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China Labor Watch: at the largest iPhone factory ~50% of workers were temps in August, breaking a 10% limit set by China; Apple, Foxconn admit it was an issue (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: China Labor Watch: at the largest iPhone factory ~50% of workers were temps in August, breaking a 10% limit set by China; Apple, Foxconn admit it was an issue  —  – Companies confirm report on excessive use of temporary workers  — China Labor Watch alleges harsh conditions before iPhone event China

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An overview of potential challenges facing Facebook, Google, and Amazon from state attorneys general, who sometimes have assistance from the federal government (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Tony Romm / Washington Post: An overview of potential challenges facing Facebook, Google, and Amazon from state attorneys general, who sometimes have assistance from the federal government  —  The nation’s state attorneys general have tangled with mortgage lenders, tobacco giants and the makers of addictive drugs. An overview of potential challenges facing Facebook, Google, and

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AI must account for basic concepts of how the world works, like time, space, and causality, beyond statistical pattern detection, before it can earn our trust (New York Times)

New York Times: AI must account for basic concepts of how the world works, like time, space, and causality, beyond statistical pattern detection, before it can earn our trust  —  Computer systems need to understand time, space and causality.  Right now they don’t.  —  Dr. Marcus is cognitive psychologist and robotics entrepreneur. AI must account

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Happy Money, a lending platform that helps users pay off high-interest-rate debt with cheaper loans from credit unions, raises $70M Series D (Donna Fuscaldo/Forbes)

Donna Fuscaldo / Forbes: Happy Money, a lending platform that helps users pay off high-interest-rate debt with cheaper loans from credit unions, raises $70M Series D  —  I write about the fintech, cryptocurrency and investing markets.  —  Happy Money, the Costa Mesa, California-based fintech that operates a marketplace … Happy Money, a lending platform that

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Microsoft's Brad Smith about his new book and how tech sector and governments need to step up and do more to address the challenges that technology is creating (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Microsoft’s Brad Smith about his new book and how tech sector and governments need to step up and do more to address the challenges that technology is creating  —  Listen to this episode  —  Microsoft President Brad Smith has a light-up globe, a neon blue miniature likeness of Earth … Microsoft's

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