When McDonald's first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. How quaint. Today technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald's business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech company that happens to sell burgers. McDonald's mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitized menus that change based on trends, the weather and...
When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. Today, technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald’s business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech […]
US president’s new executive order is an important step towards protecting sensitive personal dataLast year, Joe Biden’s administration infuriated lobbyists representing big tech firms and others that profit from our personal data by denouncing a proposal that would have gutted domestic data privacy, online civil rights and liberties, and competition safeguards. Now, the US president’s new executive order on Americans’ data security reveals that the lobbyists had good reason to worry.After...
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MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently announced her intention to engage in another round of philanthropy by donating $640 million to charity. Of the $60 billion she received after splitting with her husband, Scott has already given over $16 billion to various nonprofit organizations. To most people the idea of even possessing, much less donating, that kind of money is unthinkable, and Scott is certainly distributing the funds with the intention of making the...
European regulators have launched a series of probes against Big Tech. In the latest, Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google could receive hefty fines by the end of the year for alleged breaches including disparaging rival products on their platforms. Here are some of the actions taken by European watchdogs against big technology companies: EUROPEAN UNION Apple, Meta Platforms and Google will be investigated for potential breaches of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU...
If John D. Rockefeller were around today, he’d be screwing a Google Nest – the pioneering smart thermostat — into the wall of his home. The notoriously thr..
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Dame Meg Hillier warns there is ‘lack of forward thinking’ from government
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By Lars Paulsson (Bloomberg) — On the outskirts of Rotterdam, a bright orange ship is hoisted above the muddy Rhine with the help of six chunky triangular legs. The vessel has just been retrofit with a huge
Journalist and media personality Glenn Greenwald did not hold back his criticism of tech journalist and author Kara Swisher when he described her as a “gigantic fraud.” Greenwald ripped Swisher for her seemingly cozy relationship with Silicon Valley insiders during a segment of his show SYSTEM UPDATE on March 25. “The leading cheerleaders for Kara Swisher generally, and for her new book in particular, are and always have been the very leaders of the industry she claims to subject to such...