Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler that he "has not done enough" to bring competition to Comcast and other cable companies. Speaking at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Chairman Wheeler also said he hoped to open cable's lucrative set-top box business to outsiders so consumers will have more control over what they watch on TV. "Everybody can get anything [on their TV], and a thousand flowers bloom," he said.
The most recent Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll found that Americans still feel as negatively towards the collection and use of their personal data as they did in 2013.
A majority of respondents (53 percent) thought that the collection and use of their data by businesses, law enforcement, individuals, and other groups violated their personal privacy, safety, financial security, and individual liberties. Only 38 percent thought that the collection and use of their data was a positive development.
Google is putting the leader of its artificial-intelligence (AI) research in charge of its online search engine, showing how important AI technology is to the future of the company’s main profit engine.
AI chief John Giannandrea will take over from search leader Amit Singhal, who said he is leaving in late February after 15 years at Google. Google sees AI as an emerging technology frontier that will power new products and services to give it an edge over rivals in the next decade and beyond. Artificial intelligence has already begun to influence how Google’s search engine answers questions, and the company has amassed some of the world’s leading experts in the field.
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