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Privacy Advocate Richard Holober on the Tech Backlash of 2017 

Xconomy

elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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Tech Hiring Trends: Buzzwords, Trump Effect, and Gender-Pay Gap

Xconomy

Data is table-stakes for doing practically anything interesting in tech, and it’s the fuel for machine learning algorithms. . —In the last two years, big data has fallen off the buzzword bingo card. And of course we’re not talking about a little data here or there. It’ got to be big. So there’s probably.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

. —Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) paid over $400 million in August to acquire Nervana Systems , the two-year-old San Diego startup offering its machine learning technology as a cloud-based service. I widened my net this year. I am grateful to Mike Krenn, the venture group’s president, for his help on this project.

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Future of the Internet: What Scares Networking Pioneer Radia Perlman

Xconomy

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. ] [ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century.

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Analysis: Trump’s First 100 Days Through the Tech Industry Lens

Xconomy

Donald Trump spent his 100th day in office in ways that would appeal to his working class base—holding a campaign-style rally in Harrisburg, PA, where he confirmed his campaign commitment to controlling immigration.

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