10 Modern ‘Mechanical Turks’: When Automation Is Just Humans in Disguise

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Amazon’s grocery stores ditched their “Just Walk Out” technology on Tuesday, though it turned out the automated checkout system included 1,000 reviewers in India.

The Tech Industry's C-Suite Convicts, Ranked

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Well, Sam Bankman-Fried is headed up the river. Once a powerful crypto power broker, SBF’s glittering Web3 kingdom came crashing down on his head after a multi-billion dollar scandal. It’s a good reminder that not only does Silicon Valley produce a lot of software products, but it also produces a whole lot of…

All the Ways Rupert Murdoch Left His Grubby Fingerprints on Tech

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The big, wrinkly brain at the head of the massive conservative News Corp media conglomerate, Rupert Murdoch, announced he’s finally stepping down Thursday.

The funniest joke suggestions for Elon Musk's Twitter CEO successor, from Elizabeth Holmes to Meghan Markle

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Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, California.

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Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison, but the fate of her favorite accessory — the iconic black turtleneck — still hangs in the balance

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Amanda Seyfried plays Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's "The Dropout."

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes just gave her first interview since 2016 — showing life with her partner Billy Evans as she awaits prison. Here's what we know about him.

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
William "Billy" Evans shares two young children with Elizabeth Holmes and appeared alongside her daily during her monthslong trial.

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Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it

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Elizabeth Holmes now speaks in an "unremarkable" voice The New York Times said.

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Elizabeth Holmes and her partner spent 6 months on the road in an RV sleeping in Walmart parking lots while working on her legal defense

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Elizabeth Holmes, center, and her partner, Billy Evans, walk to court in San Jose for her sentencing hearing November 18, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes and her husband Billy Evans spent six months in 2019 sleeping in an RV.

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Meet the 'new' Elizabeth Holmes: She's ditched the turtlenecks, abandoned the weird voice, and wants you to call her Liz

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Meet the 'new' Elizabeth Holmes: She's ditched the turtlenecks, abandoned the weird voice, and wants you to call her Liz.

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Elizabeth Holmes went to Burning Man, torched an effigy for Theranos, then spent 6 months living in an RV while prosecutors built a case against her for fraudulent business practices

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in federal court for sentencing after being convicted of four counts of fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors in her company Theranos, which offered blood testing lab services.
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