Technology
Anything to do with Technology
Zetta
@Zetta -
over 5 years ago
A Major Police Body Cam Company Just Banned Facial Recognition
A Major Police Body Cam Company Just Banned Facial Recognition - The New York TimesIt’s a crucial moment for facial recognition. Though most police departments have yet to deploy it, some uses by law enforcement have been troubling.This year researchers found that Detroit...continued
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Maida
@Maida -
3 months ago
Porn Generators, Cheating Tools, and ‘Expert’ Medical Advice: Inside OpenAI’s Marketplace for Cus...
A Gizmodo analysis of OpenAI’s GPT store found more than 100 tools that appear to violate the company’s policies regarding sexual content, cheating, legal and medical advice, gambling, fake review generation, and romantic companionship.
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Kari
@Kari -
almost 3 years ago
Being in Space Destroys More Red Blood Cells - Technology Networks
Being in Space Destroys More Red Blood Cells Technology Networks Space is making human blood DESTROY itself and scientists are totally baffled... The Sun “Space Anemia” Linked To Destruction Of Astronauts' Red Blood Cells IFLSci…
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Maida
@Maida -
over 5 years ago
Slaying of popular young Mississippi teacher shocks community, leaves void
Slaying of popular young Mississippi teacher shocks community, leaves voidA beloved, award-winning Mississippi teacher was gunned down, leaving his family searching for answers and grappling with the senseless shooting.On Sunday, Frederick McCray Jr., 27, was reported mis...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
about 5 years ago
Preserving Historic NASA Display Technology
Preserving Historic NASA Display TechnologyWhen [Patrick Hickey] spent a tidy sum on eBay to purchase a pair of seven-segment displays used in the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo program, he could have just put them up on a shelf. It’s cert...continued
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Felicita
@Felicita -
about 4 years ago
Voice assistants don’t work for kids: The problem with speech recognition in the classroom
Before the pandemic, more than 40% of new internet users were children. Estimates now suggest that children’s screen time has surged by 60% or more with children 12 and under spending upward of five hours per day on screens (with all of the associated benefits and perils)...continued
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Jany
@Jany -
over 5 years ago
Navy ditches touchscreens for knobs and dials after fatal crash
Navy ditches touchscreens for knobs and dials after fatal crash – TechCrunchA collision at sea that claimed the lives of 10 sailors has led to the Navy deciding to replace an unpopular touchscreen interface in some ships with more traditional mechanical controls. “Just be...continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
over 5 years ago
Spotify is building shared queue Social Listening – TechCrunch
Want to rock out together even when you’re apart? Spotify has prototyped an unreleased feature called “Social Listening” that lets multiple people add songs to a queue they can all listen to. You just all scan one friend’s QR-style Spotify Social Listening code, and then ...continued
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Eleanora
@Eleanora -
over 5 years ago
Accessibility Team Meeting Notes for 5 July 2019
Accessibility Team Meeting Notes for 5 July 2019 – Make WordPress AccessibleA few more tickets discussed, but relatively little progress this week.Success Metrics and framing for https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPr...continued
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Alexzander
@Alexzander -
over 5 years ago
Man Arrested For Allegedly Sending Obscene Messages To TV News Anchor
Man Arrested For Allegedly Sending Obscene Facebook Messages To TV News AnchorDuring probe, police found that the Facebook account had been created in West Bengal. (Representational)A 40-year-old man from West Bengal was arrested for allegedly sending sending obscene mess...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
over 5 years ago
Moving images are being trademarked in Britain for first time in 140 year history
Moving images are being trademarked in Britain for first time in 140 year historyFor more than 140 years, businesses, brands and even pop bands have put pen to paper in the hope of creating a distinctive trade mark that captures the public’s imagination.Since then million...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
almost 5 years ago
Wow, Facebook Really Made a Facial Recognition App for Its Employees
Facebook Built a Facial Recognition App for Company EmployeesIn its latest privacy faux pas to come to light, Facebook confirmed it built a now-defunct app for its employees that used facial recognition technology to identify coworkers and their friends, CNET reported thi...continued
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Felicita
@Felicita -
over 5 years ago
Lixar wins Microsoft's AI Innovation Award
Lixar wins Microsoft's AI Innovation AwardLAS VEGAS, NV, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Announced at Microsoft Inspire, the Impact award honoured Lixar for using the power of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to derive insights to help their customers optimi...continued
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Adelia
@Adelia -
over 3 years ago
Shopify helps customers build online shops, but it’s minting tech founders and investors, too
Last month, Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer of Shopify, and chief talent officer Brittany Forsyth announced on Twitter that they are stepping down from their roles. Chief legal officer Joe Frasca is also set to step down, with all three endi…
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Kraig
@Kraig -
over 3 years ago
Gillmor Gang: Grifters Paradise
The other day, I attended a celebration of one of the pioneers of collaboration technology, Ray Ozzie. The father of Lotus Notes, Ozzie left Lotus and his startup firm Iris after a hostile takeover by IBM, and eventually joined Microsoft when that company acq…
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Geovany
@Geovany -
over 5 years ago
More ELD data hopes and hazards: Load matching efficiency improvements
Load matching efficiency improvementsTruckstop.com plans to use ELD hours data as a way to help put load offers in front of carriers that have drivers who not only are close to the load but also have sufficient on-duty hours, says Brent Hutto, chief relationship officer.“...continued
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Ericka
@Ericka -
almost 5 years ago
He Overcame Setbacks to Thrive in Information Technology
He Overcame Setbacks to Thrive in Information TechnologyHis mother, with whom he lived after his grandmother’s death, brought home a flier for Per Scholas, a nonprofit organization that offers free technology job training to people with low incomes. Per Scholas referred M...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
about 5 years ago
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For Sale
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For SaleAfter debuting just shy of two years ago, Boston Dynamics has finally made its Spot robotic dog available for sale, but don’t expect to find a great Black Friday deal on this bot at Best Buy come Thanksgiving....continued
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 5 years ago
Omnicom’s Organic Welcomes Chief Experience Officer From Digitas
Omnicom’s Organic Welcomes Chief Experience Officer From DigitasOmnicom interaction agency Organic hired Andrew Carlson as chief experience officer in its New York office, effective September 3.Carlson will be responsible for overseeing creative leadership across all of O...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
over 5 years ago
‘Tetris Royale’ is a new battle royale game coming to iOS
'Tetris Royale' is a new battle royale game coming to iOSBattle royale games are pretty common these days, made immensely popular by titles like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds andFortnite. So common –and popular– that even The Tetris Company felt it was about time that the...continued
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Arvid
@Arvid -
over 4 years ago
Mercedes opts for more screens, fewer buttons in the 2021 S-Class
Teaser images and leaked photos of the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class suggested the automaker was moving toward a more digital-centric interior. That might have been an understatement.Mercedes-Benz revealed Monday its second-generation MBUX infotainment system, and it is load...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
over 4 years ago
Leaked Trump order is a wide-ranging attack on Facebook and Twitter
The Trump administration is putting the final touches on a sweeping executive order designed to punish online platforms for perceived anti-conservative bias. Legal scholar Kate Klonick obtained a draft of the document and posted it online late Wednesday night."In a countr...continued
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Nelson
@Nelson -
almost 4 years ago
Tile to launch to launch a new tracker powered by ultra wideband technology
Tile is preparing to introduce a new product this year that will serve as a rival to Apple’s long-awaited AirTags and other lost item trackers coming to the market, including those from Samsung, TechCrunch has learned. While previous Tile trackers have levera…
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Juliet
@Juliet -
over 2 years ago
5 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Startup's Productivity
Want to optimize your startup's operations? Here are five ways you can use technology not only to support productivity — but increase it.
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