Innovations: Uber’s ‘fingerprinting’ of iPhones after users delete app has sparked an FTC complaint

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In the future, virtual assistants will not only take orders. They’ll also have ideas of their own.; This audio clip of a robot as Trump may prelude a future of fake human voices; Uber’s head of self-driving cars, accused of stealing a competitor’s secrets, just stepped aside; The age of flying cars is here, Silicon Valley promises;
 
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In the future, virtual assistants will not only take orders. They’ll also have ideas of their own.
Humans may not be taking direct orders from their technology, at least not yet.
By Steven Overly  •  Read more »
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This audio clip of a robot as Trump may prelude a future of fake human voices
And a perfect vocal replication of Trump — or you, or anyone — could be just a few years away, experts say.
By Avi Selk  •  Read more »
 
Uber’s head of self-driving cars, accused of stealing a competitor’s secrets, just stepped aside
Anthony Levandowski has emerged as a central figure in the intellectual property dispute between Uber and Waymo.
By Steven Overly  •  Read more »
 
Uber’s ‘fingerprinting’ of iPhones after users delete app has sparked an FTC complaint
The group claims that Uber’s practice of tagging iPhones was “unfair and deceptive.”
By Steven Overly  •  Read more »
 
The age of flying cars is here, Silicon Valley promises
But we won’t be living like the Jetsons just yet.
By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »
 
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