reader comments 64 with 46 posters participating Share this story The Internal Revenue Service today said that selfies collected from taxpayers will be deleted and that it has deployed a new verification option as an alternative to its controversial facial recognition system. The IRS’s use of the ID.me facial recognition service has been criticized by ..
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Enlarge / A bicycle courier of grocery delivery company “Gorillas” wears a backpack with the logo of the startup on his way to deliver purchases in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz | Getty reader comments 251 with 117 posters participating Share this story In May 2021, grocery delivery company Zapp moved into a small garage, squashed between ..
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto reader comments 89 with 62 posters participating Share this story Since filing whistleblower complaints against Facebook last year, Frances Haugen hasn’t been sitting still. A report today says the Facebook (now Meta) whistleblower has filed two new complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission that allege the company internally acknowledged it was struggling ..
Enlarge / Tesla’s camera-only approach to driver assistance keeps landing it in trouble. Aurich Lawson | Tesla reader comments 351 with 146 posters participating Share this story Tesla is facing a new headache this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a “phantom braking” problem after receiving hundreds of complaints ..
reader comments 222 with 95 posters participating Share this story A lawyer for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk claimed in a court filing today that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is harassing the car company and Musk to “muzzle” his criticism of the government. The three-page letter from lawyer Alex Spiro to US District ..
reader comments 129 with 82 posters participating Share this story The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI reportedly told investors that it aims to collect 100 billion photos—supposedly enough to ensure that almost every human will be in its database. “Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos ..
Getty Images | niknikon reader comments 104 with 58 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission has voted to ban the exclusive revenue-sharing deals between landlords and Internet service providers that prevent broadband competition in apartment buildings and other multi-tenant environments. The new ban and other rule changes were adopted in a 4-0 ..
Enlarge / San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks at a press conference in protest of Mayor London Breed’s plan for more policing and enforcement of laws that could affect drug users in the Tenderloin neighborhood on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Getty Images | San Francisco Chronicle reader comments 235 with 100 posters participating Share ..
Enlarge / Earl Sinclair and Baby Sinclair (not actual IBM employees). reader comments 160 with 97 posters participating Share this story A former high-level IBM executive wrote an internal message calling older workers “dinobabies” who should go “extinct,” according to a plaintiff’s filing in an age-discrimination lawsuit against IBM. “In arbitration, Plaintiff’s counsel have obtained ..
Enlarge / Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference on May 29, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri. reader comments 214 with 125 posters participating Share this story A Cole County prosecutor has rebuffed Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s request to file criminal charges against a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who identified a major security flaw in ..
