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New York vows to keep trying after Orwellian facial recognition program fails
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's driver recognition pilot program has yielded perfect results: it works zero percent of the time. Congratulations would be in order, but despite this fantastic failure the state intends to continue building it's privacy-smashing facial recognition program. The ...
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Report: ICE database tracks nearly 60% of US population without a warrant
Internal documents revealed by the ACLU through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the extent and illegal nature ...
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The US Army wants us to pretend autonomous tanks aren't killer robots
Killer robots? Are you going to throw that in the Army's face everytime you have an argument? You're being irrational. Look, ...
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Study: Nearly half of all Americans have a family member who's been incarcerated
There's nearly a 50/50 chance that you've got a family member who spent at least one night one jail. This, according to the ...
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Chinese cyberattacks on the US are on the rise again after a years-long truce
After a few years of slowdown, it looks like China's back to hacking US entities, according to a report by Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm. The report notes China's collecting intelligence for its "Made in China 2025" plan that will make the country a world leader in manufacturing. In ...
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Why Huawei CFO’s arrest is sparking tension between the US and China
While Huawei is selling tons of phones worldwide, it's facing a grim time in the US with plenty of lawsuits and governmental bans against it over surveillance concerns. Most notably, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, has been arrested and is facing a potential ...
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The FBI says its photo analysis is scientific evidence. Scientists disagree.
At the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, a team of about a half-dozen technicians analyzes pictures down to their pixels, trying to determine if the faces, hands, clothes or cars of suspects match images collected by investigators from cameras at crime scenes. The unit specializes ...
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Uber is now working on self-driving scooters and bicycles
Uber is now embarking on a mission to build autonomous electric scooters and bicycles for its fleet of on-demand vehicles. ...
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US police can't force you to unlock your phone with fingerprints or face recognition
A US federal court judge ruled that police can't compel suspects to unlock their phones using biometrics like face recognition, ...
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US Army's defense of killer robots sounds like the plot to War Games
The US Army has an incongruous message on its development of autonomous weapons systems. Did we learn nothing from the 1980s? ...
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NASA looks to secure flight data with blockchain tech
NASA is exploring potential use-cases for blockchain technology in a bid to safeguard the privacy and security of aircraft ...
