Amazon is hiring an expert who would be in charge of overseeing the company’s health privacy regulations, known as HIPAA, for a “new initiative,” CNBC reports.
Why it matters: Other tech companies, like Apple and Alphabet, have made a similar step to invest in the digital health care sector, per CNBC. The new vacancy reportedly means that Amazon plans to work with other companies to manage data on personal health.
More than 50,000 companies use Slack for internal communication, and the average user sends 70 messages a day. To help users manage their messages and filter the most crucial information, Slack is adding artificial intelligence to its platform, per the MIT Tech Review.
The big picture: Slack hired Noah Weiss, a computer scientist from Stanford, to spearhead the effort in 2016. "Weiss aims to make Slack function like your ruthlessly organized, multitasking assistant who knows everything that’s going on and keeps you briefed on only the most salient events," the Tech Review reports.
This map shows the average travel time to the nearest city from nearly every place on Earth. Daniel Weiss at the University of Oxford and his colleagues used data from the Open Street Map Project and Google to map the globe and determine how long it takes to reach an urban area based on distance and access to roads, waterways, and railways.
New allegations about Anthony Levandowski, the former Waymo and Uber employee, and his role in the companies’ legal dispute, have surfaced as part of a lawsuit filed by his children’s ex-nanny, as Wired first reported.
Why it matters: Throughout the case, there’s been a speculation about Levandowski and Uber’s conduct in regards to Waymo’s allegations of stolen trade secrets, in part because of missing documents and other evidence.
U.S. lawmakers have warned AT&T about doing business with Chinese phone-maker Huawei, citing security concerns, reports Reuters.
Why it matters: Federal regulators have blocked several Chinese acquisitions and partnerships with American companies, following President Donald Trump's pledge to crack down on the United States' largest trading partner. National security officials fear that data from Huawei devices could be used for foreign espionage by Chinese intelligence services.
