Gongol.com Archives: May 2016
May 20, 2016
Google doesn't really want pedestrians to stick to their cars
But if "human flypaper" is part of a broader scheme to make vehicles safer for everyone, then so be it
Observers wonder whether Google is even really trying to get business clients
And the more it cedes that line to Microsoft, the worse Google's future is going to look
Black renters pay meaningfully higher prices on AirBnB
So says a study from January, saying discrimination against African American renters shows up both in prices and in the agreement to even make a deal.
The race to get artificial intelligence into your home
The scramble to get AI integrated into people's lives will have interesting effects on how we perceive what thoughts are our own and which ones we share with a digital surrogate or adjunct.
Facebook leadership takes meeting with conservative politicos
Reviews of the meeting seem to suggest that it went down exactly as expected: The site's perceived political bias against conservatives appears to be a problem for the business model, so it will be corrected not out of political motivation but out of the pursuit of profits.
