Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Donald Trump Invites Tech CEOs to New York for 'Tech Summit' - ABC News


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Donald Trump Invites Tech CEOs to New York for 'Tech Summit'
ABC News
Some of Silicon Valley's biggest names are expected to head to Trump Tower today to meet with the president-elect. The head honchos meeting with Trump today as part of his "tech summit" include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Facebook ...
Tim Cook & other tech leaders meet Trump today, reports say 'no set agenda' but one topic9 to 5 Mac
Tech Stars Join Trump's Economic Advisory GroupInc.com
Tech Giant CEOs Join Trump Policy ForumDaily Caller
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What tech titans should say to Trump — and vice versa - Yahoo Finance


Yahoo Finance

What tech titans should say to Trump — and vice versa
Yahoo Finance
What could be one of the more awkward sit-downs in recent US political history takes place in New York Wednesday afternoon: President-elect Donald Trump has invited the chief executives of some of America's foremost tech companies to talk shop.
Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump TodayFortune
Trump effect? IBM announces US hiring surge prior to tech summitHot Air
IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet TrumpReuters
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What to Expect From Trump's Meeting With Big Tech - Fox Business


Fox Business

What to Expect From Trump's Meeting With Big Tech
Fox Business
ICYMI, a who's who of tech titans were invited to attend a summit Wednesday with the President-elect. Top executives of Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and others are expected to attend. What I wouldn't give to be a fly on a gold-painted ...
Execs from Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Prepare for Tech Summit with TrumpNBCNews.com
Trump meeting with tech giants after past criticismCBS News
Silicon Valley could spar with Trump on these issuesCNNMoney
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Donald Trump, Technology Executives to Talk Jobs, Regulations - Wall Street Journal


Business Insider

Donald Trump, Technology Executives to Talk Jobs, Regulations
Wall Street Journal
About a dozen prominent tech executives will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in a high-profile summit that could help set the tone for relations between Silicon Valley and a president it views warily. The attendee list for the meeting ...
Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect TrumpNPR
Tech titans are meeting with Trump todayBusiness Insider
Donald Trump Invites Tech CEOs to New York for 'Tech Summit'ABC News
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The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agenda - Recode


Recode

The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agenda
Recode
According to numerous sources, there will be no firm agenda at the tech summit taking place in New York today between Silicon Valley's top leaders and President-elect Donald Trump, but the general topic will be jobs and the economy and how it will be ...
Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald TrumpWall Street Journal
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
Three Touchy Questions for Tech Leaders to Ask TrumpMIT Technology Review
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Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald Trump - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Investor Peter Thiel Is Helping Mold Tech's Ties to Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and conservative libertarian, has long been a misfit in Silicon Valley. Now as one of the tech industry's main bridges to President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, Mr. Thiel is playing a ...
When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the AgendaNew York Times
As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair for tech, shame on Silicon Valley for climbing the Tower in silenceRecode
Three Touchy Questions for Tech Leaders to Ask TrumpMIT Technology Review
Yahoo News -The Atlantic
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Artificial intelligence has a big year ahead of it - CNET


Artificial intelligence has a big year ahead of it
CNET
In 2016, tech companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft launched dozens of products and services powered by artificial intelligence. Next year will be all about the rest of the business world embracing AI. Artificial intelligence is a 60 ...

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When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the Agenda - New York Times


New York Times

When Trump Meets Tech Leaders, Jobs Will Be on the Agenda
New York Times
The tech community has put its products in every home and pocket, generating enormous wealth along the way. But the companies employ relatively few people, and the wealth is concentrated in places like Silicon Valley and Seattle. Changing this equation ...
Trump to meet with key US tech leaders: 6 questions that need to be answeredTechRepublic
Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit?The Atlantic

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Recording industry writes Trump on the eve of tech CEO visit - Engadget


Engadget

Recording industry writes Trump on the eve of tech CEO visit
Engadget
According to multiple reports, on Wednesday a number of high-profile tech execs will visit President-elect Donald Trump. The list includes Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Tim Cook, Sheryl Sandberg, Jeff Bezos, Brian Krzanich and a number of others. Before ...

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Tech workers vow not to build Trump Muslim registry - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

Tech workers vow not to build Trump Muslim registry
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 300 employees of tech companies including Google and Twitter have signed a pledge not to help Donald Trump's administration build a Muslim registry. "We are choosing to stand in solidarity with Muslim Americans, ...
Tech workers unite against a potential US Muslim registryEngadget
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Tech workers vow not to build database to track MuslimsCNET
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Why Trump and the Tech Industry Are on a Collision Course - The Atlantic


The Atlantic

Why Trump and the Tech Industry Are on a Collision Course
The Atlantic
The political gulf between Donald Trump and the high-tech community he has summoned to a meeting in New York City on Wednesday might be comparable to the technological distance between the latest cutting-edge smartphone and a Commodore 64 ...

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Tim Cook & other tech leaders meet Trump today, reports say 'no set agenda' but one topic - 9 to 5 Mac


9 to 5 Mac

Tim Cook & other tech leaders meet Trump today, reports say 'no set agenda' but one topic
9 to 5 Mac
[UPDATE: Cook, Musk, and Trump will have a separate meeting scheduled following the tech summit, according to the president-elect's transition team spokesperson.] Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of a number of senior figures from the tech industry meeting ...
Actually, Elon Musk might skip Trump's tech summit (Update: Now he's in.)Recode
What Will Tech Leaders Tell Trump?Barron's
Trump meeting with top tech leaders to create advisory teamWKBW-TV
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Trump to meet with key US tech leaders: 6 questions that need to be answered - TechRepublic


TechRepublic

Trump to meet with key US tech leaders: 6 questions that need to be answered
TechRepublic
Trump's relationship with the tech industry has been rocky. This summer, more than 100 tech leaders signed and published a letter calling Trump a "disaster for innovation." Additionally, his announced stances on encryption, trade, and immigration, have ...
Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit?The Atlantic

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The Best Tech Stocks of 2016 - Motley Fool


Motley Fool

The Best Tech Stocks of 2016
Motley Fool
And that brings us to the tech sector's strongest performer in 2016. NVIDIA has gone from strength to strength in recent quarters, and share prices have nearly tripled, with a 178% return so far. This is one of those overnight successes that actually ...



US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance - Aljazeera.com


US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance
Aljazeera.com
Drawing comparisons to the Holocaust and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the employees signed an open letter at neveragain.tech rebuking ideas floated by Trump during the campaign trail. The protest, which began with about 60 ...

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Donald Trump, Technology Executives to Talk Jobs, Regulations - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Donald Trump, Technology Executives to Talk Jobs, Regulations
Wall Street Journal
About a dozen prominent tech executives will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in a high-profile summit that could help set the tone for relations between Silicon Valley and a president it views warily. The attendee list for the meeting ...

and more »


Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit? - The Atlantic


The Atlantic

Will Trump Make Silicon Valley Kiss the Ring at His Tech Summit?
The Atlantic
Recode indicates that Trump transition adviser Peter Thiel had a hard time convincing more tech leaders to attend, speculating that the “cool kids” of tech, like Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Slack CEO ...
Top Tech Leaders to Meet With TrumpWall Street Journal

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Tech titans are meeting with Trump today - Business Insider


Business Insider

Tech titans are meeting with Trump today
Business Insider
Some of the most powerful and high-profile leaders from the technology industry are scheduled to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. The meeting has the potential to be a tense affair: Silicon Valley was overwhelmingly opposed to ...
That Trump tech summit comes with some awkward baggageCNET
Trump to meet tech firms including Apple, Facebook and GoogleThe Guardian
Tim Cook & other tech leaders meet Trump today, reports say 'no set agenda' but one topic9 to 5 Mac
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Google's autonomous car spin-off: A tech firm, not an automaker - Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor

Google's autonomous car spin-off: A tech firm, not an automaker
Christian Science Monitor
But it has cautiously moved ahead with introducing the technology, even as its tech and automaker competitors have come out with semi-autonomous features such as Tesla's Autopilot or are conducting public trials of self-driving cars such as Uber in ...

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Artificial intelligence has a big year ahead, well beyond tech - CNET


Artificial intelligence has a big year ahead, well beyond tech
CNET
In 2016, tech companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft launched dozens of products and services powered by artificial intelligence. Next year will be all about the rest of the business world embracing AI. Artificial intelligence is a 60 ...

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Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump - NPR


NPR

Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump
NPR
For the most part, the tech industry did not support President-elect Trump. But he won. Trump is convening a technology summit this afternoon in New York City, and expects Silicon Valley leaders will be there. One of the industry's luminaries — Bill ...
Tech titans are meeting with Trump todayBusiness Insider
The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agendaRecode
Tech leaders to make peace, or press their case, with TrumpCBS News
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Here's your first tech buzzword of 2017: 'Brownfield' - Recode


Recode

Here's your first tech buzzword of 2017: 'Brownfield'
Recode
It may not be the sexiest idea to make preexisting technologies such as tractors “smart,” but the potential payoff is staggering. by Joe Britt Dec 14, 2016, 8:00am EST. tweet · share · Linkedin. A “smart” tractor can be rented for $75 a day in Kaduna ...
2017 Predictions For AI, Big Data, IoT, Cybersecurity, And Jobs From Senior Tech ExecutivesForbes

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IEEE puts out a first draft guide for how tech can achieve ethical AI design - TechCrunch


TechCrunch

IEEE puts out a first draft guide for how tech can achieve ethical AI design
TechCrunch
One of the barriers standing in the way of ethically designed AI systems that benefit humanity as a whole, and avoid the pitfalls of embedded algorithmic biases, is the tech industry's lack of ownership and responsibility for ethics, according to ...

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Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump Today - Fortune


Reuters

Why These Female Tech Execs Are Meeting With Donald Trump Today
Fortune
Wednesday's meeting will come after the tech sector broadly opposed Trump's candidacy, motivated by concerns from data privacy to telecom regulation. Another big concern was the potential impact of Trump's immigration stance on tech staffing. Silicon ...
Trump effect? IBM announces US hiring surge prior to tech summitHot Air
IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet TrumpReuters
IBM vows to hire 25000 staff as tech chiefs meet TrumpBBC News
Politico (blog)
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Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump - NPR


Business Insider

Tech Leaders To Meet With President-Elect Trump
NPR
For the most part, the tech industry did not support President-elect Trump. But he won. Trump is convening a technology summit this afternoon in New York City, and expects Silicon Valley leaders will be there. One of the industry's luminaries — Bill ...
Tech titans are meeting with Trump todayBusiness Insider
The topic at the Trump tech summit today will be jobs and the economy, with no set agendaRecode
Trump to meet tech firms including Apple, Facebook and GoogleThe Guardian
Washington Times -Quartz -New York Times -Wall Street Journal
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US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance - Aljazeera.com


US tech employees vow to fight Trump on surveillance
Aljazeera.com
Drawing comparisons to the Holocaust and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the employees signed an open letter at neveragain.tech rebuking ideas floated by Trump during the campaign trail. The protest, which began with about 60 ...

and more »


Tech workers unite against a potential US Muslim registry - Engadget


Engadget

Tech workers unite against a potential US Muslim registry
Engadget
The commitment, which resides at neveragain.tech, explains that tech workers are the gatekeepers of "data about people." It recognizes technology's role in aiding catastrophic human rights abuses in the past, specifically mentioning IBM's work with ...
Tech workers vow not to build Trump Muslim registryUSA TODAY
Tech workers vow not to build database to track MuslimsCNET
Tech companies should probably come out against a Muslim registry nowTechCrunch
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