This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. A month ago Donald Trump issued an executive order designed to maintain America’s greatness on artificial intelligence. I reviewed it unfavorably for its lack of specifics, absence of…
Facebook is under pressure over its livestreaming video feature, after the man accused of shooting 50 people in New Zealand is thought to have broadcast the attack live via the social network. The company stated on on Twitter on Sunday morning that it had deleted 1.5 million videos of the attack in 24 hours, and…
WHEN JOHN HEARNE, Ireland’s ambassador to Washington, sent Harry Truman a box of shamrocks on St Patrick’s Day in 1952, he could not have imagined he was launching the greatest exercise in soft power. Yet it is hard to think of a rival to the annual shamrock ceremony and its attendant rituals. On March 14th,…
• New Zealand grappled with grief and horror on Sunday as the death toll rose to 50 people two days after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. The terrorist attack appeared to have been carried out by a white nationalist who posted a racist manifesto online and streamed live…
To achieve success, sometimes you need to go against the grain. That’s a formula that has worked for MUJI, the Japanese retailer that in an age of excess is standing out from the competition by designing and selling products that are stripped down to their minimalist core. “We believe we can liberate consumers by eliminating…
Just a two minute walk from the front door of the White House, on the eastern edge of leafy Lafayette Square, sits the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, a 9-story red brick structure with dark, narrow windows. Inside, federal judges oversee a mix of cases and appeals involving patent disputes, veteran benefits, oil spills,…
“WE ARE NOT a place where violent extremism exists,” said Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand on March 15th. It was the country’s largely harmonious, multicultural society that terrorists were trying to undermine, she argues, by attacking two mosques in the city of Christchurch earlier in the day, as worshippers were gathering for…
The wounded tried to crawl away or lie still, while others ran or crouched behind the dead, but the gunman kept pulling the trigger. He shot fleeing women and girls, and pumped bullet after bullet into piles of motionless men and boys in a house of worship. The man accused of carrying out the worst…
Apple is taking another swipe at its fellow tech giants for their privacy policies, this time in a new commercial that touts Apple’s stated focus on protecting user privacy. Without naming the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, the TV ad invokes what many consider to be their lax privacy stances. “If privacy matters in…
At least 49 people were shot dead Friday in a mass shooting that targeted two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. A further 48 people were injured. Young children are among the victims. A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder, and two other suspects are in police custody. "This can only be…
