Enlarge / Police using facial recognition software could possibly identify thousands of Americans nationwide as participants in protests against police brutality and overreach. Including this group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 5. reader comments 34 with 21 posters participating Share this story Secretive facial-recognition firm Clearview AI is facing new questions from lawmakers, in addition ..
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Enlarge / A woman holds a placard reading ‘I can’t breathe’ amid tear gas in Toulouse, France. Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images reader comments 372 with 111 posters participating Share this story When Amira Chowdhury joined a protest in Philadelphia against police violence on Monday, she wore a mask to protect herself and others against ..
reader comments 40 with 31 posters participating Share this story State-backed hackers from Iran and China recently targeted the presidential campaigns of Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, a Google threat analyst said on Thursday. The revelation is the latest evidence of foreign governments attempting to gain intelligence on US politicians and potentially ..
reader comments 46 with 37 posters participating, including story author Share this story Instagram does not provide users of its embedding API a copyright license to display embedded images on other websites, the company said in a Thursday email to Ars Technica. The announcement could come as an unwelcome surprise to users who believed that ..
Enlarge / A Miami Police officer watches protesters from an armored vehicle on May 31, 2020. Richard Arduengo | Getty Images reader comments 196 with 101 posters participating Share this story The images of this past week are both inescapable and indelible: protesters flooding the streets of cities across the United States, met by police ..
Enlarge / Thousands of peaceful demonstrators holding banners gather in front of the White House for the fifth consecutive day to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC, United States. reader comments ..
Enlarge / Don’t worry, the fire isn’t real. Getty Images | RapidEye reader comments 96 with 77 posters participating Share this story Broadband and TV providers can keep charging “rental” fees for equipment that customers own themselves until December 2020, thanks to a Federal Communications Commission ruling that delays implementation of a new law. A ..
Enlarge / A global pandemic is no excuse for sticking your nose in other people’s private data. reader comments 50 with 33 posters participating Share this story A group of lawmakers from both parties is putting forth legislation that aims to protect Americans’ privacy and personal data while advancing public health initiatives in the face ..
Enlarge / AT&T executive John Stankey at a presentation for investors at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29, 2019, in Burbank, California. reader comments 70 with 63 posters participating Share this story AT&T’s new HBO Max streaming service is exempt from the carrier’s mobile data caps, even though competing services such as Netflix, Amazon, and ..
Enlarge / The book drop outside the Spring Township library in Pennsylvania was closed on April 6, 2020. reader comments 87 with 62 posters participating Share this story Four of the nation’s leading book publishers have sued the Internet Archive, the online library best known for maintaining the Internet Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive makes ..
