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In an explosive article on BuzzFeed News, the organization obtained client lists of a New York-based startup Clearview AI, showing a staggering number of law enforcement officers as well as retail stores have implemented facial recognition technology tied to a vast database including local police departments, the FBI and Walmart. “Government agents should not be […]
“The robots are watching over hotel housekeepers, telling them which room to clean and tracking how quickly they do it,” according to an article by Josh Dzieza for The Verge. “They’re managing software developers, monitoring their clicks and scrolls and docking their pay if they work too slowly. They’re listening to call center workers, telling […]
The Apollo Masters plant in Banning, Calif., burned down on Feb. 6, eliminating the sole U.S. source of the blank lacquer master disks engineers cut on special lathes to create vinyl records. Manufacturing with the volatile lacquer used in the record business has become a concern of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it’s unknown […]
“As the global income of women reaches trillions of dollars, women are expected to control almost 75% of discretionary spending worldwide by 2028,” according to a new report by Pinterest. “These women are using Pinterest to find ideas for dinner, travel, home and family clothing choices. But, the how-tos and inspiration go beyond recipes, holidays and […]
According to this graphic by HootSuite for their annual report, Facebook still leads the world, but there is a lot in play, such as fewer minutes spent each day on Facebook and more on SnapChat, researchers found. Click the video for a discussion of the results or the source link for the original article by […]
Artificial intelligence is about to grow a conscience, thanks to innumerable experts the U.S. Department of Defense hired to study ethics in A.I. Fifteen months of consultations with academics, scientists and others led to the announcement. “Deliberate steps to minimize unintended bias in A.I. capabilities” are top priorities in the DoD’s work. “The Defense Department’s […]
Although we’ve been hearing about 5G for a long time, it’s hard to know what to expect once the rollout in 2020 starts to pick up speed and more people trade up their phones to 5G devices. “Until this point there have been a few sparse 5G networks available in cities, but with only a […]
“An emerging body of research is suggesting that soaring 35,000 feet (10 kilometers) above the ground inside a sealed metal tube can do strange things to our minds, altering our mood, changing how our senses work and even making us itch more,” according to Richard Gray for BBC Future. Frequent fliers may have found themselves […]
“The ‘gambler’s fallacy,’” also called the Monte Carlo Fallacy, “can affect everyone from athletes to loan officers, creating deceptive biases that lead you to anticipate patterns that don’t really exist,” according to David Robson for BBC Worklife. Robson posited a scenario to find out if you fall for the gambler’s fallacy: “Imagine you are tossing […]
As we move into an era of increasingly convoluted and exclusionary music-playing options, a moment of recognition is in order for the last great car stereo legacy The Outline | Nate RogersSource: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-preemptive-eulogy-for-the-cassette-adapter?utm_source=pocket-newtab