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Delivery Robots Have Found A Home In Office Parks

With fewer legal constrains than public sidewalks, self-driving robots from Starship Technologies are bringing coffee and breakfast burritos to tech workers in California.

Britain Spins A Big, Bold InvestmentIn A.I.

The UK might be blundering towards Brexit but it wants to loudly tell the world that it’s still pushing ahead on one of the most important technological developments of our time.

Rise Of Les Machines: France's Macron Pledges $1.5 BillionTo Boost AI

The French president promised to more, public-data sharing to boost machine-learning softwarein health and autonomous driving.

Facebook's Data-Sharing Was 'Normal,' Says Cambridge Academic At Center OfScandal

Aleksander Kogan says he’s been made a scapegoat for something that advertisers and apps have been doing for years.

Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix Amid Facebook Data Scandal

Nix’s comments in a TV news report ‘and other allegations’ will lead to his suspension with immediate effect.

Face-To-Face With Cambridge Analytica's Elusive Alexander Nix

In between a recording for Forbes’ technology podcast last year, the CEO of the controversial data-profiling firm complained about how his company had ‘become the villain’ after Trump’s win.

EU Probes Facebook's Data Sharing With Cambridge Analytica, Raising Prospect Of Fines

The region’s Justice commissioner plans to confront representatives for Facebookin Washington about the data leak this week.

The Secret Ingredient To America's Newest Spy Museum: A British Ex-Hacker

Jake Davis was once part of the secretive Anonymous collective. Now he's using the world’s newest spy museum to show people the pros and cons of hacking.

Fake-News Makers, Beware: This Firm Claims It Can Oust A Photo With One Fake Pixel

An Oxford startup says it can identify any fake photo circling the web, and is talking to a large social media platform about testing its system.

Google's DeepMind Has An Idea For Stopping Biased AI

One of the world's biggest AI companies is exploring how computers can avoid racist or sexist decisions when helping to hire people for jobs, or sentence them in court.