Business, Spoken

Tech companies are swapping on-campus gourmet chefs for free snack deliveries, but they're also stepping up childcare support and mental health services. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won't be affected, they say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Alphabet's DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A California company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If it succeeds, AB979 would require Facebook, Netflix, Nvidia, Salesforce, and others to add directors of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The digital infrastructures have been under construction for years. But the pandemic has forced candidates to embrace them and to get creative with how they use them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Conservative influencers say they understand the president's moves to shut down the platform in the US, even if it costs them their audience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Many states are not collecting the race or ethnicity of coronavirus patients, which can make it harder to know the true impact on low-income communities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The companies are backing bills in more than a dozen states that would legalize the devices. Some bills would block cities from regulating them at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Pilot projects for autonomous shuttles abound. But technical limitations and hostility from labor unions may thwart large deployments Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This year's A-Levels, the high-stakes exams taken in high school, were canceled due to the pandemic. The alternative only exacerbated existing inequities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands protest in the UK after a formula replaced a test that influences college placement. It's led to broader scrutiny of automation and inequality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The ride-hail services are threatening to stop service in the Golden State to protest a judge's ruling. They did something similar in Texas in 2016. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A top Trump adviser outlines a blueprint for experimenting with wireless tech on bases and using software to counter China's lead in hardware. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The president's latest actions against China may affect US tech firms, and Americans who communicate overseas through the social apps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Pentagon will share part of the wireless spectrum, allowing telecom carriers to reach more areas with fewer cell towers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Civil rights activists warn of "mission creep," as cameras installed to prevent break-ins are increasingly used to monitor protesters and communities of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The pandemic has slashed demand for rides and boosted orders for UberEats. Neither segment is profitable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands of eateries are closing amid the pandemic. Delivery specialists are popping up, but some worry about a loss of culture and community. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Using open source software and less than $100, a researcher was able to create plausible images and audio of actor Tom Hanks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Republican Will Hurd and Democrat Robin Kelly want more Pentagon spending, a Cold War-style “hotline,” and a curb on chip exports to China. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Rashad Robinson, an organizer behind the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, says civil rights groups can’t be left to police the company by themselves. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The techie-turned-philanthropist on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The social media company could surely enforce its own rules on false and harmful posts—it just needs to cut into its massive profit margins. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Here's a look at how Mark Zuckerberg plotted the Instagram acquisition. Plus: Inside Amazon's plan to take down Diapers.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A big study by the US Census Bureau finds that only about 9 percent of firms employ tools like machine learning or voice recognition—for now. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Attackers increasingly try to confuse and bypass machine-learning systems. So the companies that deploy them are getting creative. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The former Google engineer, who pleaded guilty to stealing the company's self-driving car technology, says he'd be at heightened risk for Covid-19. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A proposal would require 60 percent of ride-hail miles to be in electric vehicles by 2030. And the companies are on board. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Many so-called “quantitative funds” that mine historical data to make trading decisions fared poorly in March, when stocks fell sharply amid coronavirus fears. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In a study, people responded to messages that resonated with them personally—up to a certain extent. The results could help shape responses to future pandemics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On the heels of another profitable quarter, despite a coronavirus-induced shutdown of its California plant, the electric automaker announced its fourth factory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Riders are skittish. Cleaning costs are soaring. Some, like the Bay Area's Caltrain system, face an existential crisis. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Ethical Explorer Pack is designed to help Silicon Valley's rank and file—not just CEOs—steer products away from harmful directions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skydio is best known for “selfie drones.” Now, it's seeking government contracts, as American officials shun the Chinese drone company. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new paper argues that the computing demands of deep learning are so great that progress on tasks like translation and self-driving is likely to slow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The state sued the ride-hail companies for misclassifying drivers as contractors, following a similar move by California officials. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New research suggests that the tradeoffs for electric autonomous vehicles aren’t as painful as once thought, though early AVs might be gas hybrids. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Plus: A tough review of IBM’s PCjr, fresh questions on Covid-19, and government help for the self-sufficient. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The International Baccalaureate program canceled its high-stakes exam because of Covid-19. The formula it used to "predict" scores puzzles students and teachers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After the demise of Mixer, livestreamers are taking a closer look at what their platform partnerships should look like. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nonprofits and advocacy groups signed on to an organization called Communities Against Rider Surveillance—without knowing that the ride-hail giant was involved. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Coronavirus restrictions make it harder and more expensive to shoot videos. So some companies are turning to synthetic media instead. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Making an autonomous vehicle is proving harder and costlier than many startups predicted. So they're teaming up with giants like Hyundai, Jaguar, and Ford. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two studies reach very different conclusions about ride-hail earnings, as city officials consider setting a minimum wage. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Artificially intelligent camera systems look for defects and misplaced parts in many industries. The coronavirus pandemic makes them extra useful. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Divisions over technical standards and the role of China's Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices