Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face ...
Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. […]
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F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion by CECILIA ...
If approved by the Justice Department, the settlement would be the biggest fine levied by the federal government […]
Judge Clears Way for Amazon and Microsoft to Compete for ...
Oracle had alleged that Amazon and the Defense Department biased the $10 billion JEDI contract in Amazon’s favor, […]
The Week in Tech: Big Brother May Be Watching, but ...
Calls for outright bans on facial recognition are mounting. How likely are they to succeed? Published: July 12, […]
F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns ...
Federal lawyers previously advised the commission to block the company, Area 1, from providing services to presidential candidates […]
Amazon to Retrain a Third of U.S. Workers as Automation ...
The company said it would spend $700 million to retrain about 100,000 workers by 2025. Published: July 11, […]
Fed Chair Raises ‘Serious Concerns’ About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project by ...
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, was the latest central banker to express skepticism about Facebook’s […]
How a Longtime Tech Editor Keeps His Tech Use Simple ...
Why complicate things with unproven bleeding-edge tech? Jim Kerstetter, deputy tech editor, also shops local and stays away […]
Collecting Your Thoughts Is Good. Organizing Them Is Even Better. ...
Today’s apps, services and hardware make it easy to jot, sketch and save the things that inspire you. […]
IBM Bets $34 Billion That It Can Catch Up to ...
With the purchase of Red Hat, IBM is presenting itself as an open, impartial player in the cloud […]