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Police using Google Images + Facial Recognition
"The New York Police Department used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program in an attempt to identify a beer thief who…
Google Uses Gmail To Track a History of Things You Buy — and It’s Hard To Delete
CNBC's Todd Haselton has discovered that Google saves years of information on the purchases you've made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail.…
Facebook Contractors Categorize Your Private Posts To Train AI
Facebook uses thousands of third-party staffers around the world to look at Facebook and Instagram posts to help train its AI and to inform new…
How Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology is Supercharging Local Police
Deputies in this corner of western Oregon outside ultraliberal Portland used to track down criminals the old-fashioned way, faxing caught-on-camera images of a suspect around…
How Much Do Amazon Deliveries Contribute To Global Warming?
It's no coincidence that the number of trucks on the road has doubled since Amazon launched in 1994. That's a huge deal for the climate,…
Uber Admits It Wants To Take Riders Away From Public Transit
"Uber took down the taxi industry and now it wants a piece of public transit," reports CNN, in an article shared by dryriver: For years,…
‘They’re Basically Lying’ – Mental Health Apps Caught Secretly Sharing Data
"Free apps marketed to people with depression or who want to quit smoking are hemorrhaging user data to third parties like Facebook and Google --…
10% of Twitter Users Create 80% of the Tweets
In the United States, 10% of Twitter's users create 80% of its tweets, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center: The median…
Hacker Can Monitor Cars And Kill Their Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
A hacker broke into thousands of accounts belonging to users of two GPS tracker apps, giving him the ability to monitor the locations of tens…
Applying For Your Next Job May Be an Automated Nightmare
If you think looking for a job is already daunting, anxiety-riddled, and unpleasant, just wait until the algorithms take over the hiring process. When they…
The Feds Are Dropping Child Porn Cases Instead of Revealing Their Surveillance Systems
The Department of Justice has been dismissing child pornography cases in order to not reveal information about the software programs used as the basis for…
Scientists Have Developed a Brain Implant That Can Read People’s Minds
The team at the University of California, San Francisco says the technology is "exhilarating." They add that their findings, published in the journal Nature, could…
Why Energy Is A Big And Rapidly Growing Problem For Data Centers
U.S. data centers use more than 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, requiring roughly 34 giant (500-megawatt) coal-powered plants. Global data centers used roughly…
Facial Recognition to board a plane
A boarding technology for travelers using JetBlue is causing controversy due to a social media thread on the airline's use of facial recognition. Last week,…
Google Home calls the Police, always listening
According to ABC News, officers were called to a home outside Albuquerque, New Mexico this week when a Google Home called 911 and the operator…
Our phones make us feel like social-media activists, but they’re actually turning us into bystanders
On April 9, 2017, a video of a man being dragged off a United Airlines flight was posted on the internet and went viral. But…
Microsoft Turned Down Facial-Recognition Sales over “Human Rights Concerns”
Microsoft recently rejected a California law enforcement agency's request to install facial recognition technology in officers' cars and body cameras due to human rights concerns,…
Chinese companies using GPS tracking device smartwatches to monitor, alert street cleaners
Street cleaners in parts of China are reportedly being forced to wear GPS-tracking smartwatches so employers can monitor how hard they work, sparking public outrage…
Tenants Outraged Over New York Landlord’s Plan To Install Facial Recognition Technology
A Brooklyn landlord plans to install facial recognition technology at the entrance of a 700-unit building, according to Gothamist, "raising alarm among tenants and housing…
We’re All Being Judged By a Secret ‘Trustworthiness’ Score
Nearly everything we buy, how we buy, and where we're buying from is secretly fed into AI-powered verification services that help companies guard against credit-card…