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Facial recognition: Tech firms want regulation, but critics want a ban - 0 views

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"This is the difference, tech executives and experts say, between consensual identity verification and non-consensual surveillance."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This is the difference, tech executives and experts say, between consensual identity verification and non-consensual surveillance."</div>

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An Algorithm Made New Scientific Discoveries by Reading Old Studies - 0 views

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""This study shows that if this algorithm were in place earlier, some materials could have conceivably been discovered years in advance," Jain said."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""This study shows that if this algorithm were in place earlier, some materials could have conceivably been discovered years in advance," Jain said."</div>

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Google, Mozilla, and Apple are using this one weird trick to block Kazakhstan's surveil... - 0 views

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"Google and Mozilla are making changes to their respective web browsers to try and thwart the notoriously corrupt government of Kazakhstan's efforts to launch a surveillance operation against its own citizens."

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You can't replace the GP with an algorithm - so don't try to, Matt Hancock | Eleanor Mo... - 0 views

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""Personalised, preventative healthcare is mission critical to the future-fit healthcare service we want to build," said Hancock last week. "We must harness the latest technology and techniques to move away from the one-size-fits-all approach of the past."" - DO YOU AGREE?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""Personalised, preventative healthcare is mission critical to the future-fit healthcare service we want to build," said Hancock last week. "We must harness the latest technology and techniques to move away from the one-size-fits-all approach of the past."" - DO YOU AGREE?</div>

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Facebook launches 'clear history' tool - but it won't delete anything | Technology | Th... - 0 views

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"The new feature, part of a wider set of tools covering "off-Facebook activity", will not delete anything from Facebook's servers, instead simply "disconnecting" data from an individual user's account."

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Manchester City warned against using facial recognition on fans | Technology | The Guar... - 0 views

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Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic | Science | The Guardian - 0 views

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"When Fry returned to London, she realised how mathematicians, computer engineers and physicists are so used to working on abstract problems that they rarely stop to consider the ethics of how their work might be used"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"When Fry returned to London, she realised how mathematicians, computer engineers and physicists are so used to working on abstract problems that they rarely stop to consider the ethics of how their work might be used"</div>

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Google might scan your face and give you a $5 gift card for it - TechSpot - 0 views

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""I don't really care about data privacy because I think it's all an illusion anyway." It's interesting to see how this encounter also reflects the general behavior of a majority of people when it comes to privacy. Although user data has long been a gold mine for companies, would it be more acceptable if they started paying their users in exchange for it?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""I don't really care about data privacy because I think it's all an illusion anyway." It's interesting to see how this encounter also reflects the general behavior of a majority of people when it comes to privacy. Although user data has long been a gold mine for companies, would it be more acceptable if they started paying their users in exchange for it?"</div>

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Amazon says its facial recognition can now identify fear - 0 views

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"The tech giant revealed updates to the controversial tool on Monday that include improving the accuracy and functionality of its face analysis features such as identifying gender, emotions and age range."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The tech giant revealed updates to the controversial tool on Monday that include improving the accuracy and functionality of its face analysis features such as identifying gender, emotions and age range."</div>

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Regulator looking at use of facial recognition at King's Cross site - 0 views

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How facial recognition has turned summer camp into a dystopia for campers, parents, cou... - 0 views

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Teenager finds educational software exposed millions of student records - 0 views

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The voting machines that local officials swore were not connected to the internet have ... - 0 views

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