“Uber now says it had a legal obligation to report the hack to regulators and to drivers whose license numbers were taken. Instead, the company paid hackers to delete the data and keep the breach quiet.”— Eric Newcomer, bloomberg.com
“I know there's a lot of scary stuff in the world right now, but this is something I've been thinking about that I can't get out of my head. As a cast member on a show about tech., our job entails visiting tech. companies/conferences etc. We meet people eager to show off new tech. Often we'll see tec…”— Kumail Nanjiani, twitter.com
“On agism, I don't think anyone can deny there is a certain amount of agism in the industry. You can just look at the median age of new hires of just about every Silicon Valley company. I suspect many, if not most, have median hiring ages well below 30.”— Jeff Nelson, quora.com
“The truck offers a transmission that requires no shifting of gears with regenerative braking that provides “basically infinite” brake life per Tesla.”— Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com
“Strangers, using basic hacking techniques, could track children as they moved or make a child appear to be in a completely different location.”— Jane Wakefield, bbc.com
“The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.”— Adam Savage, popularmechanics.com
“The system is failing. The way ad revenue works with clickbait is not fulfilling the goal of helping humanity promote truth and democracy.”— Tim Berners-Lee, theguardian.com
“The one constant is thirty years of business flying is watching other people play solitaire. Windows to iOS, some things never change.”— Chris Anderson, twitter.com
“My grandpa told me that my generation relies too much on technology... I told him: No grandpa, your does. Then I unplugged his life support.”— DontAskAgainDog, reddit.com
“People ask me: Will the machines ever win against humanity? I say: 'Look around in any airport or restaurant and see how many people are on their phones. The machines have already won.'”— James Cameron, hollywoodreporter.com
“As an advertiser, I must tell you ads are dead. The future is about things people want, not things they have to endure.”— Lou Paskalis, wsj.com
“...there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do...Well, a philosopher can always contradict other philosophers.”— William James, theatlantic.com
“Trump’s political career began in advocacy of birtherism. But long before that, he had made his worldview clear.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“Barack Obama delivered to black people the hoary message that if they work twice as hard as white people, anything is possible. But Trump’s counter is persuasive: Work half as hard as black people, and even more is possible”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“It's always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you're allowed to say, but this isn't true. If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.”— Shel Silverstein, theatlantic.com
“I think people spend too much time staring into screens and not enough time drinking wine, tongue kissing, and dancing under the moon.”— Rachel Wolchin, twitter.com