Few convinced by Apple's case for Hong Kong app removal
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Few convinced by Apple's case for Hong Kong app removal
AAPL (Apple Inc) | BBC
“Putting profits above the human rights and dignity of the people of Hong Kong is wrong. This use put the app in violation of Hong Kong law. Charles Mok, a Hong Kong legislator who represents the IT industry in the territory, posted a letter to Mr Cook on Twitter. According to the Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong authorities had contacted Google with concerns about that app - though the company has said it decided to take action before any communication took place. “Epic supports everyone’s right to speak freely,” he wrote on Twitter, in response to a question about gamers voicing support for Hong Kong protesters.
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GM urges UAW to agree to 'around-the-clock' bargaining
GM (General Motors Company) | Nasdaq
General Motors Co GM.N late on Thursday urged the United Auto Workers union to agree to around-the-clock bargaining to try to resolve a 25-day U.S. strike that has cost the company more than $1 billion in profits, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The largest U.S. automaker expressed frustration after presenting the union with a comprehensive new contract offer on Monday without getting a formal counteroffer. The UAW said in a letter earlier on Thursday that work to resolve issues by five committees must be completed first before it will make a comprehensive counterproposal. "We should engage in bargaining over all issues around-the-clock to get an agreement," wrote GM Vice President Scott Sandefur in the Thursday letter to the UAW.
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Cracks Found On 38 Of 810 Boeing 737 NG Jets Inspected Globally
BA (The Boeing Company) | NDTV
The planes will be grounded until the repairs are made, Boeing and airline officials said. Boeing Co said on Thursday that airlines had inspected 810 of the company's 737 NG jets around the world and found 38 structural cracks requiring repair and replacement of the affected parts. The planes will be grounded until the repairs are made, Boeing and airline officials said. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said of more than 200 high-use airplanes it had found cracks on two planes and grounded them. American Airlines and United Airlines said earlier this week they have not seen any cracks on their airplanes.
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Amazon employees allegedly watch Cloud Cam clips to help train AI
AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) | Slash Gear
Amazon employees allegedly watch Cloud Cam clips to help train AIAmazon was the first reported to have been listening in on Alexa recorded speech for the sake of auditing them and improving the company’s AI for the service. Launched in late 2017, the Cloud Cam was Amazon’s first formal foray into the world of smart home cameras. Any AI, especially nontrivial ones like this, needs to be trained and machine learning itself doesn’t happen by magic either. That is the tricky situation that Cloud Cam owners are finding themselves in. Unlike with audio, video content gathered by Cloud Cam is immediately more revealing, especially when it happens to be of some compromising or very personal activity.
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Google Maps now helps visually impaired people cross the street and stay on course
GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | The Verge
Google Maps can now help visually impaired people get to their walking destinations more easily — by continually reminding them that they’re on the right path, warning them when there’s a busy crosswalk ahead, telling them how far away their next turn is using voice navigation, and automatically pointing them back in the right direction if they have to stop. Here’s a cool video demonstrating the improved guidance in action:Google’s blog post says the improved guidance is now available on iOS and Android, but only in English in the US and in Japanese in Japan, at the moment. If you want to use it, you can turn it on in Google Maps’ settings menu. The company says support for more languages and countries is “on the way.”
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* Companies mentioned: AAPL, GM, BA, AMZN and GOOG
Few convinced by Apple's case for Hong Kong app removal
AAPL (Apple Inc) | BBC
“Putting profits above the human rights and dignity of the people of Hong Kong is wrong. This use put the app in violation of Hong Kong law. Charles Mok, a Hong Kong legislator who represents the IT industry in the territory, posted a letter to Mr Cook on Twitter. According to the Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong authorities had contacted Google with concerns about that app - though the company has said it decided to take action before any communication took place. “Epic supports everyone’s right to speak freely,” he wrote on Twitter, in response to a question about gamers voicing support for Hong Kong protesters.
Read More
GM urges UAW to agree to 'around-the-clock' bargaining
GM (General Motors Company) | Nasdaq
General Motors Co GM.N late on Thursday urged the United Auto Workers union to agree to around-the-clock bargaining to try to resolve a 25-day U.S. strike that has cost the company more than $1 billion in profits, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The largest U.S. automaker expressed frustration after presenting the union with a comprehensive new contract offer on Monday without getting a formal counteroffer. The UAW said in a letter earlier on Thursday that work to resolve issues by five committees must be completed first before it will make a comprehensive counterproposal. "We should engage in bargaining over all issues around-the-clock to get an agreement," wrote GM Vice President Scott Sandefur in the Thursday letter to the UAW.
Read More
Cracks Found On 38 Of 810 Boeing 737 NG Jets Inspected Globally
BA (The Boeing Company) | NDTV
The planes will be grounded until the repairs are made, Boeing and airline officials said. Boeing Co said on Thursday that airlines had inspected 810 of the company's 737 NG jets around the world and found 38 structural cracks requiring repair and replacement of the affected parts. The planes will be grounded until the repairs are made, Boeing and airline officials said. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said of more than 200 high-use airplanes it had found cracks on two planes and grounded them. American Airlines and United Airlines said earlier this week they have not seen any cracks on their airplanes.
Read More
Amazon employees allegedly watch Cloud Cam clips to help train AI
AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) | Slash Gear
Amazon employees allegedly watch Cloud Cam clips to help train AIAmazon was the first reported to have been listening in on Alexa recorded speech for the sake of auditing them and improving the company’s AI for the service. Launched in late 2017, the Cloud Cam was Amazon’s first formal foray into the world of smart home cameras. Any AI, especially nontrivial ones like this, needs to be trained and machine learning itself doesn’t happen by magic either. That is the tricky situation that Cloud Cam owners are finding themselves in. Unlike with audio, video content gathered by Cloud Cam is immediately more revealing, especially when it happens to be of some compromising or very personal activity.
Read More
Google Maps now helps visually impaired people cross the street and stay on course
GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | The Verge
Google Maps can now help visually impaired people get to their walking destinations more easily — by continually reminding them that they’re on the right path, warning them when there’s a busy crosswalk ahead, telling them how far away their next turn is using voice navigation, and automatically pointing them back in the right direction if they have to stop. Here’s a cool video demonstrating the improved guidance in action:Google’s blog post says the improved guidance is now available on iOS and Android, but only in English in the US and in Japanese in Japan, at the moment. If you want to use it, you can turn it on in Google Maps’ settings menu. The company says support for more languages and countries is “on the way.”
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