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Chinese officials are gathering blood samples from Uighurs in a mass DNA collection effort for use by scientists researching using DNA to map facial images — Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.
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A group of four former Google employees who say they were fired for organizing are filing unfair labor practice charges against the company — Three of the four former Google engineers who were recently fired from the company and alleging Google retaliated against them for workplace organizing.
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AWS launches its custom Inferentia inferencing chips for EC2 instances, which promise to be more cost efficient than existing options and capable of 2,000 TOPS — At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced the launch of its Inferentia chips, which it initially announced last year.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
AWS updates its Arm-powered processor line with Graviton2, which it claims offers 40% better performance over comparable x86-based cloud instances for 20% less — With Graviton2, AWS is making it clear that it is serious about Arm processors in the data center as well as moving cloud infrastructure innovation at its pace.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google adds a chat feature to Google Photos, rolling out over the next week to iOS, Android, and the web — An argument could be made that Google has over-indulged in its creation of way too many messaging apps in years past. But today's launch of a new messaging service …
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Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, and Sundar Pichai sign a renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement and urge the US to stay in, joining 70+ CEOs and US labor leaders — The U.S. government may be in the process of formally withdrawing from the term of the Paris Agreement, an International accord …
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Adobe: US Cyber Monday sales totaled $9.2B, up 16.5% YoY, shopping via smartphones accounted for a record $3B+, driving 54% of all site visits, up 19% YoY — Cyber Monday — the final day of the extended Thanksgiving weekend that traditionally kicks off holiday season spend …
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Twitter updates global privacy policy to comply with CCPA, will move non-EU/US accounts to US to reduce GDPR risks, launches Privacy Center site to inform users — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is updating its global privacy policy to give users more information …
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Inside the struggles of Larry Page-backed flying car company Kitty Hawk as sources suggest it may have ceded control of its self-flying taxi program to Boeing — Deputy editor for Industry; eyes on the skies — In 2017, success seemed to be just around the corner for Kitty Hawk …
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For over a year, Ring let police access a heat map of installed Ring video doorbells that let users zoom in very close to street level; it was removed in July — The company once offered a map, now withdrawn, that allowed police to zoom in to see the specific location of Ring customers.| New York Times: |
Facebook created a chatbot called “Liam Bot” that teaches employees official company talking points for responding to friends and family critiquing the company — The “Liam Bot” teaches employees what to say if friends or family ask difficult questions about the company over the holidays.
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Gong, which uses AI to provide insights on customer behavior and improve sales, raises $65M led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total raised to $134M — TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli startup Gong said on Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total raised to $134 million.
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US proposes tariffs on up to $2.4B of French goods after concluding that France's digital services tax unfairly discriminates against US tech companies — The Trump administration on Monday proposed the imposition of 100 per cent tariffs on up to $2.4bn of French goods, including champagne …
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A new project aims to make Library Genesis (LibGen), which is a widely-used resource for pirating scientific papers and is often offline, much more stable — It's hard to find free and open access to scientific material online. The latest studies and current research huddle behind paywalls unread by those who could benefit.
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| Caroline Haskins / VICE: |
Profile of Amazon's Ring, which began as a smart doorbell startup called DoorBot, declined a Shark Tank investment offer, and is now a huge surveillance network — This is the first of a three-part series, where we'll explore how Ring transformed from start-up pitch to the technology powering …
Tweets: @samleecole, @profcarroll, and @jason_koebler
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Portland, Oregon proposes a ban of both businesses' and city government's use of facial recognition tech, which would make it the most restrictive ban in the US — As the federal government plods along on developing privacy laws, some cities are taking matters into their own hands … Thanks:@technologizer
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London-based Hastee, which lets employees access up to 50% of earned pay at any point in the month, raises $20M in equity led by Umbra Capital and $250M in debt — Hastee, a London-based on-demand wages app, announced this morning it has secured about $270 million in equity and debt financing.Thanks:@bayareawriter
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A Facebook employee and content moderators working for subcontractor CPL Resources are suing Facebook for trauma in Ireland's High Court — DUBLIN — Sean Burke spent years working for big tech like Cisco and SAP. But nothing could prepare him for the work he did for Facebook.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based FinAccel raises $90M Series C for its credit lending app Kredivo, bringing its total equity fundraising to $140M — Singapore-headquartered FinAccel has secured $90 million in what is the largest funding round for a fintech startup in Southeast Asia as it looks to further grow … | netzpolitik.org: |
Source: through September, TikTok limited the reach of disabled, “fat and self-confident”, and LGBT users, in a misplaced bid to prevent them from being bullied — In order to protect people with disabilities, TikTok simply made them less visible. Gemeinfrei-ähnlich freigegeben durch unsplash.com
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