May 26, 2017

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A veteran of turnarounds, Jim Hackett takes on a big job navigating Ford into the driverless era

An industry outsider will help Ford navigate an altered car industry and compete with the likes of Google and Uber.

 
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Google now tracks your credit card purchases and connects them to its online profile of you

The search giant wants to know how online ads translate into offline sales, but says it is taking steps to ensure users’ privacy isn’t breached.

 
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This startup is building technology to preserve you, digitally

With a selfie and some audio, a startup called Oben says, it can make you an avatar that can say—or sing—anything.

 
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The most dexterous robot yet learned to grasp from virtual objects

A dexterous multi-fingered robot practiced using virtual objects in a simulated world, showing how machine learning and the cloud could revolutionize manual work.

 
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This is what the world’s top StarCraft players think of a potential contest with advanced AI

Elite players of the strategy game reveal how they would fight high-level AI bots created by DeepMind, Facebook, and other tech companies.

 
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