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In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it's exiting the general-purpose facial recognition business and opposes the use of such tech for mass surveillance — In a letter to members of Congress on Monday, IBM said it is existing the general-purpose facial recognition business …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Nextdoor's reliance on untrained volunteer moderators has raised concerns over censorship and targeting of people of color, an issue amplified by recent events — Kalkidan G. moved to Rancho Santa Fe because it was one of the nicer neighborhoods in San Diego.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon sues former AWS VP of product marketing Brian Hall, alleging his new role at Google Cloud violates a non-compete agreement — A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, alleges that his new role at Google Cloud violates …
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| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch has had a “sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips” from 2017 to 2019, as creators bemoan the three strike rule and lack of bulk deletion tools — There has been a flurry of takedown requests in the last few days — Over the last few days …
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| Matt Burgess / WIRED UK: |
Reflecting on DuckDuckGo's rise as the privacy-focused search engine and the possibility of increased market share because of EU regulatory pressure — In July 2018, Google was fined €4.34 billion for limiting search on Android phones. Almost two years later, its rivals claim little … | Reuters: |
Online used car seller Vroom raises $467.5M in its US IPO after pricing its shares at $22, above the initially marketed range of $18-$20 — (Reuters) - Online used car seller Vroom Inc raised $467.5 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company said on Monday …
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Deep dive on how Google Meet's AI-powered noise cancellation works as it begins rolling out to customers — Google is turning on AI-powered noise cancellation in Google Meet today. Like Microsoft Teams' upcoming noise suppression functionality, the feature leverages supervised learning … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it's working on a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelines and an option to request verification from within the app — Twitter is developing a new in-app system for requesting verification, according to a recent finding from reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, which Twitter has since confirmed.
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| Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
Google Assistant and Apple's Siri now respond to a range of questions regarding Black Lives Matter, including context for “all lives matter” queries — - Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon have programmed their voice assistants to give responses to questions on the Black Lives Matter movement.| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
NY-based Wahed Invest, which describes itself as the world's first “halal robo adviser”, raises $25M led by Saudi Aramco, bringing its total raised to $40M — Wahed Invest, a New York-based fintech startup that describes itself as the world's first halal robo adviser …
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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Sony reschedules its PS5 event for June 11, set to demo upcoming games, and its PlayStation division pledges $1M to causes supporting black communities — Sony will show off new games for its PlayStation 5, launching in the fall. The event had been delayed to allow more focus on George Floyd protests.
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PlayStation.Blog, VentureBeat, Firstpost Tech, The Verge, Fossbytes, International Business Times, Agence France-Presse, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Polygon, Engadget, Laptop Mag, Wccftech, UploadVR, Pocketnow, Destructoid, VG247, and TweakTown News. Tweets: @playstation. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
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Didi Chuxing CEO says its ride sharing orders in China are recovering to pre-pandemic levels, with peak daily car-hailing orders currently surpassing 30M — BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Didi Chuxing, China's biggest ride-hailing company which counts SoftBank as a backer …
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