Ramakrishnan worked on the first iteration of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant and the associated Echo devices. He began his career at Netscape before moving to Tellme Networks, which was acquired by Microsoft, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Shoplifters in the US could soon be chased down by drones The news: Flock Safety, whose drones were once reserved for police departments, is now offering them for private-sector security, the company has announced. Potential customers include businesses trying to…
Flock Safety, whose drones were once reserved for police departments, is now offering them for private-sector security, the company announced today, with potential customers including including businesses intent on curbing shoplifting. Companies in the US can now place Flock’s drone…
India is considering easing foreign investment rules to let ecommerce firms like Amazon buy directly from Indian sellers for exports. The draft DGFT proposal introduces a third-party export entity to handle compliance. The move, amid trade deal talks with the…
Google and Flo Health agreed to a $56 million settlement over allegations they shared sensitive menstrual and pregnancy data from Flo app users for targeted ads, violating privacy promises. Google will pay $48 million, Flo $8 million.
Accenture expects about $250 million in charges in the November quarter, on top of $615 million recorded in the fourth quarter, for a total of $865 million. The restructuring program highlights the broader trend of companies adapting their workforce and…
The European Commission is preparing to issue preliminary findings saying that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram lack an adequate “notice and action mechanism” that would let users flag illegal posts for removal, according to two people familiar with the plans, who…
Microsoft disabled certain cloud and AI services used by Israel’s Ministry of Defense after finding preliminary evidence of their role in surveillance in Gaza and the West Bank.
Machine-learning models can speed up the discovery of new materials by making predictions and suggesting experiments. But most models today only consider a few specific types of data or variables. Compare that with human scientists, who work in a collaborative…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral Wikipedia is the most ambitious multilingual…