Silicon Valley has dominated recent news, from disgraced Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick’s leave of absence to work on “Self 2.0”, to the threat of massive antitrust fines against Google in Europe, to Amazon devouring the upmarket grocer Whole Foods.It will this week too, as the leaders of Big Tech gather at the White House for a summit on how private sector technology companies can help government tackle its largest digital dilemmas.
最近硅谷出了好多热点新闻,从名誉扫地的优步(Uber)首席执行官特拉维斯•卡兰尼克(Travis Kalanick)休假以专心打造“自我2.0”(本文发表后,卡兰尼克宣布辞职——译者注),到欧洲威胁要对谷歌(Google)处以巨额反垄断罚款,再到亚马逊(Amazon)收购高档超市——全食(Whole Foods)。还有一件大事,大型科技公司的高管们日前齐聚白宫出席一个峰会,商讨私营部门的科技公司如何帮助政府解决其面临的最大的数字科技难题。