Intelligent Machines (Video)

TWiG 557: Shoelace: It's Not a Social Network


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Elon Musk vs Coronavirus, Facebook and Oprah's Virtual Graduation

  • Elon Musk: "FREE AMERICA NOW!"
  • Colleges worry they will go out of business if they stay closed in the fall. Is Zoom the answer?
  • What we don't know about Coronavirus is as important as what we do know - how media needs to improve
  • Mark Zuckerberg tightens his control of Facebook
  • Jeff Bezos back to day-to-day operations at Amazon
  • Apple/Google virus contact tracing API launches today
  • Facebook and Oprah hold a virtual graduation ceremony for the class of 2020
  • Berkeley Students recreate campus in Minecraft
  • Google requires all advertisers to verify their identities
  • Yale Law Journal: advertising is obsolete in the information age
  • Google Meet is now free for all
  • Waze tests lane advice
  • Google kills Shoelace, the social network nobody knew about

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