California Bill Makes Companies Pay Contracted Workers
A recently passed bill will require app-based companies to reconfigure how it labels and treats contracted workers.
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Microsoft President Wants to Regulate Big Tech
It’s not every day you hear leading technology companies — or any industry’s top players — asking to be regulated. And yet that’s precisely Microsoft President Brad Smith did when he recently said that government should put up guardrails around engineers in order to regulate big tech. What happens if that doesn’t happen? Democracy might suffer, […]
Chinese Data Center Power Usage Doesn’t Include Green Energy and Even Rivals Airline Carbon Emissions
Chinese data center power usage accounted for 99 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018, which is the equivalent of 21 million cars, according to a new report. These centers store digital files of all kinds and consume between 3% and 5% of the total global electricity — rivaling airlines’ carbon emissions, says a […]
Apple Releases New Policy Aimed at Preventing Online Web Tracking
The WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy from Apple explains the anti-tracking methods the company has developed, and expands on what should be considered harmful methods.
World’s First Solar Road Fails Miserably
The Normandy road in France is the world’s first solar road, and according to a recent report the project has turned out to be a huge failure.
The Hidden Dangers of Unchecked Admin Accounts
So long as a user account is live and operative within your IT infrastructure, it is a potential gateway into your organization and makes it as easy as leaving a back window open into any device or application on your network being used via that account. Not having a clear record of all unchecked admin […]
Researchers Revolutionize Bionic Eye Technology
The implant sits directly on the brain and interprets images taken from a small connected camera, a success a decade after a major breakthrough.
Company Tackles World Hunger By Making Food Out of Thin Air
Adapted from an idea that originated at NASA, Solein is a protein-rich synthetic food whose manufacturing process is totally renewable.
Robot Racism is a Real Thing and It Doesn’t Reflect Well on Us
Let’s pull back the curtain for a moment on our office here at My TechDecisions: hi, I’m Adam, and I sit near a colleague named Craig. Craig writes for our sister publication, Commercial Integrator, and recently published a blog about robot racism. What you need to know about Craig: he purposefully uses a tone of slight alarmism to […]
Japan Sets Aside $1 Billion to Fund Automation Projects
Researchers can submit proposals that demonstrate ideas to advance automation technology in a variety of fields.
