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Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

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Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal, the popular messaging app that offers encrypted communication. You might recognize Meredith’s name from a different context: in 2018, she was an AI researcher at Google and one of the organizers of the Google walkout, during which 20,000 employees protested the company’s handling of sexual misconduct. Meredith also […]

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Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM

Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM

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Smith said Microsoft has not sold its facial-recognition technology to police departments. And the company has backed legislation in California that would allow police use of the technology with some restrictions. “We will not sell facial-recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human

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Amazon Won't Let Police Use Its Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

Amazon Won’t Let Police Use Its Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

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Amazon announced on Wednesday it was implementing a “one-year moratorium” on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition technology. Lawmakers and civil liberties groups have expressed growing alarm over the tool’s potential for misuse by law enforcement for years, particularly against communities of color. Now, weeks into worldwide protests against police brutality and racism sparked

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The FTC Won't Protect You From DTC Competition

The FTC Won’t Protect You From DTC Competition

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued to block Edgewell’s acquisition of shaving direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Harry’s, fearing industry consolidation since Edgewell owns the Schick and Wilkinson blade brands. It’s a disappointment to Harry’s founders and VC investors, to be sure, and perhaps even a deterrent to further VC investment in DTC disruptor companies. But

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Award of the Golden Steering Wheel

Elon Musk Just Boasted About His New EDM Song On Twitter. Yes It’s Terrible And No It Won’t Matter

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dpatop – 12 November 2019, Berlin: RECROP – Elon Musk, Tesla boss, smiles after the Golden Steering … [+] Wheel award. Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa (Photo by Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Being a famous celebrity entrepreneur has its perks. So does being the boyfriend of the musician Grimes. Elon

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Tech won’t save us from the future, thinking and doing different might

Tech won’t save us from the future, thinking and doing different might

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Reading time: 6 mins A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, perky young men and women in Silicon Valley and its overseas dependencies (Shoreditch, Stockholm and Berlin etc) would proudly display their technophilia and faith in all things digital on their chests – “tech will save us” went the strikingly positivist slogan.

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