Amid controversies and unethical practices, tech giants like Facebook and Google are no longer dream companies to work for.
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The Ethical Dilemma Facing Silicon Valley’s Next Generation
At Stanford University, a farm system for tech giants, “students are reconsidering whether working at Google or Facebook is landing a dream job or selling out to craven corporate interests.”
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Accountability for the Algorithms
Tim Berners-Lee: “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it.”
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Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It
The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.
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The Shallowness of Google Translate
Despite advances in machine learning and ever-bigger datasets, rumors of human translators’ imminent demise are greatly exaggerated.
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Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now
Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.
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Rolling Down the Highway with the Sum Total of Human Knowledge
Google had a plan to scan every book in the world. 25 million books later, the project lost its way.
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Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
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When a YouTube Video Almost Made the Modular Smartphone Happen
The story of Google’s groundbreaking, buzz-generating modular smartphone — aka Project Ara — from bang to whimper.
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The Dream of Ara: Inside the Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Revolutionary Phone
After generating incredible buzz among designers and gadget geeks, Project Ara — Google’s groundbreaking modular smartphone — was suspended in 2016, concluding a three-year, bang-to-whimper arc.