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week overshadowed all the others: the announcement of a massive "moonshot" effort, led by Vice President Joe Biden, to cure cancer. Such a bold proclamation naturally begets a few questions, and the government started answering them today in a call with reporters by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which includes the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Qatari Teenage Riot
What was television?
Al Jazeera America announced yesterday that it will shut down at the end of April. In honor of the hard-hitting, award-winning journalism the good employees of AJAM presumably did, here's a crappy explainer:
Forget The Oscars; Watch This Year's Best Cat Videos Instead
Pounce on this pawesomeness.
Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence scored big in this morning's Oscar nominations—but what of their lesser known yet arguably more important counterparts: Leonardo DiCatrio and Jenni-purr Lawrence?
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