Imagine being able to order takeout, shuffle your music playlist or book a flight with nothing more than the utterance of a few words. Not so hard anymore, is it?
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Although facial recognition technology provides a plethora of benefits to producers, this technology can eventually be deemed illegal; Illinois and Texas already have laws that act against this use of technology.
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If entering a company already diminishes pluralism, then what good is the individual destruction of pluralism on the very platforms which encourage it?
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Innovation thrives when there exist low barriers to entry and a large amount of competition, but regulation like GDPR has already proven to act against forthcoming disruptors.
In an announcement endowed with just a smidge of irony, Facebook admitted to wanting to learn even more intimate bits of users’ personal data. However strange this may at first sound, it seems that Facebook is very serious about the project.
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What does it actually mean for a crop to be genetically modified and where does the concern come from?
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Although genetic testing allowed the Golden State Killer to be found and arrested, it seems to be an egregious breach of information when knowledge of our basic biological building blocks can be analyzed by complete strangers, all without our permission.
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Alongside American claims that Huawei’s technology poses the threat of insidious surveillance, Huawei is feared by American policymakers because its dominance over 5G would allow China to essentially supersede Silicon Valley as the world’s tech hub.
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It is important to keep in consideration the question of whether or not e-commerce is ‘destroying’ this nation's economy, or if it’s simply changing it to a new, more efficient form of service.
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Facebook is not a monopoly in the traditional sense as it neither controls exclusive supply of a good or service nor does it technically have a high barrier to entry to start the business.
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What has made these companies unique is that they also provide information and market directly to the consumer.
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The ample discussion surrounding e-krona, as well as other forms of cryptocurrency, points to a greater phenomenon. Students should be aware of the changing culture of money. The prevalence of technology in our everyday lives means that change will likely arise with regards to the way we handle our finances, and the US government is no stranger to technology’s effects.
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With Silicon Valley continually innovating, playing with big data and artificial intelligence, the plausibility of another Cambridge Analytica breach is likely. Despite this threat, Washington DC cannot be farther away, both in geography and understanding, of novel technology developments.
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With its technological prowess and sense for revolutionizing industries, Amazon may be able to apply its powerful voice recognition products like Alexa, ruthless cost-cutting measures, and widely used cloud computing infrastructure to improve efficiency and service in the healthcare space.
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When companies as large as Amazon and Google fight, someone is bound to take some hits, and that person is usually the consumer.
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Over the last decade, hackathons have become increasingly popular as a tool to generate ideas, practice teamwork, and even create friendly, competitive environments, but they should not be limited to the average software development company or university.
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Cash will be around in most societies for many decades; however, some nations are already well on the road to going entirely cash free. One of these nations is Norway.
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While new technology in the autonomous vehicle space is exciting, it is fallible.
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Amazon's business model, through methods like Amazon Books, is a push towards advancing Prime membership amongst consumers.
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How traditional brick-and-mortar stores that defined millennial adolescence are suffering.
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