Google’s recent behavior shows the troubling reality of an internet superpower that abandoned its vow to not 'be evil'

The search giant's recent actions, such as it handling of the Google+ security bug, and its secret Dragonfly effort to re-launch a censored search engine in China, show that it's unaccountable and not trustworthy.

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Google's recent behavior shows the troubling reality of an internet superpower that abandoned its vow to not 'be evil' The search giant's recent actions, such as it handling of the Google+ security bug, and its secret Dragonfly effort to re-launch a censored search engine in China, show that it's unaccountable and not trustworthy. Read More »

Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil would be a disaster for the Amazon and global climate change Jair Bolsonaro, leader of the far-right Partido Social Liberal party, won the first round of Brazil's presidential elections. Often compared to Donald Trump in the US, Bolsonaro has a record of racist, misogynistic, and homophobic views. His proposed policies would be bad news for the environment. Read More »

Apple, Waymo, and even Amazon will have a huge advantage against Tesla in the race to launch self-driving taxis, one Wall Street analyst says BI Prime: Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas told Business Insider that major tech companies like Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon will have an advantage over Tesla when or if they decide to operate self-driving taxi services. Each can offer new services at lower prices than their competitors to gain mark Read More »

12 companies that will pay you to travel the world If you want to travel the world but don't want to wait for your vacation days to add up, a career change may give you the adventure you're looking for. Many companies require their employees to travel — here are 12 companies searching for employees who are willing to travel on the job. Read More »

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The US government appeared to take a shot at Tesla after the company touted the Model 3's safety features The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a statement on Tuesday that it does not evaluate vehicle safety beyond its star rating system. The statement was an apparent response to claims that Tesla has made about its vehicles. Read More »

SoftBank is in talks to invest $15B - $20B in WeWork for a majority stake Softbank may make an investment between $15 billion and $20 billion in WeWork, giving it a majority stake in the co-working space company, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday. The discussion is ongoing and a deal is not guaranteed. Read More »

I took a rare look inside one of Amazon's giant warehouses right before the company hiked workers' wages — here's what I saw Amazon's fulfillment center in Kent, Washington, is about 20 miles south of Amazon's Seattle headquarters. The fulfillment center is just under one million square feet, contains 18 miles of conveyor belts, and lots of robots. Read More »

A ticking time bomb in China has global markets looking really shaky right now "The larger the stimulus used by China to offset the trade war impact, the bigger will its deficit likely be," UBS's Tao Wang, Chief China Economist, said in a report on Tuesday Read More »

Tesla surges after analyst says he doesn't see it needing to raise more cash Tesla shares were up more than 4% Tuesday after Macquarie initiated coverage with a $430 price target. The analyst said Tesla is "uniquely positioned to emerge as the leader in vehicle ecosystem platforms" and that it won't need to raise more cash this year. Read More »

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