It’s now official: Sonal Shah, former head of global development at Google.org, the search-engine company’s philanthropic arm, is head of the new White House Office of Social Innovation. Shin Inouye, ...

The Seattle-based firm was awarded the patent in March. It details a system of taking photos against a white background how to set up a photography studio.

The federal government will soon have invested half a billion dollars in 25 national artificial intelligence institutes, intended to back “responsible innovation that advances the public good ...