Enlarge / A close-up of a police facial recognition camera in use at the Cardiff City Stadium on January 12, 2020 in Cardiff, Wales. Police used the technology to identify individuals who were issued with football banning orders in an attempt to prevent disorder. Critics argued that the use of such technology is invasive and ..
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reader comments 140 with 110 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications has claimed to the Federal Communications Commission that broadband users enjoy having Internet plans with data caps, in a filing arguing that Charter should be allowed to impose caps on its Spectrum Internet service starting next year. Charter isn’t currently allowed to impose ..
ymgerman / Getty reader comments 125 with 86 posters participating, including story author Share this story New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock his or her cell phone doesn’t violate the Fifth Amendment. The courts continue to be deeply split on this question. Back in June, Indiana’s Supreme Court reached ..
Enlarge / Photo from North Paulding High School, tweeted by student Hannah Watters on Tuesday, August 4. reader comments 240 with 118 posters participating Share this story There are nine newly confirmed COVID-19 cases at the high school that suspended a 15-year-old who had tweeted a photo of a hallway packed with maskless students. North ..
Enlarge / Despite trillions of dollars of economic damage, Bill Gates is optimistic that a strong pipeline of therapies and vaccines will carry the US through the pandemic. Jeff Pachoud | Getty Images reader comments 193 with 106 posters participating Share this story For 20 years Bill Gates has been easing out of the roles ..
Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 40 with 38 posters participating, including story author Share this story A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal judiciary has been overcharging thousands of users for access to public court records. PACER, short for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, is an online system that allows ..
Kevin Alfaro / Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 201 with 101 posters participating, including story author Share this story A New Jersey man is facing felony charges for a tweet seeking to identify a police officer. Four others are facing felony charges for retweeting the tweet, the Washington Post reports. Kevin Alfaro was ..
reader comments 77 with 65 posters participating, including story author Share this story Dozens of discussion groups on Reddit—including those dedicated to the National Football League, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Gorillaz—were hit in a Friday morning mass takeover spree that used the subreddits to spread messages promoting President Trump. The hijacked accounts had ..
Enlarge / If the Trump administration has its way, these logos will be scarce inside the US in a few weeks. reader comments 260 with 105 posters participating Share this story Trade War! USA v. China View more stories The White House’s campaign against the China-based developers of popular apps escalated dramatically in the last ..
Enlarge / Photo from North Paulding High School, tweeted by student Hannah Watters on Tuesday. reader comments 334 with 164 posters participating Share this story A 15-year-old high school student who posted a viral photo of a crowded school hallway says the school suspended her for five days for allegedly violating a social-media policy. But ..
