The Circuit: Emerging Tech Headlines
AI / MACHINE LEARNING
”For years now ... I’ve wanted people to understand we are building a tech organization,” he said. “I’ve got a machine learning team. We have some of the best apps in the world.” - Jeremy King, Walmart CTO
At SXSW this year, Walmart bills itself as a tech company via CNBC
CLIMATE CHANGE
“The emissions are increasing and that is the only thing that matters. I think that needs to be our focus. We cannot talk about anything else.” - Greta Thunberg, 16 years old
Schoolgirl climate change warrior: ‘Some people can let things go. I can’t’ via The Guardian
CRYPTO
“The world needs a company like [Swiss fintech startup] Amun to make crypto as easy as buying a stock. Now that they were the first to do that, they can now provide the toolset and be the de-facto platform for anyone else looking to take their crypto assets/securities to the public markets.” - Adam Draper.
Amun Raises $4M to Give Stock-like Buying Options for Crypto Investors via TechCrunch
DATA / PRIVACY / GDPR:
“If a firm handles data, it would be required to publish yearly transparency reports showing how they develop, buy, use and store behavioral info.”
UK lords call for central 'Digital Authority' to help regulate internet via Engadget
THE FUTURE OF NEWS
”India’s cheap data prices, among the lowest in the world, have created a streaming video explosion. Millions are coming online for the first time in their lives and consuming information through YouTube videos instead of reading text, and using the platform like a search engine. Yet the company has struggled with curbing misinformation.”
YouTube is Rolling Out a Feature that Shows Factchecks when People Search for Sensitive Topics via BuzzFeed News