{"source":"Technology","paragraphs":["\u003cp\u003eAs that weirdo, Google’s design

makes perfect sense and it’s possible it might do the same for regular folk. The
new layout for search result is ugly at first glance — but then Google was always
ugly until relatively recently. I very quickly learned to unconsciously take in the
information from the top favicon and URL-esque info without it really distracting
me. ...Which is basically the problem. Google’s using that same design language to
identify its ads instead of much more obvious, visually distinct methods. It’s
consistent, I guess, but it also feels
deceptive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApple has three current phones to choose
from, each with different characteristics and prices. The one that most people
should buy is actually the least expensive of the three: the iPhone 11. Apple has
three current phones to choose from, each with different characteristics and
prices. The one that most people should buy is actually the least expensive of the
three: the iPhone 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of Giannandrea’s
hiring, the move was considered an admission from Apple that its current AI efforts
were lackluster and needing revamping, evidenced by Siri falling far behind Google
Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa in sophistication and industry adoption. Despite Siri
living inside every iPhone and arriving on the scene before any other major voice
assistant, Amazon and Google have led the race in consumer AI by incorporating
their respective assistants into smart home products, a sector where Apple has
lagged due to its stricter stances on user privacy and its delayed entrance to the
smart speaker market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabet’s stock rose 3.5
percent in after-hours trading, and some analysts recommended the company’s shares.
With the regulatory issue settled, they said, Google could get back to focusing on
selling ads across the internet.\"It’s like a delivery company having to pay for a
parking ticket,\" Brian Wieser, a Pivotal Research analyst, said of the penalty,
which Alphabet accounted for in the second quarter. \"It’s not a meaningful fine in
the context of the size of this
company.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChhattisgarh’s $71 million free-phone
program - known by the acronym SKY after its name in Hindi - is supposed to bridge
the digital divide in this state of 26 million people, which is covered by large
patches of forest and counts 7,000 villages that do not even have a wireless data
signal. The plan is to add hundreds of cellphone towers and give a basic smartphone
to every college student and one woman in every household to connect more families
to the internet and help fulfill the central government’s goal of a \"Digital
India.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApple said its profit increased to $11.52
billion in its most recent quarter, up nearly a third from the same period a year
earlier, showing that the company’s enormous business selling iPhones and other
gadgets continues to breeze along. The strong results beat Wall Street estimates,
sending the company’s shares about 4 percent higher on Wednesday to a new record
and for a market value of more than $950 billion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe
secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa) granted the order to the FBI
on April 25, giving the government unlimited authority to obtain the data for a
specified three-month period ending on July 19. Under the terms of the blanket
order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data,
call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The
contents of the conversation itself are not
covered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe algorithm is used by health care
providers to screen patients for \"high-risk care management\" intervention. Under
this system, patients who have especially complex medical needs are automatically
flagged by the algorithm. Once selected, they may receive additional care
resources, like more attention from doctors. As the researchers note, the system is
widely used around the United States, and for good reason. Extra benefits like
dedicated nurses and more primary care appointments are costly for health care
providers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a result, he said, algorithms have
magnified our worst tendencies and \"rogue actors and even governments\" have used
our data against us \"to deepen divisions, incite violence and even undermine our
shared sense of what is true and what is false.\" In one piercing portion, Mr. Cook
criticized how companies like Facebook and Google — while taking care not to
mention them by name — deliver personalized news feeds that lead to so-called
filter bubbles and confirmation bias.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmazon did not
give a concrete reason for the decision beyond calling for federal regulation of
the tech, although the company says it will continue providing the software to
rights organizations dedicated to missing and exploited children and combating
human trafficking. The unspoken context here of course is the death of George
Floyd, a black man killed by former Minnesota police officers, and ongoing protests
around the US and the globe against racism and systemic police
brutality.\u003c/p\u003e"]}